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  • Council approves, some blast, first aid ordinance

    Several residents came out to complain about a recent vote by council to hire Capital Health System to provide some emergency service to the township. By: Lea Kahn    Township Council gave final approval Tuesday to an ordinance that sets a fee schedule, which covers the cost of emergency medical services provided by the township’s emergency…

  • Internet safety talk not suitable for the kids

    The free program, hosted at Alexander Batcho Intermediate School by the Somerset County prosecutor’s office, is aimed at educating their parents. By: Rebecca Weltmann    The Somerset County prosecutor’s office will host a free Internet safety program at the Alexander Batcho Intermediate School library and media center at 7 p.m. Monday.    The event is open to…

  • Vikes are impressive midway through year

    By: Rich Fisher    At the midway point of the tennis season, one thing is clearly evident – the South Brunswick High boys tennis team has a lot of good things going for it.    The Vikings finished second at the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament, which concluded on Saturday at Middlesex County College. Second singles Mike Finkelburg…

  • Court should support town in zoning case

    By: Hank Kalet    South Brunswick wants to limit development at the intersection of Route 27 and Finnegans Lane.    It has twice denied an application for a retail center, office complex and pharmacy at the intersection and has attempted to change zoning rules to reduce the amount of development allowed along Route 27.    But its efforts…

  • Obituaries

    Week of May 3 Joseph W. Zazzo Sr.    BORDENTOWN — Joseph W. Zazzo Sr., 66, died Sunday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Hamilton.    Born in Trenton, Mr. Zazzo was a resident of Bordentown for 46 years. He served with the U.S. Navy Reserves.    He was employed as a sales manager with many car dealers…

  • Obituaries (05.03.07)

    Nancy Alexander Nancy Jean Alexander died on Friday.    Ms. Alexander lived in the Princeton-Lawrence area for 20 years and was known through her massage therapy, personal training and exercise classes.    She is survived by her husband, Cosmo Pagano, of Lawrence; daughter Lisa O’Driscoll, of San Francisco, Calif.; daughter Kathryn Seale; granddaughter Kylie Seal, of Delaware;…

  • Deadline is approaching

    BASEBALL By: John E. Powers    Time is running out on the Hopewell Valley High School baseball team.    With the cutoff date for the state tournament a week from Friday, and the Bulldogs at 3-7, there isn’t much room for losses.    The Bulldogs were scheduled to have seven games until the cutoff, including a first-round Mercer…

  • HVN seeks news of college grads

    The absolute deadline for all graduation copy and photos is Thursday, July 12, at 4 p.m.    Colleges and universities soon will send us news releases about 2007 graduates, who reside in the Hope well Valley area. As they arrive, we will put them in a folder and save them for our annual college/university graduate edition,…

  • Bomb notes left at SBHS

    Security sweeps done throughout high school in response to threat written on bathroom wall. By: Paul Koepp    School officials and township police responded late Tuesday night to the second bomb threat in a week at South Brunswick High School, district officials said Wednesday.    Principal Tim Matheney said Wednesday police were done checking the building by…