Category: archives
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Super Bowl surprise
Chesterfield Greene worker gets call to sub for Eagles tight end. By: Scott Morgan CHESTERFIELD Stories like this one usually end with the alarm clock going off. There you are, working in construction, sitting in a sales meeting, when the phone rings. Boom! there it is. The guy on the other end of…
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POLICE BEAT
BORDENTOWN CITY Police are investigating a recent burglary that netted blank checks from a Second Street resident. According to police, the resident reported around 10 a.m. Jan. 29 that someone had broken into his home while he had been away and stole a gray metal box containing blank checks from two accounts. Anyone with information…
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OBITUARIES: Marjorie DeFrank
Marjorie DeFrank Marjorie P. DeFrank, 63, of Dayton, died Thursday, Jan. 27, at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was born in Fairport, Ohio, and lived in North Brunswick and Dayton most of her life. She was a secretary for Princeton University for 16 Years. She also was employed by South Brunswick Township. She…
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Pizza is good food!
Hopewell children learn how to make a pie Judy Faherty’s kindergarten children are learning about the food pyramid and what’s good and bad to eat. As part of their good nutrition lessons, Hopewell Elementary School youngsters paid a visit to Vincenzo’s Pizza, Mercer Street, recently. In the photo (from left) Bridget Anzano, Olivia Apple, Hannah…
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No HHS flavor in this Super Bowl
RUDE AWAKENING By: Rudy Brandl Shawn Mayer knew that there were no guarantees for permanent status in the National Football League. Even as a rookie, Mayer understood that success was fleeting in the competitive world of the NFL. Last March, Mayer and fellow Hillsborough High graduate Ricky Proehl sat across one another at a big…
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Someone to look up to
Peer leadership program provides school mentors By:Emily Craighead Preteens are notoriously rebellious and don’t generally like to listen to their elders, which is why Alexander Batcho Intermediate School (ABIS) has adopted a program to encourage students to guide each other through those sometimes rocky years. "We can relate to them better because we’re the same…
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True miracles of nature are often the ones we never see
SPRINGHOUSE FARM JOURNAL By Heather Lovett I’ve been taking the same morning walk for so many years now that I know most of its features by heart. I could point out the damp, shady places where trout lilies bloom in April, for instance, or the ragged line of trees where indigo buntings are likely to…
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Some suggestions for recycling
The breakdown and what can and cannot be recycled. By: Joseph Harvie There are many misconceptions about what can and can not be recycled and Nancy Paquette, township recycling coordinator, wants to clear them up. She said there are many types of plastics that are not recyclable and residents should sort through their plastics before…
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TANGENTS: Some random, but timely, thoughts
TANGENTS By John Saccenti If you can scrape the ice and snow off of your windshield, why is it still piled on the roof of your car? I’ve had several thoughts over the past few weeks, all timely which means I need to get them out before they’re no longer fresh and all…
