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  • SBHS makes school history at GMC Swim championships

    By: Sean Richards    At absolutely no risk of engaging in hyperbole, just call it the greatest day in the history of South Brunswick High School swimming.    Competing at the Greater Middlesex Conference championships Saturday, South Brunswick put it all together with a series of outstanding performances in one race after another.    The result was a…

  • Survival and Forgiveness

    Filmmakers tell the story of a remarkable Rwandan woman in ‘The Diary of Immaculée.’ By: Susan Van Dongen    Perhaps there was some kind of hatred virus going around Rwanda in the spring of 1994. The country seemed to explode into madness after an airplane carrying Juvenal Habyarimana, the President of Rwanda and a member of…

  • Department honors police, local heroes

    Residents and officials alike recognized for crime prevention By: Joseph Harvie    Three residents and 11 police officers were recognized Saturday for preventing crime and saving lives in the township last year.    "Our success at combating crime is not only a reflection of our efforts, but that of the everyday citizen who steps forward and gets…

  • Gladys Kleinman

       Gladys Schatten Kleinman, 87, of Monmouth Junction, died Thursday, Jan. 25, at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick.    Born in the Bronx, N.Y., Dr. Kleinman was a resident of Monmouth Junction for several years. She received her bachelor’s degree in biology in 1940 from Hunter College; her M.Ed., science education in 1960 and her Ed.D.,…

  • Robert Lambert

       HILLSBOROUGH — Robert W. Lambert died Jan. 20 at home. He was 73.    Born in Somerville, he was a resident of Hillsborough for 40 years.    Mr. Lambert worked as a tinsmith for 20 years at Egan Machinery, retiring in 2000.    He had been a member of the National Guard for 10 years.    He was a…

  • Community forum Tuesday focuses on global warming

    On Tuesday (Feb. 6), the event will be held at the Hopewell Valley Performing Arts Center, Central High School, from 7-9 p.m.    Who would have thought daffodils would bloom in New Jersey in January?    Unusual changes in the environment are happening all over the world. Glaciers are melting, animals are being forced from their habitats,…

  • Freedom of Expression

    The National Drawing Exhibition allows artists to challenge themselves and take a risk. By: Kristin Boyd    The College of New Jersey’s latest exhibit, a collection of work featuring paint splashes, graphite smudges and ink-blown bubbles, is pushing the definition of drawing beyond a No. 2 pencil and a piece of notebook paper.    "There are so…

  • Hopewell wrestlers go ape

    WRESTLING By: Mike Molaro    The gorilla is loose at Hopewell Valley Central High School wrestling.    Winners of five straight matches, the Bulldogs (10-6) are breathing down the necks of Allentown and Ewing for the top spot in the Colonial Valley Conference Patriot Division. They are hammering opponents, taking names, and making sure people know who…

  • MHS hockey shows no panic

    Cougars all even after loss to Bridgewater By: Justin Feil    Nobody on the Montgomery High School ice hockey team is pushing the panic button.    And, despite office supply stores’ implications of the contrary, there is no magic easy button for the Cougars. MHS knew nothing would come easily this season, but few realized the road…