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  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Principal changes schools, accepts new challenge

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Principal changes schools, accepts new challenge

    Principal Glenn Famous stands with fifth grade students that will follow him from Cambridge Elementary School to Crossroads South Middle School next year. Top Row from left: Keira Ezzo, Emerson Marchese, Imerah Burnett, Sean Goldsmith, Steven Sitarik, Cole Chulamanis, and Trent Burmester. Bottom: Diana Minucci, Khayri Smith and Sanika Joshi.

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Carley, Camarota and Hochman easily win Dem primary

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Carley, Camarota and Hochman easily win Dem primary

     Incumbent Councilmen Charles Carley, Joe Camarota and newcomer Jo Hochman took home an easy victory Tuesday, beating two Democratic challengers by a 2-1 margin. According to results from the Middlesex County Board of Elections Tuesday night, Mr. Camarota received the most votes with 1,310. Ms. Hochman came in a close second with 1,306 votes, followed…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: High school class of 1976 gets together again

    HILLSBOROUGH: High school class of 1976 gets together again

    On April 28, alumni from the Hillsborough High School class of 1976 met at the site of their former “Senior Courtyard” during a tour of the high school building. Standing, from left, are William Longyard, James Richards, Glenn Trani and Mark Della Bella. Seated, from left, are Nancy Babey Scherer, Mary Lynn Troisi Bezek, Judy…

  • MILLSTONE: Heartfelt gratitude

    MILLSTONE: Heartfelt gratitude

    Golfer thanks those who saved his life after heart attack By Amy Batista, Special Writer    MILLSTONE — When Bill Baker clutched his chest and fell to the green at the 16th hole at Charleston Springs, he didn’t realize his last swing on the golf course was almost his last.    For the next five minutes, and…

  • ALLENTOWN: Cream of the crop

    ALLENTOWN: Cream of the crop

    Allentown High’s Half & Half singers win televised talent show By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ALLENTOWN — Allentown High School’s a cappella group, Half & Half, rode a wave of hometown support to help clinch the crown in the vocal ensemble category of the televised “MSG Varsity Talent Show” on Sunday night.    During the May…

  • MANVILLE: Police blotter, week of May 28-June 3

       An anonymous caller at 2:19 p.m. May 28 said one of the American flags near Kennedy Boulevard was loose. Patrols checked and said all flags were fine. * * *    At 10:09 a.m. May 29 a man reported losing his wallet about 9:30 the previous evening in the vicinity of South Main Street and South…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Students’ 2004 time capsule is dug up

    HILLSBOROUGH: Students’ 2004 time capsule is dug up

    A group of students search for the time capsule buried in the courtyard of Woods Road Elementary.  (Photo by Margaret Rothblatt)

  • MILLSTONE: Motorcyclist killed in head-on collision

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    MILLSTONE — A 42-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a head-on collision with a Ford Econoline van Friday evening on Millstone Road, state police said.    The victim, Virgil V. Gross, of Millstone, failed to negotiate a curve near Bitner Road and his motorcycle crossed over the double-yellow line into oncoming…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: POLICE BEAT

    Police blotter news from Allentown and Robbinsville Robbinsville    Two 53-foot trailers were stolen from the parking lots of two different businesses in the warehouse park area on May 29 and May 30, police said.    The first trailer, valued at $5,000, was reported stolen from a parking lot off West Manor Way at 10:17 a.m., May…