Category: archives

  • Boys swim team loses in Public B semifinal

    SWIMMING By Tim Falls, Sports Editor    The Lawrence High School boys swim gained one last home meet with a little luck.    The Cardinals earned their place in the NJSIAA Public B semifinals by winning the Public B Central Sectional Final last Tuesday, but swam Mountain Lakes in friendly waters by virtue of being a host…

  • Senior golf club looks to have fun

    by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    They aren’t trying to replicate the PGA Senior Tour, just swing the clubs and have a good time.    The South Brunswick Senior Golfers Association is getting ready for its 13th season this year, teeing off at the Tamarack Golf Course in East Brunswick on April 1, and running through September.…

  • Announcements

       The South Brunswick Department of Parks and Recreation will be sponsoring a Photography Club for all South Brunswick residents with special needs who are 8 years or older. The club will meet monthly during the spring and summer to share photos, discuss new projects and plan a touring exhibit for fall 2008.    The first meeting…

  • PBA launches fund drive

       The Manville Policemen’s Benevolent Association is currently holding its annual fund drive, which supports the group’s borough programs, including the Drug and Alcohol Resistance Education (DARE) program and annual Senior Citizens Luncheon.    The Manville Policemen’s Benevolent Association 236 is comprised solely of Manville police officers.    The PBA membership depends on residents’ donations to the fund…

  • Drug testing approved

    By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer    Student athletes, students in extracurricular activities, and students who park at Hillsborough High School will be subject to random mouth swabs and urine screenings during the 2008 to 2009 school year, after the Board of Education passed the district’s Random Drug and Alcohol test policy at Monday’s meeting.    The policy…

  • Douglas C. Deacon

       MANAHAWKIN — Douglas C. Deacon, 51, died Feb. 20 at his residence.    He was born in Trenton and had resided in Bordentown much of his life.    A graduate of Bordentown Regional High School and Colgate University, he was employed as an administrative analyst with the New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles for over 20 years.…

  • Back Porch

    An unexpected source of inspiration By Madeleine Johnson    Few things make me appreciate my job like trying to look at it from someone else’s perspective — especially when that someone happens to be a young writer looking to pursue the craft professionally.    While preparing for the Communications and Journalism panel at the South Brunswick Commission…

  • Chester Borusiewicz

       MANVILLE — Chester Borusiewicz died Feb. 20. He was 92.    He was born in Jersey City and moved to Manville in 1925.    Mr. Borusiewicz was an elevator operator at the Chesterfield Hotel and the New York Athletic Club in New York City.    With the onset of World War II, he joined the U.S. Marines and…

  • Residents ask township to intervene in well dispute

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    WEST AMWELL — A half dozen residents implored township officials to step in and help them in their ongoing dispute with the state Department of Transportation, which they blame for contaminating their drinking water.    The residents’ private wells were contaminated by the DOT’s supply of road salt stored in a…