• READER’S VIEW: Obama must seek victory in Afghanistan

    Daniel E. Huttar of Montgomery     The president’s speech at the Fort Hood memorial service is, generally, regarded as a good speech. I do not disagree, but under the circumstances, I feel that it could have been more powerful.    There is strong evidence that the murder at Fort Hood of 13 defenseless people was perpetrated…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Woman facing charges after auto accident

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Almost three months after a car accident left three Hillsborough residents in the hospital with serious injuries, the driver of the vehicle responsible for the incident has been charged with several counts of assault by auto.    Erin Markakis – who was a resident of Hillsborough at the time of the…

  • Write a Book with the NJ State Library during National Write Your Own Book Month

    By Gary Cooper If you have ever wanted to collaborate on a book or have your words live forever, join the New Jersey State Library in writing a book this November for National Write Your Own Book Month. The challenge is to write a book with 50,000 words in one month and the State Library…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Local cadets adapt to life ‘out of the ordinary’

    HILLSBOROUGH: Local cadets adapt to life ‘out of the ordinary’

    Cadet Benjamin Salvito — shown with Gen. David Petraeus — said the prospect of going to Iraq or Afghanistan didn’t deter him from attending the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

  • CRANBURY: Tow truck procession honors George Nobile

    CRANBURY: Tow truck procession honors George Nobile

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — It was a funeral unlike any other the township had ever seen — a flatbed truck carrying George Nobile to his final resting place as hundreds of mourners filed behind in a procession of cars, tow trucks and police escorts.    Mr. Nobile, 64, a South Brunswick native and…

  • Hopewell Halloween winners listed

       The Hopewell Fire Department and Ladies Auxiliary sponsored Hopewell’s annual Halloween Parade.    The Preschool winners were: Emily Snell for prettiest; Toby Lear for funniest; Kyle Musal for Scariest; and Logan Paul for the most original.    The Kindergarten winners were: Tatiana Ruehle for prettiest; Emmet Butler for funniest; Jacob VanDoren for scariest; and Sullivan Poole for…

  • HOPEWELL: Tim McCollum with cocoa farmers in Madagascar

    He and a friend formed a business: Madecasse (which is Old French for Madagascar) By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    A thriving, Madagascar-based gourmet chocolate business is being run by a Hopewell Valley Central High School grad and a partner he met while in the Peace Corps.    Tim McCollum, who grew up in Hopewell Borough, finished…

  • ALLENTOWN: Wrestling coach has novel approach

    ALLENTOWN: Wrestling coach has novel approach

    By Kyle Moylan, Sports Editor     ALLENTOWN — Believe it or not, the love-story writing wrestling coach isn’t a character created by Vince McMahon.     Larry Kimport, a special education teacher at Allentown High School, is the wrestling coach whose best moves are foreshadowing and flashbacks.     “There’s no connection between wrestling and writing,” said…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: A night of taste

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: A night of taste

    Jeanette Roche and Tim McDermott sample a California sauvignon blanc from Longboard Vineyards.

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