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  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Brush pick up eliminated

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    Residents will now have to go a little bit farther than their curbs to throw away brush from their yards.    The Middlesex County dump is no longer accepting brush, which means the township will no longer be picking up bags of it on garbage day.    ”This is not our decision,…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Going green nets district cast

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    Keeping energy use down has allowed the South Brunswick School District to save taxpayers money.    Through a program called Demand Response, which is run by North American Power Partners, the district earned $53,000 simply by participating.    ”They installed energy meters on three of our schools and basically put us on…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK Suttons’ competitive juices aid Vikes

    By Rich Fisher, Sports Editor    Stefan Moorhead enjoys rooting for other South Brunswick High athletic teams besides his own, but the Vikings’ winter track & field coach does admit to some ulterior motives.    "I’m there to support the team, but I’m also trying to get some track athletes," Moorhead said with a laugh. "In the…

  • DISPATCHES: America needs vigilant citizenry

    Hank Kalet, Online Editor    Anticipation and apprehension — perhaps no two words better capture the feelings of Americans as 2008 comes to a close.    The year, by any measure, has been a rough one as the economy accelerated its downward spiral and a sense of inertia.    Here’s a headline from the March 9 edition of…

  • Ronald F. Hyer Sr.

       Ronald F. Hyer Sr., 72, of Columbus, died Saturday at Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mt. Holly.    Born in Trenton, he had resided in Columbus for the last 11 years. He was a retired technician for the E.M.R. Photo Electronic Corp., Princeton Junction. He was a member of Trenton-Cyrus Masonic Lodge #5 in Pennington.    Son of the…

  • MANVILLE: Project draws on seniors’ nascent artistic skills

    MANVILLE: Project draws on seniors’ nascent artistic skills

    By Audrey Levine Staff Writer    Sounds of holiday music played in the background as the 14 participants at the Manville Senior Center, on Third Avenue, used rollers to paint across boards with different patterns that would later be fit together like a puzzle to form one coherent design.    In this first creative venture, the seniors…

  • MANVILLE: Getting an early start: borough’s temporary budget for 2009 OK’d

    By Audrey Levine Staff Writer    In preparation for 2009, the Borough Council unanimously approved a resolution Dec. 15 to adopt a temporary budget at a total of $3,134,480.    This is a 0.5 percent increase from the beginning 2008 temporary budget, which was set at $3,117,263.63, and covers the first 25 percent of the 2009 budget,…

  • CRANBURY: Dispatching agreement reached

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    The Township Committee approved a resolution Monday that authorized, at an increased cost, a continued shared services agreement with Hightstown in which the borough will handle and direct Cranbury’s emergency calls.    The agreement is three years, during which the township will pay the borough $128,000 for services rendered in 2009,…

  • EDITORIAL: Help stock shelves of local pantries

       The holiday season is a time of giving — which is why charities like the shelves at local food banks and food pantries tend to fill up around the holidays.    This year, however, those shelves are not as stocked.    And things only promise to get worse as we move into the new year.    Local pantries…