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HHS boys repeat as county X-C champs
Irizzary, Dennis lead way By: Rudy Brandl BERNARDS The Hillsborough High boys continued their progression to what they hope will be a huge finish to the season with another championship performance at last week’s Somerset County Cross Country Championships. While the Raiders rolled to their second straight team title and fourth in five…
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Letters to the Editor for the week of Oct. 27
By: Reed unites, Covitz divides To the editor: The attitudes, histories, approaches and platforms of the two candidates in the upcoming election for the Upper Freehold Township Committee are vastly different and I hope that all voters will consider them in making their choice. Marc Covitz and his platform will promote divisiveness, friction and…
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Letters to the Editor, Oct. 27, 2005
Wants residents’ input To the editor and Pennington residents: There is a special Pennington Borough Council meeting scheduled for Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to review the costs associated with building the new public works complex and determine cost saving strategies for the borough. As a council member,…
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Promotions follow hitting the books and streets
Many hours of study and hard work pay off for Manville police officers. By: Melissa Edmond When former Chief of Police John Petrovic announced his retirement in January, several Manville officers knew there would be opportunities for advancement. For Officer Ron Gazaway, it meant hitting the books spending 800 hours studying. He studied almost…
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Harold Boock Sr.
MANVILLE Harold W. Boock Sr. died Oct. 18 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. He was 83. Born in Hazleton, Pa., he had lived in Hazleton before settling to Manville in 1948. Mr. Boock worked in Johns-Manville as a general laborer in E building, retiring in 1984. He was a member of the Johns-Manville…
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Firm says Hopewell Township revaluation 65% done
"Data entries have been made on 4,296 residences and values ascribed to 1,200 of them," said Deputy Mayor Mark Iorio By John Tredrea Certified Valuations, the Randolph-based firm that is handling the property revaluation in Hopewell Township, has said it "is about 65 percent done with the job," Deputy Mayor Mark Iorio reported Monday. Mr.…
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Florence girls’ soccer clinches playoff spot
Veterans lead Flashes to win over Pemberton. By: Sean Moylan Just when the situation got to be its stickiest, the Florence Township Memorial High School girls’ varsity soccer team’s veterans took over and led the Flashes into the playoffs with a 4-1 home victory over Pemberton last Thursday. A few weeks ago the Flashes were…
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‘North Country’
Everyone in the cast is excellent at bringing this gripping story to life, though the material itself is somewhat predictably sentimentalized. By: Bob Brown This is an issue film. Much of its power comes from strong performances portraying in graphic detail the sexual harassment of women employees in a man’s world the mines of…
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Community Calendar for the week of Oct. 27
By: Antiques appraisal Saturday, Oct. 29 The Columbus Grange, 88 Atlantic Ave., will sponsor an antiques appraisal. Dr. Lori of Masterpiece Galleries will appraise treasured items from 1 to 4 p.m. There is a $5 admission fee and a $5 per item charge (limited to two items per person). Registration will begin at noon.…
