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  • Ex-teacher sentenced for ‘sexually-explicit’ e-mails

    Former long-term substitute was at John Witherspoon Middle School By: Courtney Gross    A former long-term substitute teacher at John Witherspoon Middle School was sentenced to a four-year suspended sentence on April 13 for sending "sexually explicit" e-mails to four students, a representative from the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office said.    Kathleen Bowler, 29, a former Hopewell…

  • New Jersey needs to break pension habit

    PACKET EDITORIAL, April 20    Like hard-core addicts who finally seek outside intervention because they can’t stop themselves from doing what they know is wrong, the New Jersey Legislature may soon be asking voters to help cure its regrettable habit of shortchanging the state pension system.    The Legislature’s compulsive behavior — which has particularly harmful consequences…

  • Editorial

    MOM Line Foes Need Own Rally By: Hank Kalet    Local MOM opponents should fight fire with fire.    Commuter rail line supporters in Monmouth and Ocean counties are planning a rally for May 11 at the Monmouth County Library in Manalapan.    Supporters hope that a show of numbers might help create the momentum for the line,…

  • Hightstown softball team slugs out pair of victories

    By: Sean Moylan    Win or lose, the Hightstown High softball team is one of the most exciting squads in the CVC.    Last Friday Hightstown won a crazy 15-13 slugfest over Lawrence. It was just a strange contest all around, not only was it Friday the 13th, but the Rams’ didn’t even get last licks on…

  • Montgomery students removed over Web posting

    Threatening materials posted on MySpace Web site, school officials say By: Greg Forester    MONTGOMERY — Administrators pulled two Montgomery Upper Middle School students out of school after becoming aware of threatening material posted on a MySpace Web site Wednesday morning.    A meeting was held Thursday morning with Upper Middle School staff, administration and police to…

  • Gertrude Gallaher

       Gertrude Christine Gallaher, 74, of Jamesburg, died Wednesday, April 11, at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge.    Born in New Brunswick, she was a seamstress at Charles Komars, Spotswood, for 10 years until she retired in 1962.    She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Spotswood. She was a member of the Spotswood…

  • Full-page pre-election ad focus of debate in Montgomery

    Voters approve budget, Andrea Bradley, Dr. Reginald Luke, Yiping Wang elected to Board of Education By: Greg Forester    MONTGOMERY — Former school board members and current district officials insist certain positions within the district, called directors, are crucial to Montgomery’s level of education, despite calls to eliminate the high-paying positions to relieve pressure on the…

  • Column: Tigers hire will set tone

    By: Justin Feil    It was difficult to get anything out of Princeton University, Georgetown University, Gary Walters, Sydney Johnson or anyone else remotely connected with to the report of Johnson’s PU men’s basketball head coaching candidacy before 5 p.m. Thursday.    All we know is what Walters’ athletics director office is releasing: "The search is still…

  • Editor’s Note

    Matter of State By:    Readers of the South Brunswick Post and The Cranbury Press may have noticed a subtle change in our approach to state government.    In the past, we’ve limited our coverage of the state Legislature to issues with direct impact on one of our communities: Route 92, the MOM line, juvenile justice (as…