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  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – SB track team aims to win

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – SB track team aims to win

    By Maria Riegel, Special Writer    The South Brunswick High School Boys Varsity Track Team is looking for a victorious 2011 season according to Head Coach Wilfredo Rivera.    The team has 20 returning seniors and 127 underclassmen combining for a total of 147 participants.    Four of the returning seniors; Dominick Padovano, Juwan Tisdale, Kotey Ashie and…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Support Deven Patel for school board

    By Saul "Mike" Shapiro, South Brunswick To the editor:     This letter is to express my steadfast support of Deven Patel’s candidacy for the South Brunswick Township Board of Education.    Mr. Patel is a highly respected resident of the Dayton Center community, where he resides with wife and 8-year-old triplets, who attend elementary school in…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Artists show their ‘roads’

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Artists show their ‘roads’

    Staff photo by Mary Brienza Monmouth Junction artist Wendy Heisler points out her painting during the opening of an art show at the municipal building on Route 522 Tuesday night.

  • MAY 7th 2011 IS FREE COMIC BOOK DAY

    The Fallout Shelter: Comics, Games & Collectibles A FREE DAY OF FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY Worldwide Free Comic Book Day Comes to New Brunswick with Comics for All Ages! The Fallout Shelter: Comics, Games & Collectibles located in New Brunswick is one of thousands of comic book shops around the world celebrating the comic…

  • PARENTING PEARLS: Nothing of value comes without effort

    Dr. Mae Sakharov    In a world of pervasive pessimism, cynicism and negativity, young people have a difficult time focusing on the positive. It’s no wonder, college costs of are out of control, finding a position at the end of four years is dubious at best, and the news of the day predicts that their standard…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Census changes party lines
  • South county towns join state’s 15th District

    By Gene Robbins, The Packet Group    Redistricting — the once-in-a-decade process to even up the size of the 40 legislative districts — reached a head Sunday, just a week before candidates for state office have to file petitions to get on the ballot for this year’s elections.    Politicians and prospects now know the makeup of…

  • SPRINGFIELD: School board OKs final budget

    District eyes 1-cent tax rate hike By Amber Cox    SPRINGFIELD — The $4.7 million final 2011-12 Springfield Township School District budget, adopted unanimously March 29, calls for a 1 cent tax rate hike for the district.    Residents will have a tax rate of 70 cents per $100. Homeowners assessed at the average $321,420 will pay…

  • New Hope Fantasy Renaissance Faire

    New Hope Fantasy Renaissance Faire

    Carol Della Penna Come Hither… 2nd Annual New Hope Fantasy Renaissance Faire Jugglers, Storytellers, Costumed Actors And More! FREE ADMISSION RAIN OR SHINE Saturday, April 16 & Sunday, April 17, 2011 At 11:00 am Step back in time as New Hope, PA is transformed into a medieval fantasy for one celebrated weekend, Saturday, April 16…