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  • Michael Stano

       SEATTLE — Michael J. Stano died May 17 in a kayaking accident in Seattle. He was 45.    Born in Hillsborough, he had lived in Seattle for the past 20 years.    Mr. Stano was a member of the Seattle Kayaking Club and taught kayaking in his free time. He fought forest fires, volunteered for the Peace…

  • Gratitude to volunteers

       The Senior Society at South Brunswick High School consists of students with high academic achievements that are rewarded by allowing them an opportunity to volunteer at local organizations for two weeks.    For the past several years, the South Brunswick Family YMCA has been the beneficiary of volunteer work by members of the Senior Society.    This…

  • CAN project blasted

    Stephen Greenwood of Hopewell    By the time any of you of this community have had a chance to read this it will have been too late. As of May 8 CAN has begun to infect our fair community, rewarding liars, instead of succeeding in its true cause. The program exploits our local businesses, is morally…

  • Monroe graduates say farewell

    Monroe graduates say farewell

    One graduate sends a message to a loved one. Photo by Dennis Symons Jr.

  • OBITUARY

    Dorothy Dalton    Dorothy Dolores Dalton, 79, of Washington Crossing, died March 27 at her home.    Ms. Dalton was educated at Catholic schools: St. Cecilia’s High School in Englewood Cliffs and at Mount St. Vincent’s College for women in Riverdale, N.Y., where she studied social work.    After college she taught fourth grade for two years. In…

  • Callahan makes Bordentown’s day with walk-off homer

    By Sean Moylan, Sports Writer    After winning a first-ever District 12 12-year-old Little League baseball All-Star championship last year, a new group of Bordentown 12’s were anxious to begin this year’s tourney with a “big bang.”    That big bang came with one out in the bottom of the sixth when Nick Callahan launched a two-run…

  • Class of 2008 bids farewell to SBHS

    Class of 2008 bids farewell to SBHS

    Staff photo by John Keating The graduating girls of the festival chorus sing their final song.

  • DEP knocks rail line

    State raises concerns about MOM’s impact on park By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    The state Department of Environmental Protection has come out against a proposed commuter rail line that would run through Jamesburg, Monroe and South Brunswick because the route runs through Monmouth Battlefield State Park on its way toward Middlesex County.    In a letter…

  • Police blotter

       Jose Balbuena-Gomez, 25, of Dukes Parkway East; Joaquin Balbuena-Gomez, 28, of Somerville; and Abel Martinez-Garcia, 28, of Pennington, were charged with simple assault after police were called about a fight on Dukes Parkway East at 9:21 p.m. June 15.    According to police, the victims said they were called to a home on Dukes Parkway East…