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Sept. 11 tribute planned at Street Fair
Ceremony to honor servicemen and women, firefighters, rescue workers. By: Melissa Edmond Thousands of people are expected to participate in and attend the borough’s 14th annual Street Fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 11 on South Main Street. The fair, sponsored by the Manville Business and Professional Association (MBPA), traditionally features more than…
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Channel 19 brings Hopewell Valley school news home
District-dedicated Comcast channel is available to subscribers round the clock. By Ruth Luse Marking a new chapter in school district communications, Channel 19 Hopewell Valley’s new cable TV access channel is providing area viewers with a new glance into their schools. The station, which officially went on the air Aug. 23 for Comcast…
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Letters to the Editor, Sept. 1, 2005
Back in business To the editor: The staff and owners of Johnny’s Backstage in Pennytown would like to thank their customers. We did appreciate our customers’ patience and loyalty while we were partially closed for the last four weeks. We were doing construction in the kitchen area and were unable to serve our customers…
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Obituaries for the week of Sept.1
Helen G. Goulding Helen G. Goulding died Saturday in Capital Health System at Mercer. She was 93. Born in Trenton, she resided in Lawrence since 1966. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Rider College, and continued her studies at Trenton State College where she received her master’s degree. Ms. Goulding was an accountant with…
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Local man faces arson charge
Police investigating series of fires. By: Donna Lukiw Police are investigating a series of fires, one of which led to the arrest late last week of a borough man on a charge of second-degree aggravated arson. Luis Alberto Aguilar Fajardo, 23, of 321 Boesel Ave., is accused of setting an unoccupied house on fire at…
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MOST THINGS CONSIDERED: New windows offer clearer view of pests
MOST THINGS CONSIDERED By Minx McCloud Instead of washing your dirty windows, have them replaced. After almost 17 years of putting off washing my windows, I looked at them glumly one day and decided they were hopeless. I was never going to wash them, nor was I going to send Jim up a ladder to…
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HoVal showing promise in scrimmages
Hopewell Valley football By: Jim Green High school football teams have two goals for preseason scrimmages: to improve, and to stay healthy while doing so. Thus far, the Hopewell Valley Central football team has achieved both goals, showing promise after its first two scrimmages of the summer. "We’re seeing some things we do well, and…
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POST FORUM: How should the state address the looming shortfall in its pension funds?
POST FORUM Join the debate. The South Brunswick Post is hosting a weekly forum that allow readers and users of the World Wide Web to offer their opinions on a variety of issues. The forum is designed to encourage debate and to offer the community information about the direction residents want their town to take…
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Plan for Gulick House before zoning board
The proposal calls for the demolition of the historic house, and replacing it with a 100,924-square-foot assisted living facility. In related news, a local couple is seeking to buy and relocate the house. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer The developer of a proposed assisted living and nursing facility, planned for the site of the historic William…
