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  • School News

       The administrative team of the South Brunswick school district will present the community with its third annual Education Summit.    The presentation will be Thursday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of Crossroads North Middle School and will be broadcast on the district’s television station, Comcast Cable channel 28.    The summit will offer residents…

  • Library News

       The South Brunswick Public Library is located at 110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction. Contact information for the following announcements, unless otherwise noted, is 732-329-4000, 7286.    Adult Book Discussion Group: Open to the public. Meets 7:30 p.m. on the first Monday of every month, except for holidays. Request books at the information desk and allow a…

  • Club hopes to develop life skills

    by Madeleine Johnson, Social Editor    The South Brunswick Department of Parks and Recreation is hoping to give the township’s special needs and disabled residents a little more independence, one snapshot at a time.    The organization will be sponsoring a photography club, which will bring together special-needs residents who are 8 years and older, to release…

  • Education has role in agriculture

    Brian Hayes of Lambertville     When I begin to think about the future of agriculture in the Garden State, I am reminded about agricultural history here in Hunterdon County.    In the 1860s, Hunterdon was an agricultural hotspot. Farmers had planted orchards and each season were harvesting millions of bushels of peaches, which were transported through…

  • Sophie T. Forman

       Sophie T. Forman, 85, of Lawrenceville died Wednesday at home.    Born in New York City, she moved with her family to Hopewell Township in 1936 where she resided until moving to Lawrenceville Point three years ago.    A 1940 graduate of Pennington Central High School, she retired in 1987 from Cointreau, Ltd., once located in Pennington.…

  • Park police put ‘sting’ on resident

    Patrick Cavanaugh of Stockton     While walking my dog, as I do every day, about 1 mile south of vehicle access, a pickup truck with two New Jersey Water Supply Authority employees passed me.    The driver’s side window was up, and we didn’t speak. As he passed, the driver gave me a dirty look.    About…

  • Residents scrutinize PSE&G’s tower plans

    by Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    With a turnout of about 20 residents, representatives from Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G) hosted an information session Jan. 30 on the addition of a third transmission line in the township, saying afterwards that those in attendance appreciated the facts that were provided.    ”Between a fact sheet we gave…

  • Teen’s death ruled suicide

    by Eileen Oldfied, Staff Writer    The Somerset County medical examiner has ruled that the death of 19-year-old Haran Avenue resident Cassandra Brown, who was struck by a freight train in October, was a suicide.    A video shot from the front of the Norfolk-Southern Railroad train as it traveled from Jersey City to Harrisburg, Pa., and…