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  • Final vote tally expected today

    By Stephanie Prokop, Staff Writer    NEW HANOVER — Results of the close race for one three-year seat on the Township Committee are scheduled to be posted on a county Web site today, Thursday, said county Clerk Philip Haines on Wednesday morning.    According to unofficial vote totals, which did not include provisional and absentee ballots, incumbent…

  • Judge sends Congo home, pending appeal

    PRINCETON —  Two days after a municipal judge denied the same request, a Superior Court judge Thursday issued a consent order that will allow Congo — the German Shepherd facing euthanization for its attack on a landscaper in Princeton Township in June — to return home to his owners, the James family, while they await their…

  • Help tell story of Kendall Park

       Help is needed from Kendall Park residents. I am working on a display at the South Brunswick Library to help celebrate Kendall Park’s 50th anniversary.    The first residents began arriving in January and February 1957. Many of the original owners have sold their houses, however, even current owners may have some original documents. I am…

  • Seniors, Ruymen complete cycle

    By Guy Kipp, Sports Writer        The South Brunswick girls volleyball team came full-circle in 2007.    The same group of ninth-graders who played for freshman coach Shaun Ruymen in2004 were seniors playing for Ruymen as a varsity coach this fall. The group features Lindsey Silvestro, Heather Tedesco, Missy Barnshaw, Nicolette Datri, Kacy Kelly, Melissa Curcio…

  • Musical message: find inspiration all around

    Musical message: find inspiration all around

    Children’s book author Keven Kammeraad performs with a puppet at Peter Muschal Elementary School in Bordentown Township on Monday. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe.

  • Land needed for traffic light

    Swap with state required by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    The Township Council accepted deeds from various property owners along the Deans Rhode Hall and Fresh Pond roads intersection on Nov. 7 for the purpose of making proposed intersection improvements.    The township has received approval from the state Department of Transportation and the state Department of…

  • Council tables move to vacate two streets

    By Audrey Levine Staff Writer    There is no relief yet for business owners and residents looking for more places to park their vehicles as the Borough Council tabled an ordinance Monday that would allow for nine extra parking spaces along Main Street.    At the meeting, C. Douglas Reina, borough attorney, recommended that the council table…

  • Ginez reaches promised land

    Soph gains berth at MOC by taking sixth in Group IV By Michael Holcombe, Sports Writer    Sophia Ginez continued to scale new heights last weekend, placing sixth out of 143 runners at the NJSIAA Group IV Girls Cross Country Championship at Holmdel Park.    That Top-10 finish qualified Ginez for this Saturday’s Meet of Champions which…

  • Frist at PU: Next president must "rise above partisanship"

    PRINCETON— In an address at Princeton University Thursday night, former Senate Majority Leader William Frist, a Republican, told an audience at Robertson Hall that the current field of presidential candidates is less than inspirational. According to a report in the Daily Princetonian, Frist, a one-time presidential hopeful himself, said, "America is hungry for somebody who…