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  • SBHS starts hot, but cools down

    By Ken Weingartner, Sports Writer    When the South Brunswick High football team took the ball on its opening drive against Piscataway and marched 72 yards in 13 plays to reach the end zone, the Vikings proved they were capable of clicking against one of the best teams in the area, if not the state.    Sustaining…

  • Vito Resta

       HILLSBOROUGH — Vito Francesco Resta died Sept. 21 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. He was 94.    He was born and raised in Gioia dal Colle, Italy, and came to the United States in 1929 to East Chester, N.Y., moving to Middlebush in 1940, and finally to Hillsborough in 1982.    Mr. Resta was a farmer…

  • What’s going on Thursday?

    Events in Lawrence ‘Mind/Body Healing’: Participants will learn how thoughts and emotions directly affect immune systems and how people experience pain. Anyone who is nervous before a medical procedure will benefit. To register for this free program, stop by the circulation desk, call (609) 882-9246, or e-mail [email protected]. The Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike (Business…

  • NBC, Florence boys’ soccer teams post needed wins

    Sean Moylan Sports Writer A strong game by the opposition’s goalie prevented the Northern Burlington High boys’ varsity soccer team from having to play a second half game of “keep away” in a 4-0 victory over Medford Tech at home this past Monday.     “I think they (Medford Tech) were excited that they weren’t seven-goaled,”…

  • Letters: Parents react to board member’s letter

    It is difficult to understand what compelled Allentown school board member Elizabeth Trent to write a public letter (“Education is about character, not grades,” Sept. 20) preaching about being “people of good character” and “kind to our neighbors” and then unfairly passing judgment on both children and parents in the same letter. Ms. Trent wrote…

  • Swingin’ with the Lord

    Swingin’ with the Lord

    Bill Carter and the Presbybop Quartet perform Jazz Vespers worship service at Presbyterian church By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The Rev. Jeffrey Vamos likes to think of Sunday’s Jazz Vespers worship service, dinner and concert at the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville as worship in a different key.    Those who attend the public event will find…

  • Alan Alda lives life in the ‘now’

    Alan Alda lives life in the ‘now’

    RCS Alan Alda tells a story during his visit to the Hunterdon Hills Playhouse on Monday night. Staff photo by Robyn C. Stein

  • Letter: Proactive measures needed for bridge project

    Anyone who read the letters to the editor during the debate regarding contamination at the formerly proposed middle school site knows that I stood up for borough officials when the media lost sight of some key facts. Regrettably, I feel that I must now cross over the fence line.    Having heard rumors about the Old…

  • Mary Salway

       YARDLEY, Pa. — Mary J. (Annechini) Salway, 89, died Sunday at Manor Care in Yardley.    Born in West Orange, N.J., Ms. Salway was raised in Morrisville, and spent most of her life in the Trenton, N.J., and Lawrenceville, N.J., areas before moving to Manor Care in Yardley.    Ms. Salway was formerly a salesclerk at the…