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  • 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…

  • Many classroom projectsshould make us proud

    To the editor    For the last several months, there has been a steady stream of letters from Dr. Michael Munley, Walter Rodgers and others, complaining loudly and at great length about waste and inefficiency in the Hillsborough school system.    Although I am not affiliated in any way with the Hillsborough school system, I recently had…

  • Township may extend LHS parking plan

    By: Lea Kahn    Township Council plans to hold a public hearing Tuesday on an ordinance that would extend a permit-parking system established on streets near Lawrence High School to include Rydal Drive, Millbrook Lane and Florham Drive.    The council will meet at 8 p.m. in the Lower Level Conference Room at the municipal building to…

  • Lottie Figel

       MANVILLE — Lottie Figel died Jan. 22 in Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. She was 89.    Born in Duryea, Pa., she had been a Manville resident for many years.    Mrs. Figel worked for the Manville Board of Education at the high school for over 30 years, retiring in 1978.    Her husband, Frank Figel, died in…