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  • Council eyes parking ban

    by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    The Township Council is moving forward with a plan to prevent high school students from parking their cars on Welcome Farms Road during class.    Residents of the street have complained that students are parking on both sides of the road with their cars, making it impossible for drivers traveling in…

  • AHS baseball reaches sectional final

    Perro has memorable moment Kyle Moylan Sports Editor     Ethan Perro was in line to be the winning pitcher in this past Friday’s Central Jersey Group II baseball playoff game at Allentown.     As it worked out, Perro preferred what was behind door number two.     After his team lost a three- run lead in…

  • Honoring veterans

    Honoring veterans

    Hundreds turn out for annual Memorial Day observance By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Small American flags firmly clutched, the children waved as marchers in the annual Lawrence Township Memorial Day parade strode down Princeton Pike, Darrah Lane and Birchwood Knoll on their way to Veterans Park Saturday morning.    The township’s annual parade drew hundreds of…

  • Theo’s Tavern being sold

    Theokas to remain borough resident, candidate By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor     HIGHTSTOWN — Theo’s Lakeside Tavern soon will be changing hands.     Mike Theokas, who has owned the well-known Main Street establishment with his father, Charlie, for close to seven years, said he plans to remain a borough resident and continue his second campaign…

  • South Brunswick boys just miss on upset bid

    By David Gurney, Sports Writer    Head coach Mark Ziminski will be the first one to tell you how hard it is to score a state tournament win.    So when his team drew the deficit to one with 4:19 to play against higher-seeded Columbia, Ziminski knew it had a rare, golden opportunity to collect an upset-win…

  • Nina VanMorter

       ALLENTOWN — Nina VanMorter, 75, of Trenton, died Sunday, May 25, at Compassionate Care Hospice, Trenton.    Born in Trenton, she was a lifetime area resident. Ms. VanMorter worked for many years as a Matron for the Allentown Police Department and as an Allentown Crossing Guard. She was also a past member of the Allentown First…

  • BOOK NOTES: The David Library of the American Revolution

    By Joan Ruddiman    Local history buffs have been abuzz the past several weeks with the publication of the Gilbert Imlay biography by Wil Verhoeven, an American Studies professor from the Netherlands.    As recounted in “Book Notes,” central New Jersey was a focal point for Mr. Verhoeven and before him, British author Lyndall Gordon, particularly regarding…

  • CTK school parents host picnic

    CTK school parents host picnic

    Christ the King School student Matthew Charneski bites into cotton candy served by Allison Cyr during the school’s picnic. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara

  • Announcements

        Dogs Walking for Humanity, a fundraiser benefiting the South Brunswick Human Intervention Fund, will be Sunday, July 20, at Beech Woods Park, Route 1 and Beekman Road, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Rain date will be Sunday, July 27.     To sign up, in-person advance registration is requested by July 11. Registration also…