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  • Local police help FBIwith terrorist probes

    Officers ‘chomping at the bit’ to assist By:Alec Moore    Hillsborough police officers recently participated in a joint countywide task force operated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, police confirmed last week.    An FBI spokeswoman in Washington, D.C., would not comment on the specific mission or objective of the task force due to the security reasons…

  • SBHS band hits high notes in competition

    Last week, the band won for Best Music, Best Marching, Best Color Guard, Best Percussion and Best Effect. By: Nick D’Amore    After starting the school year off with two successful weeks of competition, the South Brunswick Viking Marching Band looks poised to have an extraordinary year.    Band director Mark Kraft said the band finished first…

  • FEATURES: Horse Play: Sister act produces awards

    Wilhelmina and Mary Elizabeth Horzepa of Millstone continue to add to honors. By: Ken Weingartner    When it comes to competing, the Horzepa sisters of Millstone Township are making names for themselves.    But sometimes that doesn’t seem to be much motivation.    "I like riding at home," said Mary Elizabeth, 8. "You don’t have to wait all…

  • Police Department gets new leader

    Washington promotes Robert Woodruff to chief, makes Martin Masseroni its first captain. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — At 9:22 a.m. Monday everything changed for the township’s Police Department.    Yet, everything remained the same.    Before almost every member of the department, Lt. Robert Woodruff was sworn in as acting police chief at the township’s Senior Center,…

  • Aaron preaches gospel of ‘A’ game to 4-0 Viking football team

    By: Ken Weingartner    The tests begin now for the South Brunswick High football team.    And senior linebacker Aaron Preacher knows what it will take to pass this course — straight A’s.    Preacher, one of the team’s captains, said the Vikings will need to bring their "A" game to be successful against the remainder of the…

  • ‘Bucket brigade’ collectsfor Sept. 11 victims’ families

    Fire fighter, Rescue Squad raise $4,000 By:Alec Moore    Once again, Manville residents dug deep into their pockets to help those in need by pitching in more than $4,000 to benefit the widows and families of the New York City police officers and firefighters who died in the wake of the World Trade Center tragedy.    The…

  • Church to honor its spiritual leader

    Union AME in Allentown to pay tribute to the Rev. Archie Cummings. By: Scott Morgan    ALLENTOWN — They call him a Sweet Spirit.    "Do you know what a mean-spirited person is like?" the Rev. Elana Porter asks while searching for the right description. "Well, he’s the opposite of that. The total opposite."    She goes on…

  • On the Yellow Brick Road

    Singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright brings his moody cabaret-pop stylings to McCarter Theatre Oct. 8. By: Susan Van Dongen    To paraphrase one of his own songs, please be kind even if Rufus Wainwright is a mess. Being the toast of the singer-songwriter world can wear a man out.    Speaking from his New York apartment on a recent…

  • Fighting fires of a different sort

    Local man helps battle wildfires in Nevada and California. By: Mark Moffa    He said he’s known around town as "the man with the backpack."    Robert Bell normally jogs around East Windsor and Hightstown donning combat boots and a combat backpack. But for two weeks in August he was absent from his jogging route — his…