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  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Fundraiser teams sought

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    Teams of volunteers are being sought for the American Cancer Society’s signature overnight fundraising event, Relay for Life.    It will be held at the South Brunswick Family YMCA on June 12-13 with registration beginning at 5 p.m. and the relay running from 6 p.m. until 8 a.m.    The relay is…

  • ALLENTOWN—Girls’ basketball prepares to host playoff game

    By: Kyle Moylan Sports Editor     For the third straight year, the Allentown High School girls’ basketball team has made the state playoffs. What’s different about this time is the fact Allentown will host a playoff game.     Allentown has been seeded eighth and will host Weequahic, a ninth seed, on March 2.     “I…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Learning to save

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Learning to save

    Staff photo by John Keating. Ferdinand Reyes practices the Heimlich maneuver on his son, Christian, Saturday during CPR courses at St. Augustines School.

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Learning to save

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Learning to save

    Staff Photo by John Keating. Chakshu Madhok learns how to perform CPR on an infant, Saturday during CPR classes at St. Augustine’s School.

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Women’s leadership confab set

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    The South Brunswick Commission on Women will hold its 12th annual Women’s Leadership Conference 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 28 at South Brunswick High School.    The conference will offer numerous career and education workshops featuring successful women in various fields to act as examples and mentors for township students.…

  • TANGENTS: Comic puts Iran into perspective

    by John Saccenti, Managing Editor    I hate Iran. It wants to kill me and everyone I know.    Iran? Haven’t liked it since 1979, when its people stormed the U.S. embassy there and held 52 hostages for 444 days. I was 9, and according to the television the entire nation wanted me dead.    It was one…

  • MANVILLE: Building inter-generational relationships

    MANVILLE: Building inter-generational relationships

    By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer Roosevelt School luncheon lets nana come to class    Roosevelt School students’ grandparents sat in the school’s art room, waiting to enter the school’s annual Grandparents’ Luncheon. As one group finished its meal, said goodbye to the grandchildren and left the room, one grandparent stopped with a recommendation for next year’s…

  • Lafayette Senior Chelsea McCue of Stockton Gets an Inside Look at ABC’s 20/20 in New York City

    Lafayette Senior Chelsea McCue of Stockton Gets an Inside Look at ABC’s 20/20 in New York City

    Job-shadowing at ABC News 20/20 in Manhattan, Lafayette senior Chelsea McCue (right), is shown with fellow Lafayette student Sarah Reddan (left), and Meghan Baker, a production assistant on the ABC show.

  • EAST WINDSOR: Top 2 employers weather storm

    But Conair expansion still delayed; neither reveal layoffs By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor; Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    Vic Monaco and Sean RuppertStaff Writers    When interviewed last summer about his company’s delayed plan for a major expansion, John Mayorek offered that despite the worst economy he had seen in more than three decades, his company had…