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  • Grads should heed the advice of their elders

    EDITORIAL By Ruth Luse    When members of the Class of 2006 left Hopewell Valley Central High School this week with mixed feelings of joy and sadness, they also stepped out into a world fraught with challenges and dangers their parents and grandparents never even dreamed of.    They left, we hope, with the feeling all recent…

  • Food Pantry settling into new home

    After four months, Food Pantry is comfortable in new location By: Joseph Harvie    The 17, 6-foot racks used to store food at the township’s Food Pantry were nearly full Monday.    And the 10 white bins with caster wheels that line the center of the pantry were overflowing with canned soups, tomato sauce and vegetables.    The…

  • Obituaries for the week of June 22

    James Candia, Mary J. O. Kelly, Caroline Zoltanski, Jan Sulikowski, Joseph A. Ball James Candia    CLAYTON — James Candia, formerly of Lawrence died June 14. He was 72.    Mr. Candia was a self-employed custom decorator. He previously retired as a lithography supervisor from American Can Company.    During the Korean War, he served in the U.S.…

  • Book Notes

    The new Fourth Estate By: Joan Ruddiman    Every young student knows about the checks and balances of the U.S. government. Executive enforces laws, Congress passes laws, Judiciary makes sure the laws respect the Constitution.    But who keeps an eye on the Big Three? Student Ben is a sharp kid and his answer was, "The people."…

  • Web Only: Class of ’06 says farewell

    Graduates say goodbye to South Brunswick High School.    Graduates say goodbye to South Brunswick High School at Sovereign Bank Arena graduation ceremony Thursday (today) afternoon.    For more photos and a story, pick up the June 29 edition of the South Brunswick Post next week.

  • Letter — week of June 22

    By: Thanks for supporting Perhach Golf Classic To the editor:    The Jeffrey K. Perhach Foundation and the family of Christine Brisebois would like to thank everyone who helped make the fourth annual Jeffrey K. Perhach Foundation Memorial Golf Classic a big success.    Special thanks to all the sponsors and those establishments that helped us advertise,…

  • Charges in heist

    Police nab alleged robber of Kendall Park bank By: Joseph Harvie    Edison police captured a 47-year-old Highland Park man Friday after he was spotted in a vehicle driving on Route 27 in Edison and charged him with the late May robberies of two banks in South Brunswick and West Windsor, South Brunswick Police spokesman Detective…

  • South hires Meert as football coach

    By: John E. Powers    WEST AMWELL — Jim Meert, the new head football coach of the South Hunterdon Regional High School Regional football team, introduced himself to his players Saturday morning.    Some of them had probably heard of him before.    Meert was the head coach at nearby Hunterdon Central Regional High School between 1986 and…

  • Teens at South prom escape alcohol test

    The Board of Education will vote on whether to adopt a new policy allowing the use of Breathalyzers at school functions. By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — Prom-going teens dodged the bullet this year, but they won’t be so lucky next year.    Officials from South Hunterdon Regional High School were expected to randomly test students…