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  • School News

       South Brunswick School District will conduct its kindergarten registration for the 2008 – 2009 school year Wednesday, March 5. Registration will be held at each school during the following times:    Brooks Crossing main campus from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Indian Fields main campus…

  • Lady Mustangs let one slip away in SCT

    Team beats Sussex Tech in regular season by John E. Powers, Sports Writer    Manville High School head girls’ basketball coach Larissa Donis-Jeppson had an apt description of her team’s close-call 41-36 loss to North Plainfield in Saturday’s Somerset County Tournament preliminary round game.    ”So sad,” the first year coach said.    So close.    Manville, which lost…

  • World-shaking words

    Lawrence youth’s speech takes first, $40K scholarship in national contest By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The tension was palpable in the Toussaint-Annand household as 17-year-old Phillip Annand and his family gathered to listen to “Clout,” the talk radio show hosted by Richard Greene on WWRL-1600 AM.    The Tamar Court residents waited anxiously to learn how…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

       Timothy Lydon, 35, of East Brunswick, was charged with driving while intoxicated, careless driving and reckless driving following an accident on Route 130 south at Dey Road at 2:36 a.m. Friday, police said.    According to police, Mr. Lydon rear-ended a tractor-trailer while driving his 2000 Nissan.    The responding officer said he detected the order of…

  • Andrew Dougherty named to Stockton Borough Council

    By Linda Seida    STOCKTON — The Borough Council has appointed Andrew Dougherty to fill the vacancy left by the recent resignation of Councilman Brian Hurff.    Mr. Dougherty will serve on the council until the November election when he must win voters’ favor to win a three-year seat. He will be sworn in prior to the…

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  • Marilyn D. Linker

       EWING — Marilyn DalCorso Linker, 79, died Friday at her residence.    Born in Trenton, she was a resident of Ewing for 57 years.    She was an administrative assistant for the State of New Jersey Department of Administrative Law, where she retired after over 25 years of service for the state. After retiring, she was employed…

  • Student comes up big in MLK contest

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    Winning has become a tradition in the Ginez household in Dayton, from accomplishments on the athletic field to achievement in the classroom.    Already an accomplished cross-country runner at South Brunswick High School, sophomore Sophia Ginez won first place in an annual essay contest held by Princeton University commemorating the legacy…

  • City moves toward recycling plastics

    By Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — By late summer, officials expect the city will begin a plastics recycling program and also institute single-stream recycling.    Single-stream recycling means residents no longer would have to separate glass, cans and newspaper recyclables, but, instead, could dispose of them together in one container.    City Clerk Lori Buckelew said the program…