Category: archives
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Success is nice but coach urging more from satisfied wrestlers
By: Ken Weingartner After watching the South Brunswick High wrestling team the past several weeks, coach Joe Dougherty has a good feeling about the squad’s talent level. The Vikings, though, still need a little extra as in extra work. South Brunswick improved its dual meet record to 3-1 with a victory over Montgomery and…
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Lawrence learns at tourney
WRESTLING By: John E. Powers The Lawrence High School wrestling team has had a Christmas tradition under longtime head coach Chris Lynne. The Cardinals have always gone to the Hunterdon Central Christmas Tournament, not so much for what they may accomplish, but more for what they will learn. The Cardinals scored an impressive 51-15 dual…
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Senior zones filling up
Senior communities booming around the area By: Joseph Harvie The amount of land left to build planned retirement communities in South Brunswick is dwindling. With three retirement communities in the pipeline, the last area still zoned Planned Adult Retirement Community is a 138-acre tract on Route 522. The tract is made up of several parcels…
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Erin Vazquez
Erin Vazquez, 35, died Saturday, Dec. 30, at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, she was raised in Edison and for the last five years was a resident of Monmouth Junction. A graduate of J.P. Stevens High School in Edison at age 16, she went on to graduate from Douglass…
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HHS boys clamp down to win holiday tourney
Team captures first trophy for Progin By: Rudy Brandl A championship is a championship. It’s been a while since the Hillsborough High boys’ basketball team added some new hardware to the school’s trophy case. The Raiders took care of that by winning the John Molinelli Tournament in Hopewell over the holidays. Hillsborough’s last boys’ basketball…
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Letters to the Editor, Jan. 4, 2007
Santa is alive To the editor: I just finished reading Letters to the Editor and Mary Daniels’ letter about the bland, gray world. I disagree. I will have lived in Hopewell for three years this coming May. This is a great town a place where the town tree is lit every year the…
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Making it easier to be green
Environmental Commission returns to Washington By: Purvi Desai WASHINGTON The reincarnated Environmental Commission formed under the mayor-council government that took the town’s reins in 2005 is almost one month old and, officials say, forging ahead to make the community a greener and more environmentally friendly place. According to the Feb. 2, 2006…
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EDITOR’S NOTE by Hank Kalet: Help set our goals
South Brunswick Post aims to serve readers better By: Hank Kalet I’d like to think the South Brunswick Post is the one place that all local residents turn for their community news. But, then, I’m a bit biased. I think the Post does a pretty good job acting as the community’s eyes and ears, offering…
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Transient childhood sparked interest in history
Dennis Waters was named township historian last month. By: Lea Kahn Newly appointed township historian Dennis Waters, a self-described "Air Force brat," attributes his interest in history to having spent much of his childhood trying to make a connection between himself and the communities where he lived. Dennis Waters and his family moved frequently as…
