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  • Florence, Bordentown hockey prep for states

    By: Sean Moylan Sports Writer     Since her Scotties haven’t played a game since tying Burlington City 2-2 on the road last Friday, Bordentown Regional High varsity field hockey head coach Kim Fithen had no complaints about having to play an early playoff game this season.     Bordentown (seeded seventh) is scheduled to host Saint…

  • Candidates say thank you

    Carol Barrett, Joseph Camarota, Charles Carley, Democratic candidates for Township Council    As the election wraps up, we’d like to thank the people of South Brunswick — our friends and neighbors — for engaging us in an open and frank dialogue as we’ve met them at their doorsteps, on the phone or at community events.    Over…

  • Library funding on the ballot

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    JAMESBURG — The fate of the Jamesburg Public Library will be in the hands of voters on Tuesday.    Voters are being asked to end municipal support of the library. If approved, the borough will contract with Monroe to use that township’s library, which would save Jamesburg about $30,000, borough officials…

  • HoVal reaches semifinal

    GIRLS SOCCER By Tim Falls, Sports Editor    Colleen Williams and Emily Kianka each scored twice against Steinert in a rare win for the Hopewell Valley Central High School girls soccer team on Monday.    The Bulldogs beat the Spartans, 4-1, in the quarterfinal round of the Mercer County Tournament. Hopewell last defeated Steinert in 1999.    Hopewell…

  • Dispatches: Lost on the road to reform

    By Hank Kalet, Managing Editor    The state has placed smaller school districts in its sights.    But that doesn’t mean that anything will — or should happen.    Patrick Piegari, the Middlesex County executive superintendent of schools, has begun a review of the three K-8 school districts in the county, with the goal being to develop a…

  • Wal-Mart sent back to drawing board

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    EAST WINDSOR – The Planning Board recently reviewed a request for a new sign on the Route 130 side of Wal-Mart on Route 130, and found the presentation lacking.    During the Oct. 21 meeting, Wal-Mart attorney Mark Soloman and store manager Allen Mcwethy were making changes to a diagram of…

  • Violence, vandalism numbers issued for Lawrence Schools

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Vandalism has shown a decline, but the number of reported incidents of violence, substance abuse and weapons in the Lawrence Township public schools is on the rise compared to the prior year, according to the school district’s annual violence and vandalism report.    The Lawrence Township Board of Education accepted the…

  • Voter registration up by 15 percent

    By Audrey Levine Staff Writer    HILLSBOROUGH — On Tuesday, one of the most important elections in recent history will end with a new president of the United States and, for Hillsborough residents, two residents filling two three-year seats on the Township Committee.    Republican incumbent Mayor Anthony Ferrera, Democrats Matt Dawson and Manny Foranoce, and Republican…

  • James W. Phillips

       James W. Phillips, 94, died Thursday, Oct. 23, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.    Born in North Carolina, he lived and worked on a farm in South Jersey before moving to Jamesburg, where he lived for 23 years, and then to Hagerstown, Md. He returned to Dayton, in South Brunswick, where he…