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  • ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’

    The South Street Players go beyond the usual dinner-theater fare with their adaptation of the Ken Kesey novel. By: Stuart Duncan    One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest is not your usual dinner-theater fare. The Ken Kesey novel, adapted for the stage by Dale Wasserman, has been turned into a fine film and provides a bunch…

  • Wood chips available to Plumsted residents

    TOWN TALK by Ron Dancer: Information from the mayor of Plumsted Township. By:    Free wood chips are now available to Plumsted residents at our branch and leaf recycling drop-off site on Magnolia Avenue on Saturday mornings as long as the supply lasts. The freshly ground wood chips consist of recycled Christmas trees and branches. The…

  • Getting ready to fly

    New Egypt Middle School students to stage ‘Peter Pan’ over the weekend. By: Scott Morgan    PLUMSTED — Joy Kubliewicz is a little nervous. She is directing nearly 80 middle school actors, all of whom want to take a ride on the flying machine.    Not only that, but she must deal with an alligator, a band…

  • Bear Tavern Schoolis celebrating 40th anniversary

    On Feb. 1, Bear Tavern officially celebrates its 40th anniversary. The school will host a "birthday dance" for students, families, and staff    When a new school opens, one automatically envisions a nice sunny fall day with birds singing and children skipping into school. That was not necessarily the case with Bear Tavern Elementary School.    Forty…

  • Vikings advance in GMCT bowling

    By: Stacey Gorski    In the opening round of the Greater Middlesex County bowling tournament, both of South Brunswick High School’s teams posted victories.    The 5th-seeded girls beat J.P Stevens for the third time this season, which also advanced their record to 12-4 and moved them to the round of eight remaining teams.    The boys, seeded…

  • Homeharing helpsmany afford homes

    To the editor    HomeSharing Program of Somerset County will be holding its twelfth annual Phonathon on Feb. 5, 6, 7, 11 and 12 at the Somerset Messenger-Gazette Building in Somerville.    This is the largest fundraising event for the organization, and during these five evenings more than ten percent of HomeSharing’s annual budget is raised. Over…

  • ‘Lantana’

    Everyone’s hiding something in this murder mystery.   [R] By: Kam Williams    Coincidence has certainly enjoyed a cinematic resurgence of late, with such films as Happenstance, Amelie, Mulholland Drive and Serendipity all making the most of the thematic contrivance. This popular plot device also is central to the storyline of Lantana, a complicated thriller from the Land…

  • When it comes to providing a spark, you can’t knock Wood

    By: Redd E. Patrick    Guard Drew Biri has led the South Brunswick High School boys basketball team in scoring all season long, while backcourt mate and sidekick Mike Kneis picked up the slack when one double-figure scorer wasn’t enough.    Now Chadd Wood wants in.    A third senior guard along with Biri and Kneis, Wood has…

  • South Brunswick officers sue town, chief over discipline

    Lorenc and Avalone claim rights violations. By: Brian Shappell    Two South Brunswick policeman have filed a civil lawsuit against the township, the Police Department and several officers alleging the two officers were wrongfully suspended.    South Brunswick Patrol Officer Mark Lorenc and Detective John Avalone have brought a multimillion dollar, eight-count lawsuit because the two were…