Category: archives
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Weston students study holidays around the world
Projects include Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah and St. Lucia crowns By:Mary Ellen Zangara Celebrating Hanukkah, St. Nicholas Day and Kwanzaa were all part of Weston School’s Holidays Around the World project. Students in the first and third grades learned about holidays and customs in eight different ways from countries around the world last month. As the…
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OBITUARIES: Barbara Geils
Barbara Geils, 90, of Monmouth Junction, died Tuesday, Dec. 28, at Franklin Care Center, Franklin Park. Born in Viss, Hungary, she immigrated to the United States with her family in 1922, obtaining United States citizenship as a young adult. She was married in 1934 and had been a resident of Monmouth Junction since 1948. Ms.…
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LETTERS: Please help local family in need
To the editor: Sometimes in life we get thrown a curve ball. It sets us back, but most times we get back on our feet, no worse for the wear. Others of us get thrown more than our fair share of ups and downs, but unfortunately the pieces don’t get picked up as easily. It…
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Hill, Ayeni impressive in victory
By: Carolyn M. Hartko South Brunswick High School seniors Prescott Hill and Yemi Ayeni solidified their tri-state reputation in the shot put by winning that event at the annual Holiday Classic Relay Meet held at the 168th Street Armory in New York City last week. The Viking duo threw a combined distance of 99 feet…
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Greyhound boys’ hoop has great day
By: Sean Moylan Last Thursday was a great day in the history of Northern Burlington County Regional High School boys’ basketball. First the Greyhounds pummeled the Delran Bears, 72-50, in the consolation game of the Riverside Tournament. Then, many Greyhound players and coaches took a ride up to the "World’s Most Famous Arena," Madison Square…
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Some gun limits are necessary
To the editor By: Until recently, weapons used for grand arson were illegal and rather difficult to purchase. On April 20, 1999, two students at Columbine High School in Colorado killed 12 students and one teacher before committing suicide with an assault rifle that was illegal at the time of the shooting. Since then, the…
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Francis Pirozzi
By: HILLSBOROUGH Francis J. "Chicky" Pirozzi died Dec. 27 at home. He was born and raised in Manville and resided in Hillsborough for 28 years. Mr. Pirozzi worked for the family business, AT Company, in Manville until 1981. He also worked for the New Jersey State Department before joining the Martinsville Post Office as…
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OBITUARIES: J. Alvin Stout Jr.
By: J. Alvin Stout Jr., 76, died Tuesday, Dec. 28, at JFK Medical Center, Edison. He was born in New Brunswick, and lived there before moving to Monmouth Junction. He was a truck driver for Marriott Distribution Center, Dayton, for 36 years before retiring. He previously worked for Triangle Conduit & Cable Co., New Brunswick.…
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Doran leads HoVal to pillage of Pirates
Hopewell Valley ice hockey By: Mike Molaro The first time the Hopewell Valley Central High School boys ice hockey squad skated in an angry mood this season, the Bulldogs blitzed Nottingham 13-3. HoVal (6-4 overall, 5-1 in the Colonial Valley Conference) wasn’t looking to exchange any pleasantries Monday against West Windsor-Plainsboro South at Ice Land…
