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  • Mustangs complete another winning week

    Rock, Sopko key victory over Vo-Tech By: Rudy Brandl        Kyle Sopko was asked to fill two different roles in Friday’s home baseball game vs. Somerset Vo-Tech.    The Manville High junior accomplished both with flying colors, helping the Mustangs post a 7-5 victory to extend their regular season winning streak to seven straight games. After…

  • Letter: Grace Plater, a true friend

    To the editor:    For 30 years, Grace Plater was our next-door neighbor and ultimately our very dear friend.    The previous owners apologized to us for selling their house to a black family. How lucky we were to share the following years with this very remarkable woman. We were soldiers in her army as she did…

  • Guilty plea entered in assault

    Mansfield man pleads guilty to aggravated assault by auto in state Superior Court By: Vanessa S. Holt    A Mansfield man, who pleaded guilty to aggravated assault by auto in state Superior Court on Tuesday for injuring three officers in a police chase through Burlington and Mercer counties last year, faces up to 11 years in…

  • Hopewell Valley school budget talks continue tonight

    Peter Martin, a certified public accountant whom the three municipalities have hired to help them with the defeated budget, is scheduled to present recommendations at the meeting, which begins at 6 p.m. at Timberlane Middle School’s cafetorium By John Tredrea    The joint meetings — involving officials of the three municipalities and the school board —…

  • HHS softball team advances to SCT semis again

    McInaw, Derewecki girls lead way By: Rudy Brandl        Hillsborough High softball coach Cheryl Iaione always gets nervous for her team’s first game in the Somerset County Tournament.    Every year, there’s an upset-minded team coming to Hillsborough with nothing to lose. All the pressure is on the Raiders, who are usually favored to win easily…

  • Letters for the week of May 11

    Time to bring our troops home To the editor:     Our government reports that April was the deadliest month this year in Iraq, with 67 American soldiers killed. That brings the total near 2,400 dead since the start. Almost 20,000 GIs have been seriously wounded, over half with head injuries; most of the rest have…

  • LETTER: Return control to local citizens

    To the editor:     Recently I had the opportunity to read the letter submitted by Dawn Smith, chairwoman of the South Brunswick Republican Party. I agree with many of her points.    Debra Johnson is running as an independent Democrat for mayor, fighting for the citizens of South Brunswick against a well-funded Middlesex County Democratic organization.…

  • Letter: Van Dyke try is disingenuous

    To the editor:     I read the South Brunswick Post’s story, "Developer considers Van Dyke," with great interest, as I am a resident in the eastern village section of South Brunswick where the PulDa/Van Dyke farm is located. The story speaks of a rumored meeting that the mayor said took place at the beginning of…

  • McMullen targets more Cardinal records

    Senior joins Korkuch in setting Cardinal triple jump record at Mercer Relays. By: Tim Falls    For the longest time, Lawrence High School senior Nicole McMullen didn’t realize the impression she made on the Cardinals’ track program.    When she finally did, McMullen figured she would try to add a little more to her legacy.    All told,…