• SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Mantz feels foundation is set for SBHS to thrive without him

    By Rich Fisher, Sports Editor    Rick Mantz shot across the South Brunswick High School football landscape like a meteor — quickly, but brightly.    After being offered a business opportunity from a friend that was impossible to turn down, Mantz regretfully stepped down as the Vikings varsity football coach and assistant athletic director at the last…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: No medals, but good experiences for Vikes at MOC

    By Rich Fisher, Sports Editor    The South Brunswick High School girls track & field team did not bring home any medals from Saturday’s Meet of Champions, but the Vikings still returned with some positive vibes.    ”We did have some good things happen,” said coach Stefan Moorhead. “Only Sophia (Ginez) had ever competed in an indoor…

  • REGISTER FOR PRESCHOOL AT HAR SINAI

    By Har Sinai PENNINGTON – Registration for the Early Childhood Center at Har Sinai Temple, 2421Pennington Road, is now open for Fall 2009 and preschool classes that begin March 11 and 12.  Open to all children, the classes include Toddler Time Together, a 10:30-11:30 a.m. class on Wednesdays in which mothers and their 12-24 month-old children…

  • HEALTH MATTERS: The recession roller-coaster: Surviving emotional shocks

    It is important to have a strong network of interpersonal support that may include friends, family and, in many cases, a professional mental health counselor. By Neal B. Schofield, M.D. Princeton HealthCare System     It was Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, who called love and work the cornerstones of our humanity.     It’s no…

  • MERCER COUNTY: Executive Hughes eyes saving money as shortfall looms

    Annual budget address now March 12    Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes announced Tuesday that the county is facing a $43 million shortfall in the next two years, and as a result, he will push back his annual budget address to March 12 in order to explore and impose various measures to reduce costs.    Mr.…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Mercer County may freeze wages, seek furloughs

       TRENTON — Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes said this week that the county is facing a $43 million shortfall in the next two years, and as a result, he is pushing back his annual budget address to March 12 in order to explore and impose various measures to reduce costs.    Pay freezes and voluntary…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Cub Scouts help put soldiers at ease

    HILLSBOROUGH: Cub Scouts help put soldiers at ease

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Cub Scout Andrew Gross, 8, may not know what it is like to be in combat, but now he can proudly show off his own Combat Action Badge, given to him by a soldier at Fort Dix on Feb. 15.    ”(The soldier) got the badge when he was in combat,”…

  • Jones, Townsend, Morgan advance for Greyhounds

    By: Kyle Moylan Sports Editor     Jule Dolci was hoping this would be a bounce back year for the Northern Burlington High School wrestling team.     Didn’t happen.     “We were 7-15 as a team and it’s been a long, long time since we had a season without a district champion,” said Dolci, Northern Burlington’s…

  • CRANBURY: Library gives money to township

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — The Cranbury Public Library Board of Trustees passed a resolution Feb. 13 that will allow a transfer of $18,000 of the library’s dedicated funding to the municipality.    Earlier in the month, in an effort to ease the tax burden on residents, Mayor Pari Stave asked the board to…

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