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  • Smoking ban means agony … or ecstasy

    Gov. Richard Codey expected to sign smoke-free bill into law By: Scott Morgan    It was the most controversial piece of legislation in an enormous last-day slate of bills facing the state Assembly on Monday; and by a very large margin, it passed.    On Sunday, Gov. Richard Codey is expected to sign the bill into law…

  • EDITORIAL

    Joe Utasi helps make Manville a better place.    The annual reorganization meeting of the Borough Council is the perfect time for the mayor or council members to recognize members of the public, and Saturday’s honored resident — Joe Utasi of South Seventh Avenue — is the perfect recipient of borough honors.    With a twinkle still…

  • DISPATCH by Hank Kalet: The debasement of language

    Through the use of cliches and buzzwords, the language of politics looses its meaning. By:Hank Kalet    "We will not cut and run."    "We just want an honest debate" that "brings credit to our democracy, not comfort to our adversaries."    "We’re just hoping for a respectful hearing."    Ah, the power of the political cliché, the shorthand…

  • FORUM: Do you think lockdown drills are necessary in the schools?

    Join the Debate    The South Brunswick Post is hosting a weekly forum that allow readers and users of the World Wide Web to offer their opinions on a variety of issues.    The forum is designed to encourage debate and to offer the community information about the direction residents of South Brunswick want their town to…

  • WEB ONLY: The poetry of Judah Jacobowitz

       See Related Story: Passion for truth, a 1991 conversation with Judah Jacobowitz For Ida Miriam For one who cannot endure our own prolonged absences, she is almost impossibly invisible now, fading, fleeing this life she thinks she has finished with, this hide-bound earth. Her escape velocity increases slowly with wrinkly time, as she sunders from…

  • Valley towns need summit to address concerns they share

    EDITORIAL By Ruth Luse    Just before Christmas, Hopewell Township Committee’s new Democratic majority outlined a few of its goals for 2006.    Among them is "to develop a more constructive relationship with other government bodies, ranging from Hopewell and Pennington boroughs and the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education to Mercer County and the State of…

  • Balent balances bad with the good

    By: Lance Manion    Chris Balent is the type of coach who takes positives out of everything — even heartbreaking losses.    So four days after his South Brunswick boys basketball team took the top-ranked team in Middlesex County down to the wire, Balent was talking about how much big-game experience his junior-dominated squad gained.    Sure, St.…

  • State DOE orders special education makeup sessions

    Interim Superintendent says all makeup sessions should be done by June By: William Wichert    MANSFIELD — State officials are coming down on the special education program in the township’s elementary school district.    In its Dec. 20 response to a parental complaint, the state Department of Education (DOE) ordered the district to make up for all…

  • Lady Raiders continue inconsistent play

    Defending champs drop Delaware East opener By: Rudy Brandl    Jim Reese still hasn’t quite figured out what to expect from his Hillsborough High girls’ basketball team, but there’s one thing he knows for sure – the Lady Raiders won’t be running the table in the Delaware East Division this season.    The defending division champs opened…