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  • Machiz, Tyberwood hope to turn tables

    By: Ken Weingartner    The first eight months of the year would have to be labeled "disappointing" for Tyberwood and trainer Gary Machiz, at least from a results standpoint.    Tyberwood, the Dan Patch Award winner as top 2-year-old pacing colt of 1999, has just one victory in his first 11 starts of this year. The gelded…

  • Vikings must re-shuffle due to O’Shea injury

    TENNIS By: T.J. Furman    The South Brunswick High School girls tennis team is learning that an injury to a single player can have a domino-like effect on the rest of the roster, particularly if it’s the top player on the squad.    An injury to sophomore Katie O’Shea, 11-4 a year ago, has moved every Viking…

  • Township changes boards of health

    Millstone drops Freehold Township for Monmouth County By: Frank C. D’Amico    MILLSTONE – The Township Committee has decided to switch from using the Freehold Township Board of Health to the Monmouth County Board of Health in order to obtain more services.    At its Sept. 6 meeting, the committee voted 3-2 in favor of the switch.…

  • HOT TOPICS

    School crowding and the upcoming referendum Does the Board of Education’s proposal for new building present the best option for dealing with overcrowding? Why or why not?

  • TIKE program to help tots in need

    By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON – Louise Gernhardt can’t forget the story she read about an infant who almost died in a car accident.    A 6-month-old boy suffered a life-threatening head injury after the vehicle in which he was riding was involved in a head-on collision. The driver was left unconscious, leaving police unable to obtain…

  • Dog days, dance-filled nights

    By: Mark Moffa    ALLENTOWN – Tracy Beckett wanted to be a dental assistant.    But she decided at one point that dentistry wasn’t for her. So, of course, she became a ballet instructor and dog groomer.    The 37-year-old Allentown resident has been dancing since she was 2 years old. Her mother opened at dance studio 25…

  • CHIT-CHAT

    This ‘n’ that from all around the town By: Merle Citron    Grace Croteau, owner of Riverrun Gallery in Lambertville, misses her friends, Elaine Daniels, and Elaine’s erstwhile Jack Russell named Camille. Elaine and Camille are vacationing in Maine, and Grace thinks, "It’s enough already. It’s time for both of them to come home, especially Camille."…

  • WEEKEND PICKS

    Flea market, Pampered Chef Day, Lions sponsor circus, Community Unity Day Flea market    Saturday, Sept. 16, Six Mile Run Reformed Church, 3037 Rt. 27, Franklin Park, between Claremont Road and Pleasent Plains Road, will host a flea market, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Furniture, jewelry, toys, clothes, glassware, books and other items will be sold. Baked goods…

  • Creating a place for young people

    By: Mark Moffa    ALLENTOWN – The current debate over whether or not the borough can or should revise and enforce a loitering ordinance has broached many questions.    One of which is that if young people are not allowed to hang out on the streets, where should they go?    Liz Heinzel-Nelson, coordinator of youth ministries for…