Category: archives
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James Beard Awards honor Julia Child
The highlight of the evening for me was the four restaurants honored with the America’s Classics awards By: Faith Bahadurian Photo by Faith Bahadurian An ice sculpture of James Beard greeted attendees at the 15th annual James Beard Awards in New York City. The 15th annual James Beard Award winners were announced earlier this month,…
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POLICE BLOTTER
By: Katherine Ossiel Davalos Aybar, 19, of Somerville was charged with motor vehicle violations around 10 a.m. May 18 after being stopped on South Main Street for having a headlight out. Ms. Aybar also was charged with driving without a license, failure to yield to an emergency vehicle and using a cell phone while driving.…
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Manville wins CJ 1 baseball game
Team ends seven-year state drought By: Rudy Brandl The seven-year itch is over for the Manville High baseball team and veteran head coach Steve Venuto. Manville won its first state tournament game since 1998 in Monday afternoon’s first round of the Central Jersey Group 1 playoffs. The fifth-seeded Mustangs (12-4) posted a 3-0 shutout…
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LETTERS: No common sense on traffic, roads
To the editor: I read Keith Rasmussen’s article in the May 19 Post, "Political will needed to fix traffic." It makes sense. Unfortunately, the common sense that is often talked about is not so common. The cost of commuting is going up, the frustration of driving is going up and more traffic lights are going…
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Joseph Finch
By: HILLSBOROUGH Joseph Edward Finch died May 18 at home. He was 82. Born in Browndale, Pa., he lived in Manville before moving to Hillsborough 59 years ago. Mr. Finch was a self-employed milkman from 1945 until 1966 delivering for Szymanski Farms (Jersey Hills, Somerset Farms). He than was a rural carrier for the…
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TANGENTS: See circus through a child’s eyes
TANGENTS By John Saccenti Our children remind us of the thrill of seeing the circus for the first time. I’m not really one for the circus. Acrobats? Seen ’em. Trained poodles? No thanks. Overpriced snacks and "must have" souvenirs for the kid? Ugh, not again. So, when I was faced with the prospect of actually…
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Buick beefs up ts lineup with a spiffy, sporty minivan
Buick’s stylists have created a distinctive look for the Terraza By: Malcolm Gunn The 2005 Buick Terraza The handsome and handy Terraza minivan takes its place among a brace of new Buicks that have recently arrived at the nation’s dealers in the past 12 months. As General Motors prepares the division for its new role…
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HHS girls capture county lacrosse title
Team avenges only defeat, makes history By: Rudy Brandl BERNARDS Hillsborough High senior lacrosse star Krystina DeLuca later admitted she nearly cried when her sister Ali received a second yellow card and subsequent ejection from Sunday’s Somerset County championship game. Things looked bleak when the team’s leading scorer was sent to the bench…
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Consistent Cannon plays well in tourneys
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK By: John Beisser There are not many high school golfers in the state, let alone in the area, who have the consistency to be able to hit 15 greens in regulation in a meaningful tournament. But on May 19, that’s exactly what Hillsborough High junior Steve Cannon did in the Skyland…
