Category: archives

  • Raiders stun SBHS in semis

    By: Rich Fisher    The South Brunswick High girls lacrosse team was confident that this would be the year to win the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament championship game.    The only problem was, the Vikings forgot to get there.    Absorbing one of the more disappointing defeats in the program’s history, the top-seeded Vikes dropped an 11-9 decision…

  • FORUM: Which mayoral candidate should Democratic voters back in the June 6 primary?

    Join the Debate    The South Brunswick Post is hosting a weekly forum that allow readers and users of the World Wide Web to offer their opinions on a variety of issues.    The forum is designed to encourage debate and to offer the community information about the direction residents of South Brunswick want their town to…

  • Coviello named new HHS head football coach

    Former Raider player and assistant coach set to take over By: Rudy Brandl    Vincent Coviello was named Hillsborough High’s new head football coach at Monday night’s Hillsborough Township Board of Education meeting.    Coviello, 40, replaces Rick Mantz, who resigned in March after 12 years at the helm.    Currently the HHS head boys’ lacrosse coach, Coviello…

  • LETTERS

    Fly the flag in memory To the editor:    Memorial Day will soon be here. It is a special day of seashore and community pool openings, sales at malls, picnics and travel. How many of us really know the true meaning of this day?    Services are held at various veteran’s posts and at community monuments. This…

  • Bat your eyelashes at Gladwell’s ‘Blink’

    Book Notes, Dr. Joan Ruddiman    Last week, Book Notes swooned over Malcolm Gladwell’s "The Turning Point." The following reviews and recommends with equal enthusiasm the latest of his "intellectual adventure stories" titled "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking."    Gladwell effectively employs the Wall Street Journal-style of reporting — center the issue on a person,…

  • Warehouse project draws opposition

    "Biggest project ever" causes stir among nearby residents By: Purvi Desai    UPPER FREEHOLD — A 1.8 million-square-foot warehouse complex being proposed by a New York City developer has been billed by local officials as "the biggest project we’ve ever had" and is causing a stir among some nearby residents.    The project, a three-warehouse complex called…

  • HHS track and field teams sweep county meet

    Jones, Dennis, throwers star By: Nick Vaccaro        The Hillsborough High boys and girls completed an impressive sweep at last Thursday’s Somerset County Track and Field Championships.    While the HHS boys successfully defended their county title, the Raider girls started what they hope will be a new championship streak after falling short in last year’s…

  • Wagner wins shot put

    BOYS TRACK By: Tim Falls    Hopewell Valley Central High School senior Paul Wagner will be happy when he is upset about throwing 52 feet in the shot put.    Wagner threw 52-8.75 to win the shot put at the Mercer County track championships at Steinert last Saturday.    Wagner has been happy with the way he has…

  • Better vaccines can slow spread of rabies

    To the editor By:    It was disheartening to read the misleading information regarding feral cats and rabies that appeared in the May 11 Beacon article about the discovery of a rabid raccoon in Hillsborough. While the article correctly advises the public against contact with wild or unfamiliar animals, it unfairly exaggerates the threat posed by…