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  • Up-tempo Vikes moving up Hill

    By: Lance Manion    Tommy Hill admits it took him a bit longer than he expected to get into basketball shape this winter.    It wasn’t as if South Brunswick’s standout point guard wasn’t physically fit. He had the endurance to run miles at a time, but his legs felt heavy whenever he’d sprint up and down…

  • PHS consults Cook book for winning recipe against WW-PS

    By: Bob Nuse    The Princeton High girls’ basketball isn’t accustomed to having a 15-point lead in the fourth quarter.    It showed, as visiting West Windsor-Plainsboro South turned up the pressure and whittled the lead to two points with 27.1 seconds left before the Little Tigers held them off for a 65-62 win Tuesday.    "I was…

  • KIDS AND THE COMMUNITY by Judy Shepps Battle: Talking about the dangers of ‘Fry’

    The dangers associated with the drug combination of marijuana joints laced with phencyclidine (PCP) and soaked in embalming fluid known as Fry are publicized. By: Judy Shepps Battle    Every generation exhibits behaviors that are intended to both baffle and intrigue its elders. Many of these adolescent provocations revolve around styles of music or dress and…

  • Obituaries for the week of Jan. 26

    James Roberts Sr.    James Roberts Sr. of Lawrence died Monday at Capitol Health System-Fuld. He was 74. He was born in Marion, S.C. Mr. Roberts was a member of Friendship Baptist Church.    He realized his love for cooking in Florence, S.C. where he opened his first barbecue restaurant.    Mr. Roberts, who was also known as…

  • Donna Hackworth

       Donna R. Kampf Hackworth, 43, died Thursday, Jan. 19, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick.    Born in New Brunswick and raised in Sayreville, she was a resident of Kendall Park for the last 18 years. Ms. Hackworth was employed by The Star-Ledger, the Home News and Greater Media Newspapers for many years.    Her…

  • HHS swimmers set for peak season

    Boys seek to defend county title By: John E. Powers        The dual meet season is nearing its end, which means it is time for Hillsborough High School head coach swimming Todd Sudol’s master plan to take shape.    The Hillsborough boys and girls begin the championship season this weekend in the Somerset County Championships at…

  • Minding the peas and q’s in school lunches

    Students finding new menus in local school cafeterias. By: Donna Lukiw    Triangle Elementary School students had to resist a table filled with hotdogs, sodas and potato chips, and choose the apples and pretzels as part of a lesson on nutrition Monday.    The display was part of an assembly organized by the district’s food service provider,…

  • Reserve funds aid big win over South Plainfield

    By: Rich Fisher    Facing its biggest game to date — because now, they’re all big — the South Brunswick High School girls basketball team was muddling along in the first half against South Plainfield Saturday.    The Vikings let an 11-2 lead shrink to 11-10, and a 17-10 edge shrivel to 17-15. At that juncture, point…

  • Clinton calls for Iran sanctions

    Senator: Bush downplaying Mideast nuclear threat By: David Campbell    In a policy address last week at Princeton University, U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) called for United Nations sanctions against Iran and criticized the Bush administration for downplaying the mounting threat from that Middle East nation’s nuclear aspirations.    The former first lady, who is viewed…