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  • Johnson bucks party, runs for mayor

    Former mayor to run as Independent Democrat while incumbent receives the local party’s backing. By: joseph Harvie    Former Mayor Debra Johnson, the first and only candidate so far to submit a petition to run on the Democratic ticket for mayor in the June 6 primary, says she knows it will be a "challenge" to run…

  • INDEPENDENT STUDIES By Marisa Maldonado: Students say they are wary, but find MySpace useful

    SBHS Junior Statesman Assocation members say that MySpace helps them connect with friends, but are cautious of how people act on the site. By: Marisa Maldonado    Editor’s Note: Part of a continuing series of student roundtables on a variety of issues the South Brunswick Post holds with students at South Brunswick High School.    Several dozen…

  • Book Notes for the week of March 16

    Our complex canines By: Dr. Joan Ruddiman     In the early 1990s, author Elizabeth Marshall Thomas burst onto the media radar with "The Hidden Life of Dogs." The first run in August of 1993 of 13,000 copies was followed within the week with 10,000 more. For 10 months, the book was on the New York…

  • DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Meditations on Iraq, 3 years in

    The news from Iraq is bad and only getting worse. By: Hank Kalet    On Sunday, it will be three years and counting.    It was Wednesday, March 19, 2002, when President George W. Bush took to the airwaves to let us know that war had begun, that "American and coalition forces (were) in the early stages…

  • Morton 2-2 at state championships in A.C.

    By: Kyle Moylan    New Egypt High’s Tom Morton finished the wrestling season with a 36-3 record and tied for ninth place out of all the 103-pounders in the state of New Jersey.    If that sounds good, it’s only because it is.    "He’s a special wrestler," New Egypt Coach Kevin English noted of his sophomore.    Not…

  • Volunteers keep watch on the well-being of waterways

    Bordentown City Environmental Commission launches stream monitoring program By: Vanessa S. Holt    BORDENTOWN CITY – Three of the city’s small streams got a health checkup on Saturday thanks to a group of volunteers and Boy Scouts.    The Bordentown City Environmental Commission (BCEC) launched its stream monitoring program on Saturday, working with Boy Scout Troop 13…

  • LHS wrestlers win three bouts at state tourney

    Friedeborn, Williams complete stellar seasons. By: John E. Powers    Neither Matt Friedeborn nor Dan Williams placed at last weekend’s New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Wrestling Tournament in Atlantic City. But both Lawrence High School senior wrestlers accomplished a lot in their first experience at Boardwalk Hall.    Williams, a Region 5 Tournament runner-up at 171…

  • Watershed purchases land from Valley school district

    The school district received $475,759.75 from the SB-MWA By Ruth Luse    The Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association (SB-MWA) recently completed the purchase of just over 30 acres of land from the Hopewell Valley Regional School District.    The Watershed Association purchased the parcel using Green Acres funds available through the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection in…

  • EDITORIAL: Teens need advice on Web use

    Online services like MySpace are relatively benign. It’s up to parents to educate their children on their use.    MySpace, the online networking site, is attracting a lot of attention these days.    It has been the subject of dozens of breathless reports on national news programs that have focused on the alleged dangers the site poses…