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  • Wild-Eyed Southern Boys

    38 Special brings the greasy, loud and proud sound of rock ‘n’ roll to the Freedom Fest Fair. See related story: Day at the Fair By: Megan Sullivan 38 SPECIAL    One hundred days out of the year, Southern rock band 38 Special still brings the party to the people. That’s after releasing more than 15…

  • Teresa Mitzen-Kinney

       HILLSBOROUGH — Teresa B. (Tomko) Mitzen-Kinney died June 26 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. She was 72.    Born in Bound Brook, she resided in Hillsborough before moving to the Finderne section of Bridgewater 25 years ago.    She worked at the Manville Wal-Mart as a door greeter and prior to that, she was employed at…

  • Higher-density senior zone mulled

    Township Council considers retirement community for Beekman Road near Route 27. By: Paul Koepp    Township Council members want to keep South Brunswick’s seniors in town by providing them with affordable and accessible communities in which to retire and live.    The council took another step toward providing those communities at its June 26 meeting when it…

  • Local 12’s playing well in District 12 baseball action

    Perri tosses no-hitter for Florence squad By: Sean Moylan    The Florence 12-year-old Little League All-Star baseball team sandwiched two fantastic games around one bad one to post a 2-1 record in Pool B going into this past Tuesday’s scheduled game versus Cranbury-Plainsboro at West Windsor.    In a contest which began last Wednesday (June 27) and…

  • Marchers spread message of independence

    By: Stephanie Prokop    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP—Walking to Tibet from Bordentown may be an impossible feat, but a number of Tibetans and their supporters made their way through the area early this week as they participated in the 100-mile March for Tibet’s Independence.    The walk is the 13th major march or bicycle ride for Tibet’s independence organized…

  • Jury out in Dabas trial

    Dayton man faces 30 years if convicted of charges that he murdered his wife by running her over in a parking lot with a van. By: Paul Koepp    The jury in the murder trial of a Kendall Park man accused of running down his wife with the couple’s minivan in 2004 ended its third day…

  • Letter to the Editor, July 5, 2007

    Questions CHS deal To the editor:     I am sure all of us in Hopewell Valley would welcome a brand-new, state-of-the-art facility for the Hopewell Valley YMCA. It can only be a boon to the community.    But, at a time when Capital Health Systems is trying to minimize public opposition to its proposed Hopewell Valley…

  • High school plans switch to weighted averages

    But policy inconsistency on requests leads school board to table change. By: Eileen Oldfield    A proposal to use weighted grade point average (GPA) for high school students, replacing class rank on student transcripts, was tabled at the Board of Education’s June 18 meeting because of a discrepancy on whether the policy will allow parents to…

  • School board, MEA heading to mediator

    Teacher contract negotiations stuck on salary, benefit costs. By: Eileen Oldfield    The Board of Education and the Manville Education Association (MEA) have hit an impasse in negotiating a new contract, and will enter mediation, according to an NJEA official.    Talks between the board and the MEA stalled over salaries and benefits, and both sides agreed…