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  • Travel center to help needy

    Cruise auction to act as fundraiser By: Joseph Harvie    The Travel Center in the Town Place Shopping Center on Route 27 is auctioning off a one-night stay on a Caribbean cruise ship to raise money for the township Human Intervention Trust Fund.    The Kendall Park will hold the silent auction tonight (Thursday) from 5 p.m.…

  • Raiders hang tough but can’t match up with Piscataway

    Chiefs tack on two late scores in 25-0 shutout By: Rudy Brandl    PISCATAWAY — The Hillsborough High football team had the right idea in last Friday night’s season opener at Piscataway. Unfortunately, the Raiders didn’t have the experience and firepower to match the Chiefs.    Hillsborough didn’t make any real big plays, but moved the ball…

  • Book Notes

    Will in the World: A search for Shakespeare By: Joan Ruddiman    Stephen Greenblatt’s "Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare" (Norton, 2004) is at first glance a scholarly biography of William Shakespeare.    But look again. "Will in the World" is a "Where’s Waldo" for grown-ups. Where is Will in the lines of his plays…

  • ND gets a goal by LHS

    BOYS SOCCER By: Tim Falls    Dave Schindewolf could only make so many saves.    Despite the efforts of Lawrence High School’s senior goalie, the Notre Dame boys soccer team edged the Cardinals, 1-0, in their home opener last Friday.    The Irish went ahead late in the second half as Charlie Fuller collected a rebound and worked…

  • 9/11 memories as clear now as they were then

    EDITOR’S JOURNAL by John Dunphy By:    Just as this week’s editorial alludes, Sept. 11, 2001, is this generation’s bombing of Pearl Harbor, this generation’s assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Ask anyone today where they were when the Twin Towers were hit, and they will be able to call up memories faster than any DVD…

  • Borough drops suit against fire company

    Proceeds of firehouse sale were at issue By: Cara Latham    FIELDSBORO — The borough’s case against the Fieldsboro Memorial Fire Company over the proceeds of the sale of the company’s firehouse was settled last month when the borough agreed to drop its case against the company.    On Aug. 18, in front of Superior Court Judge…

  • Goals still elusive as defense shines

    By: Rich Fisher    Man, can that South Brunswick High girls soccer team play defense.    That’s what coach Nancy Ducko has to keep telling herself, over and over again, to re-enforce the positives and keep herself from going batty.    As was the case a year ago, the Vikings know how to prevent goals, but can’t figure…

  • GSA depot purchase OK’d

    Township, county to share cost, ownership. By: Charlie Olsen    The Township Committee unanimously voted to purchase the 438-acre General Services Administration Belle Mead supply depot for $17.5 million, splitting the cost and the ownership evenly with the county.    Associated costs– such as administrative costs, surveys and appraisals – are not to exceed 5 percent of…

  • Sonja Stibitz

       MANVILLE — Sonja A. Stibitz died Sept. 8 at home. She was 66.    Born in Manville, she had been a lifelong resident.    Mrs. Stibitz started her career as a teacher in 1961 at North Hunterdon High School and then Hunterdon Central.    She stayed at home with her young children and went back to teaching at…