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  • Struggling Vikes look good in GMCT softball loss

    By: Sean Richards    It was a matter of try, try again for the South Brunswick High School softball team after its Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament opener was rained out on Wednesday afternoon.    As it stood as of Wednesday night, South Brunswick was to have played at Carteret in its GMC Tourney opener yesterday afternoon. The…

  • Lester Elmer "Les" Huff

    Former Hopewell Township official    Lester Elmer "Les" Huff, 93, of Whiting, died Saturday at the Appalachian Christian Village, Johnson City, Tenn.    Born in Harbourton, he had resided in Titusville and Washington Crossing, before moving to Crestwood Village in Whiting about 10 years ago.    He retired from the Burroughs Corp. (Unisys) as a business machine/computer technician.…

  • Fire heroes fundraiser Thursday

    Hillsborough fire company, Rescue Squad among those to be honored at Eduardo family fundraiser By:    A benefit for the survivors of the deadly fire March 12 that will honor the firefighters who tried to save Heather Marchie and her children Tubal and Angelina Eduardo will be held beginning at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Rhythm’s…

  • Eduardo family fundraiser rescheduled for Thursday

    Benefit to honor heroes of tragic fire event By:    A benefit for the survivors of the deadly fire March 12 that will honor the firefighters who tried to save Heather Marchie and her children Tubal and Angelina Eduardo will be held beginning at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Rhythm’s of the Night club in Manville.…

  • Sigrid Haller

       Sigrid Haller, 76, of Lawrenceville, died May 17 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.    A soprano, she performed as part of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and the Westminster Choir, participating in concerts at Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall in New York and the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. She recently sang with…

  • Educator, Statesman, President

    A traveling tour of an exhibit on Woodrow Wilson makes its way to Morven. By: Kristin Boyd    By today’s standards, Woodrow Wilson’s life story is worthy of a blockbuster movie — minus the back-bending Matrix moves and Spider-Man web-slinging.    Think how cool it’d be to hear Don LaFontaine, that movie trailer guy, announce over a…

  • Mary Nelson

       Mary R. Nelson, 84, of Monroe, died Wednesday, May 9.    Born in Perth Amboy, she lived most of her life in Port Reading. She was a parishioner of St. Anthony of Padua R.C. Church, Port Reading, and a member of its Rosary Society. She was also a member of the Port Reading-Sewaren Senior Citizens.    She…

  • Davis wins MCT long jump; sets HHS record

    By: Sean Moylan    ÿ8TRACKÿCori Davis may not always be the first name one thinks of when discussing Hightstown track and field.    Yet her Hightstown High girls’ varsity track and field teammates and head coach Don Hess have always known how good she is. However, in Saturday’s Mercer County Track and Field Championships at Steinert High,…

  • Six hurt in school bus crash

    Crash occured near high school on Stouts Lane. By: Paul Koepp    Six students sustained minor injuries Friday afternoon when a school bus rear-ended another school bus on Stouts Lane near South Brunswick High School.    At 2:43 p.m., the two buses, carrying a total of 35 students, were driving north on Stouts Lane when the first…