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This Week
Friday Widows and widowers: The Mercer County chapter of the Widows and Widowers will hold its monthly dance social at 7:30 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus, 1451 Klockner Road, Hamilton. For more information, call (609) 587-8959 or (609) 585-3453. Saturday Holiday pet photos: Have your pet’s photo taken from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Lawrence…
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Laws would limit residency for convicted sex offenders
Local municipalities will consider implementing pedophile free areas By: William Wichert It is up for debate in the state Legislature and it may soon be brought before the U.S. Supreme Court, but now, legislation restricting where convicted sex offenders can live has become a local issue. As part of a growing national and statewide effort,…
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Dennis, Raiders finish great year in style
X-C team sets another record at M of C By: Rudy Brandl HOLMDEL Brian Dennis put a fitting final stamp on his fine scholastic cross country career in Saturday’s NJSIAA Meet of Champions at Holmdel Park. The best Hillsborough High team in school history did the same. Dennis, third in last year’s M…
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School security work nearly completed
The district is in the process of installing cameras, door phones and door alarms at its four schools. By: Donna Lukiw When the Manville school district completes the security projects under way, Superintendent Donald Burkhardt and Business Administrator Richard Reilly will be able to keep a closer eye on what’s going on in the schools.…
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Casamento set to coach against former team
MHS offensive coordinator seeks win over Bound Brook By: John E. Powers Chris Casamento is used to putting football programs back on the right track. As an assistant coach under Rich Tramaglini at Bernards in the mid 1990s, Casamento helped a dormant program become a perennial Central Jersey Group 1 playoff contender. As head…
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EDITORIAL
Let’s be thankful for good fortune, and say a prayer. This year as Manville families gather around their Thanksgiving dinners, we have much for which to be thankful. First, with many local residents serving overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan, we are thankful no local servicemen or women have been casualties of the war. Around the…
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Judith Ann Lugo
HILLSBOROUGH Judith Ann (Wybraniec) Lugo died Nov. 17 at home. She was 60. Born in Perth Amboy, she lived in Woodbridge before moving to Hillsborough 27 years ago. Mrs. Lugo was employed as a fifth-grade teacher for the Edison Board of Education. She was a communicant of St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church in East…
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Book Notes for the week of Nov. 24
Giving Thanks Dr. Joan Ruddiman The house is too small. We’ve known this for as long as we have hosted Thanksgiving dinner. The dining room is comfortable with eight people, find-your-seat-and-never-get-up with 10 people. We solved the problem of how to all have dinner together by adding a smaller table in the adjoining parlor. Truly,…
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Hearing the horrors of the Holocaust firsthand
ABIS students listen in awe to survivor Clara Kramer’s tale. By: Donna Lukiw Clara Kramer was only 14 years old when she lived in a crawl space for two years with 18 other people, surviving only by eating rotten potatoes and the desire to live. Ms. Kramer, now 78 and living in Elizabeth, survived the…
