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  • Realtors’ Briefs

    Sotheby’s expands ‘Domain’ publication; Tod Peyton attends Christie’s conference; Coldwell Banker raises scholarship funds; Weidel Realtors hosts annual food drive SOTHEBY’S EXPANDS ‘DOMAIN’ PUBLICATION    Just two years after launching Sotheby’s Domain, its 85,000 circulation, custom-published magazine, Sotheby’s International Realty has modified the publication’s content and increased its frequency based on the results of a reader…

  • Tally is $10K in door-to-door drive

    Half of Pennington left to go! By: John Tredrea    Scott Fort’s one-man fund-raising drive for the families of New City firefighters who died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks continues to snowball.    "I’m up to $10,000," said Mr. Fort Tuesday. The money is going to the Leary Firefighters Foundation Fund for New York City’s Bravest.…

  • Faith is rewarded

    Confidence pays off for South Brunswick tennis team with CJ IV tourney victory over Old Bridge By: Rich Fisher    The South Brunswick High tennis team lost to Old Bridge earlier in the regular season and finished behind the Knights in last weekend’s Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament, but that all became a moot point on Tuesday.…

  • Lawrence boys need one for tourney

    Boys SoccerThe Lawrence High School boys soccer team stands on the verge on clinching a state tournament berth. By: Steve Feitl    All the Cardinals need is one more game, but a recent rash of losses has Lawrence head coach Keith Fithen concerned about what was considered a mere formality just a week ago.    "Now we’re…

  • New CHS parking lot could be ready by tonight

    For Back-to-School Night By: John Tredrea    Construction of a large new parking lot on the northwest corner of the grounds of Central High School (CHS) is nearly complete and was expected to be ready for tonight’s (Oct. 11) annual Back-to-School Night.    "The project is 95 percent complete," said David Tillou, construction manager of the work…

  • Presbyterian Homes acquires Chancellor Gardens

       Presbyterian Homes & Services, Inc., a not-for-profit, non-sectarian provider of retirement housing, has acquired the former Chancellor Gardens of Pennington, an assisted living community. The acquisition was completed on Oct. 1.    The community has been renamed Stony Brook Assisted Living.    The complex, which has been vacant since it was built a few years ago, is…

  • Candidates’ Night will feature two forums on Oct. 30

       The nine candidates running for municipal office in Hopewell Township and Pennington will debate the issues at two candidate forums on Tuesday, Oct. 30.    There will be no debate for Hopewell Borough candidates, since the two seats on Borough Council are uncontested this year. Members of the public can submit questions to the candidates in…

  • Beatrice Gordan Breitkopf, 89

       Beatrice Gordan Breitkopf, 89, of Monroe died Thursday, Oct. 4, at Cranbury Care & Rehabilitation Center in Monroe.    She was born in Brooklyn and lived most of her life there. She also resided briefly in Rockaway Park, N.Y., before moving to Clearbrook in 1978.    She wrote for the Clearbrook Chronicle.    Her husband, Louis, died in…

  • Driver ditches police and stolen car

    Police chased the car onto the Trenton Freeway before losing sight of it.    Someone driving a stolen car led police on a high-speed chase on Brunswick Pike Sept. 28, which ended when the pursuing officer lost sight of the vehicle on the Trenton Freeway, police said.    The car, a 1994 Acura Legend sedan belonging to…