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  • Candidates ready for election

    The second of two parts. By: Scott Morgan    Candidates seeking seats in their local governments are hoping to stir public support as Election Day nears.    There are contested races for the township committees of Millstone and Plumsted and two uncontested races, one for Allentown Borough Council and the other for Upper Freehold Township Committee, on…

  • Poetic performance

    Vikes set record, finish second with beautiful display at GMC’s By: Rich Fisher    Bishop Ahr was the champion, but South Brunswick was the story.    Everyone knew the Trojans were the odds-on favorite to win their fifth straight Greater Middlesex Conference Gymnastics championship at SBHS last Thursday.    But no one, except the hosts themselves, believed the…

  • Mustangs overcome elements to stay unbeaten

    Offense sputters in 15-0 win at South Hunterdon By: Shawn Tyrrell    WEST AMWELL — It was probably a lot closer than the Manville High School football team would have wished, but in the end the Mustangs outlasted poor field conditions, lousy weather and the determination of the South Hunterdon Eagles, to earn a 15-0 victory…

  • Kathleen Dickerson

       MANVILLE — Kathleen "Kathie" E. (Wied) Dickerson died Oct. 19 at Greenwood Manor Nursing Home in Greenbrook. She was 58.    Born in Summit, she had moved to Manville many years ago.    Mrs. Dickerson was a homemaker.    She graduated from Raritan Valley Community College four years ago. She was a homemaker.    Surviving are her husband, Robert…

  • NBC football moves past .500 and into playoff chase

    By: Sean Moylan    Now that’s more like it.    This time around the Northern Burlington High football team left nothing to chance as it went out and pounded Woodrow Wilson, 41-0, last Friday at Northern Burlington.    "We did everything right defensively," said Northern Burlington Coach Jon Reising, whose Greyhounds had held Pemberton off the scoreboard for…

  • Young HHS runners perform at county meet

    Smolinka, Magath, Walton place in top 10 By: Rudy Brandl    BERNARDS — Two sophomores and a freshman took center stage for the Hillsborough High cross country program in last week’s Somerset County Championships at Pleasant Valley Park.    The HHS girls and boys didn’t win any individual titles, but three young runners claimed trophies for finishing…

  • Union files charges against township

    By: Purvi Desai MILLSTONE — The union representing three fired Public Works employees has filed unfair labor practices charges against the Millstone Township Committee, alleging the men were denied a fair hearing on the disciplinary charges against them.    The Communications Workers of America Local 1034, which represents 16,000 state and municipal workers in New Jersey,…

  • What These Four Walls Can Tell

    A redesigned boat house on the Historical Society of Princeton’s House Tour embodies the history of Carnegie Lake. By: Christian Kirkpatrick    Roland Machold sits above Lake Carnegie, tracking an eagle as it flies to its nest. Most of his house on Prospect Avenue looks out onto the water, but the back alcove actually floats on…

  • Hopefuls to debate

    Meeting scheduled for Monday night, questions to come from Township residents By: Joseph Harvie    The candidates for mayor and Township Council will square off in a Monday evening event sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the Princeton Area, which covers South Brunswick.    Residents will supply the questions for the candidates, and must be…