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Editor’s Notebook
Signing on as Messenger-Press managing editor By: Scott Morgan Though I would like to have the ability to introduce myself personally to all of you, I’ll have to settle for the compromise and do so here. Hello. My name is Scott Morgan and I am the new managing editor of the Messenger-Press. A few of…
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A big show about a small-town girl
High School holds spring performance of "Thoroughly Modern Millie." By: Marisa Maldonado A small-town girl leaves home for more exciting opportunities. This could be the story of many South Brunswick High School graduates come June. But for now it’s the plot of the spring musical, "Thoroughly Modern Millie", which is being held Thursday, Friday and…
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Well-played game leaves Rainey speechless
Lawrence takes control on the field to record its third win this season. By: Tim Falls Head coach Heather Rainey only had a few things to say after Lawrence’s girls lacrosse game against Hightstown on Tuesday. That’s how Amy Wham knew Lawrence had played well. That and the score. The Cardinals defeated Hightstown, 14-6, for…
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LHS wants an unexpected win
TENNIS By: Tim Falls The Lawrence High School varsity team is looking for a win it is not supposed to get. The Cardinals came close on Monday in a 4-1 loss to West Windsor-Plainsboro North. While the Knights had four points to Lawrence’s one, the match really could have gone the other way with first…
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SBHS nips St. Joseph’s for huge win
By: Lance Manion Mark Ziminski didn’t need to give an inspirational speech to fire up his South Brunswick boys lacrosse team when it faced St. Joseph’s last week. The name on the opposing jersey was motivation enough. "We have a great rivalry with St. Joe’s," said Ziminski, whose club has met the Metuchen parochial school…
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Melee mars celebration
Fight breaks out during restaurant’s festivities. By: Joseph Harvie An attempt to remove a patron from a Cinco de Mayo party at Mexican restaurant and bar in the South Brunswick Square Mall resulted in three men being charged with assault and other offenses Friday night. Police were responding to a request from Banditos Margarita Factory…
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Bradley, Brozyna honored as county scholar-athletes
MHS seniors enjoy special evening By: Mary Ellen Zangara Manville High School seniors Christine Bradley and Rafal Brozyna were among the 34 student-athletes honored at the Somerset County Scholar-Athlete Awards Dinner last Thursday night at the Doubletree Hotel in Somerset. Timothy O’Halloran, president of the Somerset County High School Principals’ Association, began the awards…
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Obituaries
For the week of May 11 David J. Kerr UPPER FREEHOLD David J. Kerr, 49, died on April 29 in Fairless Hills, Pa. Born and raised in Baltimore, he lived in Mount Holly and Florence before moving to Upper Freehold 12 years ago. Mr. Kerr was a licensed master plumber and owned and operated…
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Township tax rate stable for 2006
Township Committee adopts $7 million budget without increasing municipal tax rate By: Purvi Desai MILLSTONE The Township Committee unanimously adopted a $7 million budget last week without increasing the municipal tax rate. The tax rate will remain at 9 cents per $100 of assessed property valuation. A resident with a property assessed at the…
