• SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Letters

    Letter to the Board of Education By Iman Elazabawi     I am writing this letter to show my support to the dedication and hard effort that South Brunswick teachers give every day.    As you may or may not know, teachers spend their own money to add to their lessons to make them engaging and exciting,…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK:Parents support SBEA at BOE meeting

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK:Parents support SBEA at BOE meeting

    Ed Birch photos Above, teachers and parents attend Monday night’s Board of Education meeting. Right, Jill Rubenstein speaks out in support of the teachers union during public comments.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Senior wrestlers honored at last home match

    HILLSBOROUGH: Senior wrestlers honored at last home match

       The Hillsborough High School wrestling team celebrated Senior Night with a home victory over Sayreville, 45-24, on Jan. 30.    Before the match, the Raiders’ five senior varsity wrestlers were all honored. Hillsborough’s senior wrestlers are all enjoying their best seasons this year.    Adam LaBracio (106 pounds) is undefeated (25-0) and Senior Night was the perfect…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: SBHS looking for jean donations

    By Maria Riegel, Special Writer    South Brunswick High School’s Student Council is hosting a Teens for Jeans drive until Feb. 10 according to Student Council Advisor Kelly Boyer.    All South Brunswick community members and SBHS students are welcome to donate.    Teens for Jeans is sponsored by the national program dosomething.org and the clothing store Aeropostale.…

  • MONROE: Local signs with Colorado Rockies

    MONROE: Local signs with Colorado Rockies

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    GLASSBORO — Monroe’s Marc Magliaro has finally seen his dream come true and will follow it west to play for pro baseball’s Colorado Rockies organization.    ”It was very overwhelming and it was something I wanted to do my entire life,” said Mr. Magliaro, a student at Rowan University, in an…

  • HERALD HAPPENINGS: Week of Feb. 1

    HERALD HAPPENINGS: Week of Feb. 1

    East Windsor Board of Education President Robert Laverty (left) and Superintendent Edward Forsthoffer (right) recognized Hightstown High School athletes last night during a board meeting. Three East Windsor 17-year-old teens were recognized in girls sports, receiving fall sports athletic awards, including, Miranda Kosmides for field hockey; Caitlin Douglass (center) for girls soccer; and Dorothy Van…

  • WEST WINDSOR: HiTOPS/Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week

    WEST WINDSOR: HiTOPS/Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week

    Dziekonska lifts North track By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Monica Biro felt like the West Windsor-Plainsboro High North girls track and field team had a good chance to win the Mercer County Championship if its athletes could be selfless and perform for the team.    ”The biggest thing here is a lot of people are…

  • MANVILLE: Manville man charged in drugstore break-in, theft

       A Manville man has been charged with in the Jan. 11 break-in and theft at Walgreen’s Drug Store on South Main Street.    Manville detectives, using store video footage, concluded that Gregory Keenan, 36, of South Street, was responsible for the burglary, said Prosecutor Geoffrey Soriano.    Officers responding to an alarm at about 12:10 a.m. found…

  • BORDENTOWN JOTTINGS: Week of Jan. 31

    Fri., Feb. 1    Jerry Blavat the “Geator with the Heator” 50s dance at Bordentown Elks Lodge 2085, Cost: $25 includes free beer and soda no outside beverages allowed. Call Maryann for tickets – 609-658-1529. Fri., Feb. 8    Annual Chocolate Walk And Carriage Rides 6 to 9 p.m. on Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown City. Participating businesses open…

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