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  • Lauds ruling on State Police service to small towns

    William Dressel of League of Municipalities To the editor:     In Trenton last Wednesday, the state’s Council on Local Mandates nullified provisions of the state budget that would have required 89 municipalities to enter into ‘cost sharing’ agreements with the state treasurer, in order to fund the State Police budget. Failure to accept the treasurer’s…

  • Locals debate their picks for president

    By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    Prospective voters at the South Brunswick Library and at Stop & Shop on Route 522 overwhelmingly said the state of the economy is the most important issue to them in the upcoming election.    The South Brunswick Post interviewed approximately 20 residents Tuesday about what issues are influencing their votes. Those…

  • BRHS football falls as Florence makes annual playoff push

    By: Sean Moylan Sports Writer     “We were a little flat, but our goal was to get the game in hand (early) and pull a lot of starters. And that’s what we did,” said Florence Township Memorial High varsity football head coach Joe Frappolli, who had mixed feelings about his team’s 25-6 win over Bordentown…

  • Woman dies in accident

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    MONROE — An 82-year-old Clearbrook resident died Monday afternoon after her car hit a street sweeper and crashed into another oncoming vehicle on Perrineville Road.    Ada Marlib was traveling north on Perrineville Road at 2:39 p.m., when she tried to pass a street sweeper — also traveling north — that…

  • Bowden and Ramirez take top two spots in Liberty race

    By: Sean Moylan Sports Writer     Although the Northern Burlington County Regional High boys’ varsity cross country team fell just short of its ultimate team goal of winning the Liberty Division at the BCSL Divisional Meet at New Egypt, the Greyhounds were pleased to see Mike Bowden and Ryan Ramirez place first and second in…

  • BRHS girls’ soccer just short of state tourney bid

    By: Sean Moylan Sports Writer     All signs pointed to the Bordentown Regional High girls’ varsity soccer team qualifying for the state tournament last week.     But the very unpredictable nature of sports is what makes sports great and keeps us watching. It’s what keeps us at the very edge of our seats. It’s also…

  • MOST THINGS CONSIDERED: Exercising ‘oasis’ helping with weight loss

    By Minx McCloud Special Writer    I am proud to say that I have been faithful to my weight loss program for a full eight weeks, unheard of in MinxLand for at least the past five years. Even my husband is impressed.    I am depending on a local fitness club that has a pool for exercise.…

  • Joseph J. Barko

       Joseph J. Barko, 92, died Thursday, Oct. 23, at the University Medical Center at Princeton.    Mr. Barko was born in Albany, Pa., and raised in Brownsville, Pa. In 1953, he moved to East Brunswick where he built his own home and resided there until moving to Monroe Village in 2006. He served in the U.S.…

  • Roosevelt School PTA upgrades teachers’ lounge

    Roosevelt School PTA upgrades teachers’ lounge

    By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer    MANVILLE — The Roosevelt School teachers’ room used to be cramped and ugly, with just a few mismatched chairs and broken tables, a coffee maker perched on a broken filing cabinet.    ”It was really depressing,” Roosevelt Parent-Teacher Association President Dayna Camacho said. “It was like a closet with a table,…