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  • Dayton spa raided for second time

    Owner charged with promoting prostitution. By: Paul Koepp    South Brunswick police raided the Bay Spa in the Liberty Mall on Route 522 for the second time in seven months on April 19, following a three-week undercover investigation into alleged prostitution at the massage business.    The principal owner of the Bay Spa, Young Sook Kang, 48,…

  • McInaw fires first no-hitter

    HHS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK By: Rudy Brandl    Megan McInaw has pitched well enough to win every time out this spring. Unfortunately, she hasn’t received much run support.    Last Thursday afternoon, the Hillsborough High junior made sure she needed only one run to win. McInaw fired her first varsity no-hitter in a 3-0 victory at…

  • Dolores S. Connor

       HILLSBOROUGH — Dolores S. Connor died April 16 at Foothill Acres Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Hillsborough. She was 75.    Born in New Brunswick, she lived most of her life in South Bound Brook before living in Hillsborough.    Mrs. Connor worked at American Cyanamid as a cafeteria worker.    She was predeceased by her brother, Harvey…

  • New group organizes volunteers, requests

    People wanting to help families rebuild after the flood will be coordinated by Manville Cares. By: Mary Ellen Zangara    An army of volunteers is forming and getting ready to start knocking on doors in Manville to offer help to families rebuilding after the flood.    The volunteers will be coordinated by Manville Cares, a group North…

  • Hun stuns HoVal

    BOYS LACROSSE By: Tim Falls    The Hopewell Valley Central High School boys lacrosse team’s loss to Hun shows the Bulldogs individual efforts were not enough.    Even four goals and three assists from senior Eric Doran were negated by the 12-9 loss.    "There’s no highlights in this game," said Doran. "It’s a loss, it doesn’t matter…

  • Earth Day cleanup draws a crowd

    By: Paul Koepp    Almost 600 people pitched in to pick up litter from roads and parks this month in the township’s annual Earth Day cleanup.    Participation was up significantly from the past two years, although last week’s storm delayed some groups’ cleanups, said township Recycling Coordinator Nancy Paquette.    Residents who took part said they felt…

  • Dabas murder trial set to start

    A Kendall Park man faces 30 years in prison if convicted on first-degree murder charges. He is accused of running his wife down with a van in the parking lot of the South Brunswick Square Mall. By: Paul Koepp    Jury selection in the murder trial of a township man accused of running down his wife…

  • MHS softball team ousted in SCT

    Errors doom Lady Mustangs at Pingry By: John E. Powers        MARTINSVILLE — It wasn’t that Pingry School’s softball team was that much better than Manville. It was that the Lady Mustangs simply didn’t play the kind of mistake-free game they needed in their Somerset County Tournament preliminary round game.    The Big Blue, the 12th…

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    From the issue of April 26, 2007. Acknowledging volunteers’ response To the editor:     As the storm of April 15 headed toward our township, the men and women of our volunteer fire companies were busy getting their equipment ready.    The pumps were checked and started they were distributed amongst the various apparatus for better response,…