Author: Central Jersey
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HILLSBOROUGH: Louis Bizzoco, 10, to compete in All-American Soapbox Derby finals
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Hillsborough’s 10-year-old Louis Bizzoco won the New Jersey Soap Box Derby stock division on June 7 and will advance to race in the international race in Akron, Ohio, this month. The International Soap Box Derby has held races for 76 years and is known as “the greatest amateur racing event…
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State task force issues recommendations for improving school safety
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Schools districts around the state should have security guards in their schools and require students and teachers to wear identification badges, according to a state task force looking to improve school safety. Those represented some of the 42 recommendations contained in a report released Thursday by an 11-member task…
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LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP: New Wawa grand opening features hoagie-building contest between local police, fire departments
By Maddy Anand, Packet Media Group Wawa celebrated the grand opening July 10 of its Lawrence Township store at 2936 Brunswick Pike. “We had about 25 customers waiting for the store to open its doors at 8a.m.,” said Jim Shortall, Wawa director of store operations. “It’s so nice to have the community’s support. It’s taken…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Incumbent Assembly members hope for positive campaign
To the editor: We are proud to represent New Jersey’s 16th Legislative District and honored to once again be on the ballot for this year’s New Jersey General Assembly election. Being a candidate for elected office is a privilege. And so, we offer congratulations to our opponents for their nomination. We look forward…
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HILLSBOROUGH: College graduates share news of their achievement
Two Hillsborough residents recently graduated from Centenary College in Hackettstown. Nicole Forsythe earned a bachelor of fine arts degree, and Michael Stephenson a bachelor of arts degree. Koko Tanimoto Kondo, one of the youngest Hiroshima A-bomb survivors and an internationally recognized peace advocate, was the keynote speaker. Ms. Kondo received her associate in arts degree…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Police say trailer, scrap metal worth $10,205 is taken
A contractor reported June 26 that a trailer filled with scrap metal had been stolen overnight from a parking lot on Farm Road. The value of the trailer and its contents was put at $10,205, police said. In other incidents reported by police: — A Dewitt Lane resident reported June 26 that someone had entered…
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A decade of promoting the arts: Arts Council of Princeton’s Executive Director Jeff Nathanson talks about the past and looks to the future
By Anthony Stoeckert, Packet Media Group For Jeff Nathanson, one of the pleasures of his job as executive director of the Arts Council of Princeton is giving people the opportunity to take art classes when they might not otherwise have that opportunity. Through scholarships and collaborations with organizations in the Princeton area, kids and seniors…
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PRINCETON: Mayor details her role in municipal land purchase
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer When Princeton last year bought a flood-prone property across the street from where Mayor Liz Lempert lives on Meadowbrook Drive, she recused herself from the matter. Yet a review of municipal records from her days as a Princeton Township Committeewoman show that she was directly involved in the procedural…
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PRINCETON: Little Tigers soccer pair to get kicks abroad
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Chase Ealy and Nick Kapp weren’t thrilled by their options when it came to where they would go to college after graduating from Princeton High School. But that all changed when Ealy’s mother came across some information about the Richmond International Academic and Soccer Academy in Leeds in the United…
