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  • Middletown North ousts SBHS from CJ IV hoop tournament

    Two early runs mean early end to post-season for Viking boys basketball team By: Rich Fisher    The South Brunswick High boys basketball team had one of the best seasons in school history come to an abrupt end Friday night when Middletown North rolled to a 58-43 victory in the Central Jersey Group IV semifinals at…

  • Peddie seven earn sixth at nationals

    WRESTLING: The Falcons finished just 25 points away from second place despite only taking seven grapplers to Lehigh University. By: Neil Hay    Calling them the "Magnificent Seven" might be a bit much.    But what the seven-man Peddie wrestling team accomplished last weekend at Prep Nationals was nothing short of astonishing.    Competing against 126 other prep…

  • Falcons best season in boys hoops comes to an abrupt end

    By: Redd E. Patrick    The Monroe High School boys basketball team concluded the best season in school history on Monday night, but it wasn’t exactly the way the Falcons wanted to go out.    Hosting John F. Kennedy in the opening round of the Central Jersey Group II State Tournament, a team they had beaten by…

  • MHS girls fall short in CJ II hoops opener

    Cougars can’t get over hump in second half By: Justin Feil    The Montgomery High girls’ basketball team’s 41-34 loss to Colts Neck in the Central Jersey Group II opener Monday had many of the same elements that plagued the Cougars all season.    "It was a microcosm of our season," said MHS head coach Paul Popadiuk,…

  • County, township work out road details

    Permits appear to be the only thing standing in the way of the county and township beginning work on the Milford Road project. By: Chris Karmiol    EAST WINDSOR — As the township prepares a road project on Milford Road near Etra Lake to eliminate the sharp S-curve, it’s hoping that the county, which plans to…

  • Emma C. Severs

    Emma C. Severs, 78, died Thursday at Marcella Center, Burlington Township. Born in Trenton, she lived in Pennington 45 years before moving to Marcella Center more than a year ago. She retired as a teacher from the Hopewell Valley Regional School District and was a member of the New Jersey and National Education associations, Mercer…

  • Peddie best in Prep A once again

    GIRLS BASKETBALL: The Falcons’ sixth straight state championship came in a 65-32 win over Hun last weekend. By: Neil Hay    As he has always been, coach Sean Casey was again modest in victory.    Casey’s Peddie girls’ basketball team had defeated Hun, 65-32, Saturday afternoon in the finals of the state Prep A Tournament. It was…

  • Purim a ‘topsy-turvy’ holiday

    By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — The celebration of Purim is meant to be a lot of fun, Rabbi Ben Levy said earlier this week    He said fun was what the service was all about, Monday night at Congregation Etz Chaim at the Monroe Township Jewish Center.    Rabbi Levy said Purim is unlike other Jewish holidays.…

  • School board candidates ready for April

    By: Nick D’Amore    Voters will get to choose from full slates of incumbents April 16 when they vote for who will serve on the school boards in Monroe and Jamesburg.    Kathy Kolupanowich, Kathy Leonard and board President Joe Homoki are all seeking three seats for three-year terms in Monroe.    In Jamesburg, the candidates are board…