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  • Making its way to Florence

    WTLL softball 10 tourney team still undefeated By: Kyle Moylan    After several drives up to Wall — including one on Monday night when traffic had to be directed around a big fire — the Washington 10-year-olds are looking for a chance to come back and play in this area.    With a 12-0 win over North…

  • Lukacs loves playing the game

    Manville grad pitched well for RVCC By: Rudy Brandl    Ernie Lukacs loves to play baseball. He’s spent the summer playing almost every day, including doubleheaders every Sunday, in hopes of improving his skills to the point where he can take his talents to the next level.    The 2005 Manville High graduate enjoyed some success as…

  • Man enters guilty plea to arson, burglary charges

    By:Donna Lukiw    Former Boesel Avenue resident Luis Alberto Aguilar-Fujardo, 44, pleaded guilty to burglary and arson Friday after setting three house fires and burglarizing a home on Dukes Parkway last year.    Mr. Aguilar-Fujardo pleaded guilty to the indictment in exchange for the prosecutor’s recommendation that he be sentenced to six years in prison. After he…

  • The bucks don’t stop here

    Residents find ways to keep deer from garden plants By:Charlie Olsen    As local deer populations continue to grow, many residents are exploring ways to keep deer from chewing up their gardens.    Ester Shields, of Scott Drive, said she started to consider deer-control methods when she noticed her rhododendrons were being eaten by deer.    She has…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    By:    Sandra A. Perpetua, 56, of Somerset, was charged with driving while intoxicated after an officer observed the gold 1963 Studebaker she was driving swerve across the center line on Hamilton Road at 10:34 p.m. July 24.    The investigating officer detected the odor of alcohol while Ms. Perpetua and her husband, George B. Shields Jr.,…

  • Anderson keeps future playing options open

    MHS grad can still hit, pitch By: Rudy Brandl    Steve Anderson may want to return to the organized baseball diamond after some memorable moments as a member of the Somerville American Legion team this summer.    The 2005 Manville High graduate, who attended Raritan Valley Community College last year but decided to concentrate on his studies,…

  • Post Forum

    Should municipalities be allowed to levy their own sales tax? Should municipalities be allowed to levy their own sales tax?

  • Century 21 hosts second annual Home Run Derby fundraiser

    This event is only part of the company’s efforts to help raise money for Easter Seals New Jersey    Century 21 Worden & Green, with offices in Hillsborough and East Brunswick, recently sponsored its second annual Home Run Derby Party with all proceeds donated to Easter Seals of New Jersey (ESNJ). It was held in conjunction…

  • Student knows all about helping peers

    Local private school student offers time to Peer Leaders organization By: Candice Leigh Helfand    Something special is going on at Notre Dame High School, and one South Brunswick resident is doing her part to keep it going.    Melanie Dee, a 16-year-old junior at NDHS, is an active member of the school’s Peer Leadership Program. She…