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  • Bordentown wrestling team advances in state action

    By Sean Moylan, Sports Writer    ”Once Josh (Slezak) won we knew we had it,” said Joe Sprague, whose fourth seeded Bordentown High wrestling team defeated a tough Robbinsville squad (fifth seed), 45-22, in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group I quarterfinals at Bordentown on Monday night.    It was an important night for the Scotties on many…

  • Feb. 14, 2008

       Jan Toryfter    Jan Toryfter died Sunday as a result of a hunting accident by the Delaware Bay in Fairfield Township. He was 45.    Born in Olsztyn, Poland, Mr. Toryfter came to the United States in 1989 and was a Trenton and Lawrence Township resident.    He was employed with the Colgate-Palmolive Company in Piscataway. He was…

  • Community Education

       The South Brunswick Adult Community School begins its Spring 2008 semester. New courses include Italian for Beginners and Advanced Beginners, Cooking for One or Two, Springtime Seafood, Easy Indian Dishes, Learn to Bead, Home Gardening, and Hand and Foot Card Game.    Returning favorites include classes about watercolor painting, drawing, knitting, sewing, dancing, computers, Tai Chi,…

  • Route 1 widening a priority

    by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    The widening of Route 1 will be a priority transportation project if Gov. Jon Corzine’s debt restructuring plan is approved.    Adding lanes to Route 1 in South Brunswick and throughout Middlesex County would be a high priority, the governor said Sunday at a town hall meeting on the debt plan.…

  • Event expected to be full house for HomeFront

    Charity poker tournament being held at Triumph in Princeton By John Dunphy, Managing Editor    Folks will be anteing up for charity on Sunday when Triumph Brewing Co. on Nassau Street in Princeton, hosts the inaugural charity poker tournament and silent auction, benefiting HomeFront.    The theme of the evening is “Play your cards right so a…

  • Plumsted committee opposes water rate increase

    By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer    PLUMSTED — Township officials last week passed a resolution urging state officials to reject the rate increase being sought by New Jersey American Water Company, a subsidiary of American Water.    The proposed monthly rate increase would result in a $145.71 bill for the average New Jersey American Water residential customer…

  • Five more farms saved

    By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer    PLUMSTED — The Township Committee last week fulfilled its responsibility to preserve five more farms in Plumsted — a move that, if ultimately approved, would add 80 acres to the approximately 3,000 acres of farmland and woodland preserved so far in the township.    The Krowicki Farm on Route 539, the…

  • Goodell races for 4th

    GIRLS TRACK By Tim Falls, Sports Editor    Lawrence High School junior Molly Goodell is probably pretty glad she got back into running the 800-meter race.    Goodell claimed fourth in the 800 at the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III Championships at the John Bennett Indoor Sports Complex in Toms River on Sunday and advanced to the…

  • Racing bill changes stakes

    By Anthony V. Coppola, Staff Writer    Local horse operations recognize that a partnership with Gov. Jon S. Corzine and the casinos is essential if the industry is to remain a prominent contributor to New Jersey’s economy.    And with competition from Delaware, New York and Pennsylvania growing, New Jersey’s horse owners may continue to seek opportunities…