• SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Vikings have comeback for the ages

    Girls lacrosse team rallies from 9-2 deficit to top Raiders in GMCT semifinals By Rich Fisher, Sports Editor MONROE – Regardless of what South Brunswick High’s girls lacrosse team did in Wednesday night’s championship game with Old Bridge, its effort in the Greater Middlesex Conference semifinals can long be remembered as a shining moment in…

  • MANVILLE: Council, board agree to cut $175,000

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer Reduced surplus, salary and expense savings lower tax hike by $18    The Manville Borough Council unanimously approved a motion to reduce the defeated 2009-10 school budget by $175,000, which the Board of Education accepted at its Tuesday meeting.    The $175,000 reduction would reduce the total budget to $18,944,248, with $12,484,467…

  • CRANBURY: Students pen books of hope

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — Students poring over their textbooks is no strange sight, but there’s a slight phenomenon that’s taking place in the sixth-graders’ classroom at Cranbury School as pupils are transitioning from readers to authors.    It’s all a part of the national Books of Hope project, a program that allows U.S.…

  • MS. INFORMATION: Today’s as good as any other

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    Much like “keeping Christ in Christmas,” Mother’s Day certainly seems to have lost some of its meaning over past few decades.    After I shell out 50 bucks on cards each year, my mother never fails to call and tell me that my words, (meaning the free ones I had actually…

  • CRANBURY: Curtailing false fire alarms

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — False alarms typically make up a good portion of the Cranbury Volunteer Fire Company’s monthly logs, but soon enough some of the responsible parties will face a steeper fine for their negligence.    Monday, the Township Committee unanimously passed a resolution, which will penalize companies that test their alarm…

  • MANVILLE: Fundraiser to aid injured MHS alum

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Friends have come together to help a family in need during a very difficult time.    A benefit for former Manville resident John Sala, who was seriously injured March 22 in an all-terrain vehicle accident, will be held this Saturday at Rosina’s in Bound Brook.    Mr. Sala, 40, is a…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Robbery suspects sought

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    South Brunswick police say they are looking for two suspects involved in the May 2 robberies of both a township convenience store on Ridge Road and a gas station on Route 130.    The first robbery took place at the Stop Buy Food Store on Ridge Road in Monmouth Junction at…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Recent school board self-evaluation lauded by NJSBA official

    NJSBA’s Diane Morris: "I’m very pleased to see where you are as compared to a few years ago” By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    A field representative of the New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA) had strong praise for the results of the Hopewell Valley school board’s recently completed annual self-evaluation Monday night.    ”I’m very pleased…

  • Calling all veterans

    Sevy Di Cocco, veterans coordinator     Pennington and its local neighbors will hold their annual Memorial Day Parade on May 25, beginning at 11 a.m. sharp on South Main Street in front of the Hopewell Valley Regional School District Administration Building.    Veterans are asked to show up no later than 10:45 a.m. so we can…

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