Author: Central Jersey
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ROBBINSVILLE: Local quilters provide comfort
By Elizabeth Johnson, Special Writer A local woman has turned a craft that helped her through harrowing times into a mission to comfort those undergoing lifesaving treatments. Quilts for Comfort is a local organization that provides handmade quilts for adults suffering with leukemia and through bone marrow transplants. Based out of Robbinsville, the organization…
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WEST AMWELL: Hall of Fame dinner tickets on sale
Tickets are on sale for South Hunterdon Regional High School’s Eagle Athletic Hall Of Fame inaugural induction ceremony and dinner on Thursday, March 26, at the Inn at the Lambertville Station’s Riverside Ballroom. Hors d’oeuvres will be offered at 6 p.m., with dinner at 7. The price is $45 for adults, and $25 for children…
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COLUMBUS CORNER: Jan. 22, 2015
The Mansfield Township Committee meetings are held the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month in the municipal building at 7:30 p.m. The Mansfield Township Economic Development Committee meets the third Wednesday of the month in the municipal building at 7:30 p.m. The Mansfield Township Planning Board meets the first Monday of the month in…
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MANVILLE: Reporter remembers days of attending Catholic school
As a young girl, reporter Mary Ellen Day is pictured next to Sister Marie in a photo from Sept. 6, 1968, the first day of the school’s first year.
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Ice harvest event Saturday at Howell Farm
During Howell Farm’s ice harvest in 2006, an igloo was built. It must have been cold. An extended forecast for Jan. 24, 2015 calls for a high of 35 degrees and snow . . . maybe 3-5 inches.
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Har Sinai to host special program Sunday
‘Jewish college students and teens are facing unprecedented pressures of anti-Semitism on campus’ In the wake of the most recent conflict between the State of Israel and groups representing Palestinians in the Middle East, Jewish college students and teens are facing unprecedented pressures of anti-Semitism on campus. Concerned over how students are being treated and…
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LAMBERTVILLE: Veliz throws party for 500 kids in Peru
For two decades, Lambertville resident Gino Veliz has gone to Peru to make Christmas a special time for the members of one small village. Shown above are Mr. Veliz (left) and his mom at Ginosfun, the annual party he puts on for the people of Huacho, Peru.
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HILLSBOROUGH: Who’s got talent? Find out Saturday
First community show attracts performers young and old By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Community talent, young and old, will take to the stage Saturday night when the Hillsborough High School theater program hosts its first “Hillsborough’s Got Talent” show. Nine entries have been selected to perform in the program, which will mimic the TV show…
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LOOSE ENDS: Loving the Garden State
Photo by Pam Hersh “Chasing New Jersey” host and Princeton resident Bill Spadea is proud of his state.
