• In defense of Dharun Ravi

    Anjani Gharpure, Plainsboro To the editor: What everyone had read until recently was that Dharun Ravi, an 18-year-old recent graduate of WWP North class of 2010, a Rutgers freshman, secretly recorded his roommate, Tyler Clementi, while he was with another man and posted it on the Internet.    Now 19 months later, we know that nothing…

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  • Spotswood softball team off to encouraging start

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent I f the Spotswood High School softball teamcould bottle everything it did right in April 2’s 13-1 season-opening win over New Brunswick, the Chargers would be serious challengers for the Greater Middlesex Conference Blue Division title. Timely hitting, including 11 first-inning runs, error-free fielding, and a dominant performance by a healthy…

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    Registration for the 2012 Sayrewoods South Men’s League will take place at the Old Bridge Parks and Recreation Building onApril 19 from 7 to 9 p.m. The registration fee for all new players for the season will be $260. This fee includes 21 games from the end of May through the end of August. Teams…

  • Hyland still driving force behind Bears’ softball team

    East Brunswick H.S. opens with 7-0 win over Old Bridge BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent East Brunswick High School’s Megan Costello covers first base to get Old Bridge’s Noreen Nugent out during the April 2 season opener for the two softball teams played at East Brunswick. The Bears got their season off to a fine start,…

  • Elisabeth Ohland Goedeke

    Mrs. Goedeke, 78, of Spotswood, died March 15, 2012, at home. Born in Lohr am/Main, Germany, she immigrated to the U.S. in 1955. She was predeceased by her husband, Walter Goedeke, in 1991. Surviving are a son, Thomas and his wife, Gail, of Old Bridge; a daughter, Barbara Frey and her husband, Dale, of Peachtree…

  • Rose Margaret Johnson

    Mrs. Johnson, 80, a resident of East Brunswick for more than 51 years, died March 22, 2012, at home. She was predeceased by her husband, Aldur, in 2009. Surviving are her children, Aileen Johnson, Steven and his wife, Barbara, both of East Brunswick, and Karen Johnson of Wrightstown; three grandchildren; two brothers, George Cray and…

  • Andrew J. Scopelliti

    Mr. Scopelliti, 77, of Spotswood, died March 20, 2012, at his son’s home in Chicago. He grew up in Metuchen and had resided in Spotswood since 1961. Mr. Scopelliti was employed by General Motors prior to his retirement. A U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War, he was a former member of the Veterans of…

  • Joseph J. Valenti

    Mr. Valenti, 65, a resident of Monroe since 1969, died March 23, 2012, at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. He retired in 2006 after a 38-year career in education, having served as vice principal at South Brunswick High School. Mr. Valenti was a third-degree Knight of Columbus in Spotswood Council No. 4907. He was…

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