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  • Danik bummed about losing seniors along with game

    By: Ken Weingartner    Saying goodbye to a senior class is always difficult for a coach.    For South Brunswick baseball coach Leo Danik, it is even more difficult this year. Not simply because of what his upperclassmen meant to him on the field – which was substantial – but also for what that represented away from…

  • Toyota Avalon Touring: flagship sedan larger, more powerful

    With the 2006 Avalon, Toyota has created an all-American vehicle with Japanese influence By: Mike Blake    Toyota luxury is often associated solely through its Lexus arm, but the flagship of the Toyota line stands on its own as an entry luxury sedan worthy of consideration when an upscale and quiet ride is on the agenda.…

  • Pennington will redo newsrack proposal

    Packet Publications Circulation Director Steve Urbish will confer with council on redrafting the ordinance By John Tredrea    A proposed Pennington ordinance regulating newsracks and newsrack boxes was tabled by Borough Council on Monday after council conferred with Packet Publications Circulation Director Steve Urbish.    The Hopewell Valley News (HVN) is owned by Packet Publications.    Mr. Urbish…

  • Bruschini becomes an All American

    COLLEGE BASEBALL By: John E. Powers    Mike Bruschini has persevered.    Through his frustration of not getting playing time during his two years at Rider University, to his transfer to The College of New Jersey, his tough start with the Lions and now this: He’s become an All American.    Bruschini, a Lawrence High School graduate, was…

  • Teacher changing direction

    Crossroads North social studies teacher set to retire. By: Joseph Harvie    For the past 37 years Anthony Orsi has woken up, and driven to Crossroads Middle School to teach social studies to seventh- and eighth-graders, but that will change at the end of the school year.    On June 22 he will make his last trip…

  • Faber, Alexander get nod in UF primary

    Geier, Lane score in Plumsted race By: Purvi Desai    Primary elections were low key Tuesday night as local voters took to the polls to cast their ballots in a quintet of largely uncontested municipal primaries.    In Upper Freehold, one of two contested races, incumbent Steve Alexander and newcomer Robert Faber, Republicans, emerged as winners of…

  • Book Notes

    Discovering weird, wonderful New Jersey By: Joan Ruddiman    It is a hard book to miss with the black cover, off-kilter orange title that screams across the bookstore, "Weird N.J." There are others: "Weird Pennsylvania," "Weird Florida," "Weird New York," now "Weird New England." And, just to cover all the bases, "Weird U.S."    Each book bears…

  • Letters to the editor

    For the week of June 8 Warehouse brings more than a ratable To the editor:     When people say they’re bringing new ratables to Upper Freehold, ask what else they’re bringing.    The warehouse complex proposed for Breza Road is certain to bring overwhelming traffic to the area: an additional 325 tractor trailers and 1,226 cars,…

  • Buzz in the Halls

    Oh What a Night! By: pam Koharchik    The title of this column is "Buzz in the Halls" and one of the biggest buzz heard for weeks has been about the prom, from dresses to transportation to where to go once it is over.    Many parents, after the hundred or so pictures they take at home,…