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  • Conference aims to inspire women

    by Madeleine Johnson, Social Editor    School will be in session for a few hours on Saturday when the South Brunswick Commission on Women holds its 11th annual Leadership Conference at the high school.    Instead of lectures and classes, though, eighth- to 12th-grade girls will hear more than 70 women comprising various panels talk about what…

  • Proposed school budget off to county for approval

    Board member votes ‘no’ to $65.3M plan By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The Lawrence Township Board of Education agreed to send the district’s proposed $65.3 million operating budget for 2008-09 to the Mercer County Department of Education for approval last week.    The school board on Feb. 13 voted 7-1 to send the tentative budget, which…

  • DISPATCHES: Corzine’s losing bet

    by Hank Kalet, Managing Editor    Gov. Jon Corzine is staking the future of his administration on a bet in which the odds appear stacked against him.    The governor said in November, after a statewide election that essentially maintained the political status quo, that he was willing to risk his political future on what was then…

  • Cable company provides library with wireless Internet connection

    By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer    Manville residents have more Internet options when visiting the Manville Public Library, now that a wireless connection, provided by Cablevision, allows residents with laptops to connect to the Web from anywhere in the library.    Cablevision offers the wireless Internet to the library free-of-charge through a grant, said Library Director Ed…

  • Viking boys suffer heart-breaker

    By David Gurney, Sports Writer    Much in the mold of last year’s team, the South Brunswick High School boys basketball team knows that if it is going to make a stamp on its season, it’s going to have to come in the state tournament.    The No. 11-seeded Vikings suffered a heartbreaking, 54-45 overtime defeat to…

  • Patricia Sanderson-Willis

    Worked in state title insurance office     MONTGOMERY — Patricia Sanderson-Willis died Sunday at University Medical Center at Princeton. She was 47.    Born in Trenton, she resided in Montgomery for many years.    She worked for the state of New Jersey in the field of title insurance.    Daughter of the late Clarence H. and Harriet Hassall…

  • Police blotter

       Michael O’Toole, 44, of Bradford Court, received summonses for driving while intoxicated and careless driving after police pulled him over on Route 206 for crossing over the double yellow line and swerving into the shoulder at 2:03 a.m. Jan. 25.    Mr. O’Toole was taken into custody after he failed several field sobriety tests. At police…

  • EDITORIAL: Here’s a vote for fewer election days

       With so much attention being focused these days on how to reduce New Jersey’s staggering debt and chip away at the state’s structural budget deficit, one would think some consideration would be given to economizing on elections.    Instead, while Gov. Jon Corzine troops around the state pressing for higher tolls, and Republican legislators stage their…

  • THE STATE WE’RE IN: Will the amazing red knot fly into oblivion?

    By Michele Byers    Our generation could witness the loss of one of nature’s most unlikely and spectacular partnerships. The migratory shorebird known as the red knot may be headed for extinction because its millennia-old relationship with New Jersey’s horseshoe crabs has been short-circuited. The New Jersey Marine Fisheries Council has voted to reopen a commercial…