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  • Officials reach out to stop rail deaths

    By Audrey Levine Staff Writer    Manville leads the nation in per-capita deaths on rail lines and borough officials are looking into enlisting the expertise of presenters with Operation Lifesaver, an international education program that teaches railroad safety.    Councilman Ken Otrimski presented the idea to the Borough Council on Tuesday, saying that he thinks it would…

  • High schools look at DWI prevention as proms begin

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    Prom is an exciting time for high school upperclassmen. But all too often, that excitement can lead to tragedy, particularly drunken driving crashes.    In order to avoid such incidents, schools hold a variety of pre- and post-prom programs aimed at discouraging students from making poor choices, or to keep them…

  • Ocean County copes with rabies

    Number of confirmed cases higher than past years By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    An unusually high number of rabies cases have been confirmed in Ocean County this year, according to the county Health Department.    So far, seven raccoons and one feral cat have been infected this year, according to Public Information Officer Edward Rumen.    That…

  • Hunterdon Central too much for South

    By David Gurney, Sports Writer    Senior second baseman Tyler Olsson hadn’t seen the team that focused in quite some time.    Business-like, quiet on the bus ride up, focused.    Fresh off a 4-3, extra-inning victory over Sayreville in the first round, the No. 7 South Brunswick High School baseball team knew they had the daunting task…

  • Sarah H. Keenan

       UPPER FREEHOLD — Sara H. Keenan, 91, formerly of Hightstown, died Monday, May 19, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in Robbinsville, she was a longtime area resident.    Ms. Keenan retired from East Windsor Regional School District in 1989 and was a member of St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church of…

  • Virginia K. Mellor

    Former Princeton resident     BLOCK ISLAND, R.I. —Virginia K. Keegan Mellor died Wednesday at Westerly Hospital, Westerly, R.I. She was 75.    Born in Rye, N.Y., she was a former Princeton Township resident, moving to Block Island in 1996.    Mrs. Mellor was a graduate of Wellesley College, a member and officer of Spring Street Gallery and…

  • Peddie has big plan for faculty housing

    Includes 7-bedroom home for headmaster By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor    HIGHTSTOWN — The Peddie School’s plan to renovate a Victorian house on South Main Street, made public last week, is just a part of a major construction proposal to create faculty housing, including a three-story, seven-bedroom home for its head of school.    The plans for…

  • RHS baseball reaches Sectional final

    Sean Moylan Sports Writer     It takes intense heat of over 2,000 degrees and 725,000 pounds of pressure per square inch for nature to produce a perfect diamond.     Asked to pitch in the most pressure-packed and heated baseball game in Robbinsville High history, junior Kevin Burum stayed cool as ice to produce a very…

  • School board approves new literacy curriculum

    By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer    New literature textbooks, approved by the Board of Education last week, could have Weston and Roosevelt School students acting out during class — thanks to a portion of the program that uses theater lessons to reinforce literacy.    The $92,928 Literacy By Design Program, from Harcourt Achieve of Orlando, Fla., was…