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Young authors put pen to paper
MacFarland Junior School and Mansfield Township Elementary School students receive hardcover books filled with their own fiction and personal narratives. By: William Wichert Signing autographs sure does make your hand hurt, but that’s the job of a every published author, and now some local school kids. More than 200 students from two local schools learned…
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Local computer thefts may be tied to others
Police see links to Parkway-area break-ins. By: Audrey Levine Police said that a thief who has stolen computer monitors from eight local businesses in South Brunswick over the course of the past three months has struck again. In addition, the thief may be connected to 40 similar incidents in Monmouth and Ocean counties, police said.…
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‘Cinderella Man’
Above all filmmakers working today, Ron Howard has honed the old-fashioned craft of twanging the heartstrings. By: Bob Brown Russell Crowe stars as boxer James Braddock and Renée Zellweger plays Braddock’s wife in Cinderella Man. This story of a down-on-his- luck boxer who rises to become world heavyweight champ is so hokey that it has…
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NEHS softball edged in S.J. Group I championship game
By: Kyle Moylan If it played another inning, the New Egypt High School softball team may be making plans now where to hang its second consecutive South Jersey Group I championship banner. Instead, the big question following a 3-2 setback to Gloucester City in the championship game at home last Thursday is: What took New…
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Emily’s Café now open on Pennington’s Main Street
Matticolis met while working at the Chambers Walk restaurant in Lawrenceville. By John Tredrea A young husband and wife team with impressive culinary credentials and experience has just opened a café in downtown Pennington. Located at 9 N. Main St. in the heart of the borough, Emily’s Café served its first customers on June 2.…
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Land buy preserves greenbelt
KP parcel slated for closing. By: Joseph Harvie The township wants to preserve the greenbelt around the most densely populated area of town. Pretty soon it will be a done deal. The township recently completed negotiations with Robert Stanton of New York, to purchase 90 acres of the 101-acre Stanton property. The land is located…
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Letters Week of June 9
Thanks Dr. Riley To the editor: The families of Lawrence Township owe a debt of gratitude to Lawrence Township Superintendent of Schools Max Riley. Thank you, Dr Riley, for among other things, the gift of a giant head start for the preschoolers in Eggerts Crossing Village. You set a precedent by reaching out to…
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Plumsted readies sex crimes law
Plumsted Township Committee considers law to prohibit convicted sex offenders from living within 2,500 feet of any school, park, playground or day-care center. By: Marisa Maldonado PLUMSTED Convicted sex offenders would not be allowed to live within half a mile of any township school or park if a proposed township ordinance on the issue…
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Ayeni wins gold and silver at Meet of Champions
By: Carolyn M. Hartko SOUTH PLAINFIELD It may not have gone exactly as planned, but South Brunswick High School senior Yemi Ayeni will graduate in a few days as a state champion in one throwing event, and the runner-up in another. It was a brutally hot Wednesday afternoon at Frank Jost Field in South…
