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  • Washington softball 10s clinch state title

    By: Sean Moylan    Rebecca Freeman lost her bid for her second no-hitter of the New Jersey Final Four when Hanover’s Alexa Cozzarelli led off the bottom of the second with a clean single to left. Moreover, the Washington Township 10-Year-Old Little League All-Star softball team’s superstar hurler’s chances of completing a game of all strikeouts…

  • Greeting cards unveiled

    Designs chosen for fundraiser By: Joseph Harvie    A photograph of the pond in Woodlot Park taken by a 10-year-old autistic Monmouth Junction resident has been selected to be the cover of a greeting card that will be sold to raise money for the township Human Intervention Trust Fund.    Jacob Zatkow’s "Water," will grace one of…

  • District removes peanuts

    Cites risk of allergy By: Lacey Korevec    It will be just jelly from now on for South Brunswick students who like to buy peanut butter and jelly sandwiches at school.    The district announced Monday that it will no longer serve peanuts, peanut butter or any food made with peanut products in any of its schools…

  • Resolved tax appeals cut total valuation

    A total of 87 property owners filed appeals disputing the new assessed values of their homes, reducing the borough’s total valuation by $1.84 million. By: Charlie Olsen    The value of homes in the borough more than doubled this year because of the boroughwide revaluation, but not everyone agrees with their new assessed values.    A total…

  • Dueling Priorities

    Downtown or schools? By: Purvi Desai    PLUMSTED — The township’s plan to redevelop its downtown has coincided with the school district’s plans to expand and the resulting question over who gets the money to go ahead has pushed back the district’s $37.6 million referendum until December.    The school district’s referendum was originally scheduled for Sept.…

  • EDITORIAL: Retail rules make sense

    Support for retail warehouse restrictions    More and more warehouses in the region are opening outlet stores in their facilities.    The Lenox warehouse store on Route 535 has proved itself to be quite successful, as has the Crate & Barrel warehouse store in Cranbury — so much so that warehouse zones that allow retail outlets tend…

  • Lotus and Waterfall

    L.D. Wang’s photographs express the beauty of Chinese poetry with images of the Appalachian Mountains and Hudson River. By: Susan Van Dongen    The best thing about looking at L.D. Wang’s photography during a sweltering hot spell is that you’re reminded of fall and winter. Yes, cooler weather is on the way, it really is. Observe…

  • ‘Zoom’

    A cast including Tim Allen and Chevy Chase struggles valiantly to wade through material that doesn’t necessarily appeal to any age group. By: Bob Brown    Adam Rifkin and David Berenbaum’s screenplay, directed by Peter Hewitt (The Borrowers), seems aimed squarely at 12-year- olds. But, adjusting for windage, it hits well below the mark and misses…

  • Learning from skateboarders outside the window

    REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK By John Tredrea    I guess the first thing I should do is repeat the warning you’ve seen on the bottom of your TV screen during car commercials showing what insanely aggressive and suicidal tricks the vehicle you are being encouraged to buy can do. That warning, of course, is: "Do not attempt. Professional…