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  • HILLSBOROUGH: School kids spell the darndest things

    HILLSBOROUGH: School kids spell the darndest things

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer Radio announcer collects anecdotes for spelling bee program    Sunnymead Elementary School third-graders have stories about arranging guinea pig romances, helping a 21-year-old brother spray their dad’s hair with an entire can of hairspray and hitting siblings in the head.    WPLJ-FM (95.5 FM) radio announcer Brad Blanks visited Sunnymead School’s five…

  • Hillsborough Hurricanes ‘Black’ Swim Team

    Hillsborough Hurricanes ‘Black’ Swim Team

    Somerset Valley YMCA Hillsborough Hurricane "Black Team"

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Police Beat

    br>     Police said someone spray- painted markings on the side of the Grace N. Rogers Elementary School on Stockton Street between 2 p.m. Sept. 25 and 7 a.m. Sept. 29. The markings were neither gang nor bias related, police said. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call police at 448-1234. *…

  • MANVILLE: All pets welcome to join church’s blessing event

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    Cats and dogs may be the most popular pets brought to the annual pet blessing ceremony at Sacred Heart Church and Christ the King Church.    But the event — which celebrates the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi — also draws its share of guinea pigs, birds, snakes, lizards, goldfish,…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: An extra kick in their steps

    HILLSBOROUGH: An extra kick in their steps

    Dancers step quickly while practicing a routine at Lynn’s Academy of Irish Dance. Staff photo by Eileen Oldfield

  • CRANBURY: School makes national honor roll

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — The Cranbury School will be honored by the federal government for academic achievement next month.    The U.S. Department of Education is honoring the school with a No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon Award, a distinction that was limited to 314 schools nationwide in 2009.    ”It’s based on high…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Cops say drunk driver led them on high-speed chase

        EAST WINDSOR — A township man charged with driving while intoxicated led an officer on a short high- speed chase this week, police said.     Carlos Alfonso Gutierrez-Delgado, 23, of Princeton Arms Apartments, also was charged with eluding police, resisting arrest, obstruction of justice, and a number of motor vehicle offenses Saturday.     Police…

  • MANVILLE: Newest restaurant gaining customers

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    There’s one difference between running a pizzeria and cooking for school functions, say Uncle Ted’s Pizzeria owners Dayna and Ted Camacho.    ”It’s just using a bigger pot (at the pizzeria), that’s all,” Ms. Camacho, who cooks for many of Roosevelt School functions, said.    The Lincoln Avenue family opened a new…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Salary increases set for approval

    By Matt Chiappardi, The Packet Group     ROBBINSVILLE — The Township Council has introduced an ordinance that sets salaries for a number of senior municipal employees with each position receiving an increase in pay.     However, four of the employees — the tax collector, tax assessor, deputy municipal clerk and the administrative secretary to the…