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  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Helping others key for student

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Helping others key for student

    Fabiana Russo uses her business skills in her neighborhood to help raise money for a local boy with diabetes.

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: SBAA moms ‘got game’

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: SBAA moms ‘got game’

    By Kim Spinelli, Special Writer    Moms of the South Brunswick Athletic Association players proved they can do it on the diamond last week during Family Fun Night at Rowland Park.    Several weeks ago, SBAA Secretary/Webmaster Mark Jiorle, was at his son Sam’s Black 10U Travel Team’s baseball game. Fellow parents, Mrs. Mirian Rodriguez and Mr.…

  • LAWRENCE: Benjamin Franklin School celebrates its 50th

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    From the unveiling of the Ben Franklin Elementary School’s new school logo — featuring Amos the Mouse — to a chat with nine former principals and the planting of a special tree, it has been a whirlwind of events in honor of the school’s 50th anniversary.    The yearlong celebration was…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: SBAA coaches show off skills

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: SBAA coaches show off skills

    Kim Spinelli photo Damon Ferber of Team Gold at Bat; Rob Spinelli of Team Black Behind the Plate as Catcher during the coaches’ game June 16 at Rowland Park.

  • MANVILLE: 8th-graders given their wings

    MANVILLE: 8th-graders given their wings

    The girls of Alexander Batcho Intermediate School line up in their most fashionable gold satin robes.(Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara)

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Vo-tech students gain RVCC degrees

    HILLSBOROUGH: Vo-tech students gain RVCC degrees

    Here are most of the graduates of the Academy for Health and Medical Sciences, a partnership of Raritan Valley Community College and Somerset County Vocational-Technical School. In bottom row, from left, are Erica Choi, Ambika Sharma, Lauren Bengivenga, Suma Gondi, Maria Waterhouse, Aarti Patel, Garielle Wagnac, Kathryn Addabbo, Kimberly Balao. In second row, from left,…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: SBAA moms ‘got game’

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: SBAA moms ‘got game’

    Kim Spinelli photo. Laura Forsythe goes up to bat while her coach looks on.

  • MANVILLE: Community calendar for week of June 21

    June 19-23    Carnival: Manville Youth Athletic League annual event at Gerber Field on Duke’s Parkway, 6-11 each night. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday will be “one pay, one price” nights. Fireworks on Friday night (rain date: Saturday). Carnival games and food sales support group’s cheering, football and baseball programs. Registration will be open for these sports…

  • MANVILLE: 8th-graders given their wings

    MANVILLE: 8th-graders given their wings

    Photo by Mary Ellen ZangaraTeacher Maggie Balzano helps Dominque Bell with her mortarboard prior to the Alexander Batcho Intermediate School graduation on Tuesday night.