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  • Town eyes East Village area task force

    Panel to focus on areas east of Route 130 near Davidsons Mill and Deans Rhode Hall roads. By: Joseph Harvie    Township officials want to address the concerns of residents in the eastern section of town regarding issues such as stormwater management, truck traffic and historic preservation.    Mayor Frank Gambatese said Tuesday the township will set…

  • Richard Raymond Kowal Sr.

       BRIDGEWATER — Richard Raymond Kowal Sr. died Feb. 11 at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. He was 77.    Mr. Kowal was born in Manville and had lived there until moving to Bridgewater in 1995.    He served in the U.S. Navy from 1946 through 1949 and in the Naval Reserve until 1953. He was a tractor-truck operator…

  • Township hoping for grant money

    Township officials are concerned that due to proposed federal budget cuts, South Brunswick may not receive the $88,200 grant it requested from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. By: Joseph Harvie    The township is hoping to get the same amount in grants from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development this year…

  • Mustangs can’t contain Technology

    Newark school rolls again By: Shawn Tyrrell        There have been few easy games during the course of the season for the Manville High boys’ basketball team. Last Friday was no exception, when the struggling Mustangs played host to visiting Newark Technology in a rematch from early in the year that saw the Panthers roll…

  • Editorial for the week of Feb. 16

    Timely storm reminds us of wintry marvels By: Rob Heyman    Call it Lincoln’s Revenge. Or the pre-St. Valentine’s Day Massacre of 2006. Or the You’re In Turin Reality Show.    Whatever it was, the storm that dumped more than a foot of snow across Central Jersey over the weekend certainly shook up a region that had…

  • Better effort doesn’t bring HoVal better result

    HOPEWELL VALLEY GIRLS BASKETBALL By: John E. Powers    The Hopewell Valley High School girls basketball team knew it had a daunting task in the first round of the Mercer County Tournament.    The 12th-seeded Bulldogs drew fifth-seeded Steinert, a team they had lost to 60-35 Dec. 20. This time around, coach Jeff Losch said, the effort…

  • Mansfield fills post to replace chief

    Kevin Rehmann to head township Police Department By: Scott Morgan    MANSFIELD — Less than a week after creating the position of public safety director, the Township Committee announced Tuesday a retired state trooper will take the job temporarily and helm the Police Department until at least the end of the year.    Kevin Rehmann, 56, a…

  • Numbers dwindling in Vikes wrestling program

    By: Ken Weingartner    Joe Dougherty isn’t the type of coach to make excuses. He also isn’t afraid to tell it like it is.    So when Dougherty points to the dwindling numbers of wrestlers at South Brunswick High, he isn’t trying to justify the Vikings’ struggles in dual meets this season. He is simply stating facts.…

  • Upper Freehold girls’ basketball team wins Tri-County Conference

    By: Kyle Moylan    Katie Bailey saw this season coming. Of course, that didn’t make it any less enjoyable when it arrived.    Bailey, the head coach of the Upper Freehold girls’ basketball team, guided her squad to a 10-0 record and the championship of the Tri-County Conference.    "We didn’t win the championship last season (Millstone did),…