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  • MacFarland students’ script leads to anti-drug commercial

       BORDENTOWN CITY — Kids were getting high on camera at MacFarland Junior School May 31.    Not high on marijuana or other drugs, but on activities like cheerleading, basketball, and skateboarding.    A commercial written by 13 students at the school was selected to be shot as an anti-drug commercial by the Partnership for a Drug-Free New…

  • Providing positive outcomes from lives cut short

    BUZZ IN THE HALLS: A look at the people behind the names on memorial scholarships. By:    Last week, I wrote about two of the scholarships given out by Allentown High School to its students.    There are many others offered through private and public foundations for the students to take advantage of. Many of these are…

  • Letters to the editor

    For the week of June 7 By: Township needs to focus on high school issue To the editor:     I believe I speak for many Washington residents when I say we are getting tired of the petty bickering going on within the township’s Republican Party. It’s time to stop the anonymous letters and political in-…

  • New faces named to local boards

    By:Brian Shappell    The memberships of the Planning and zoning boards in South Brunswick have been solidified after some shuffling at the Township Council meeting, Tuesday.    The council appointed Sylvia Lee and Charlotte Camarotta to the Planning Board.    Ms. Lee is replacing Ralph McIlvaine, who resigned because he is leaving the township. She will be serving…

  • Council endorses worker bus route

    The Township Council passed an ordinance Tuesday that will help provide busing for low-income workers from Mercer County coming to work in South Brunswick. By:Brian Shappell    The Township Council passed an ordinance Tuesday that will help provide busing for low-income workers from Mercer County coming to work in South Brunswick.    The council voted 4-1 to…

  • Hillsborough girls bonded in first varsity lacrosse season

    Accumulated respectable 5-11 season By: John Beisser    The first season of varsity girls’ lacrosse at Hillsborough High is in the books. And the Raiders can be proud of the fact that they were able to post a respectable 5-11 record in the initial season. But the five wins pale in comparison to the friendships that…

  • Picnic to mark school’s 30th birthday

    Alexander Batcho Intermediate School set to celebrate 30 years of education By:Laura Pelner    Students in the Alexander Batcho Intermediate School will be honoring the school’s 30th anniversary next week with a picnic hosted by the Parent-Teacher Association.    Members of the PTA are putting together this picnic so students and their families can celebrate something fun.…

  • Library plans Flag Day celebration

    By:Laura Pelner    Mayor Angelo Corradino has strong feelings for the American flag — in fact, he almost got in a fist fight for it.    The mayor said he once saw someone burning the flag as a protest to the Vietnam War and he and the man almost fought and were broken up by police.    "I…

  • ‘Master Class’

    The Villagers present a liberally fictionalized re-creation of opera diva Maria Callas’ legendary 1970s teaching sessions at Juilliard. By: Stuart Duncan    The title of Master Class, presented at The Villagers on the main stage through June 23, pretty much says it. Terrence McNally’s play is a re-creation of some special teaching sessions conducted by opera…