Category: archives
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Hopewell Township officer’s wife grateful for second chance
Amanda Rosso recently completed almost a year’s worth of chemotherapy in a battle against osteosarcoma, a bone cancer. By Linda Seida WEST AMWELL As many of us sat down last week for a Thanksgiving meal, gobbling up turkey and stuffing and topping it all off with pumpkin pie, we gave thanks for many things.…
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TANGENTS: Farewell to a house full of memories
TANGENTS By John Saccenti More than just a place to live. There’s a house I visit sometimes when I’m dreaming. It’s not any house I’ve lived in, but a house that has a little bit of what seems like every house I’ve ever visited or stayed in. In it I’ll sometimes see my cousins when…
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Raiders cap great season with another comeback
Turkey Day win sends seniors out in style By: Rudy Brandl It was fitting that the Hillsborough High football team needed a comeback to beat Montgomery on Thanksgiving Day. That’s the type of season it was for the Raiders, who made a remarkable turnaround from a horrible 2-8 record to a fabulous 9-2 season…
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LETTERS: Thanks to all who helped with book sale
To the editor: Thank you to the following who gave up time on their holiday weekend to help sort and staff the book-sale fund-raiser for VFW Post 9111 sponsored by Community Renewal of South Brunswick on Saturday at 11 Henderson Road, Kendall Park. To April Ceramic, president, Friends of Edison Library, for the generous…
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Lord: Mercer prosecutor misled jury that indicted Nyce
Accused murderer’s attorney claims Thomas Meidt deliberately left the grand jurors with the mistaken impression that if they did not indict Mr. Nyce for first-degree murder, then they couldn’t indict him for anything. By John Tredrea Accused wife-slayer Jonathan Nyce’s lawyer says the first-degree murder indictment against him should be dismissed, alleging misconduct by Assistant…
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Stephanie DeBisco
By: MANVILLE – Stephanie C. (Brown) DeBisco died Nov. 22 at Williamson Medical Center in Franklin, Tenn. She was 34. Born in Somerville, she moved to Hampton Township and then to Mountain Lakes before settling in Manville in 2003. Mrs. DeBisco was employed as a special education teacher for the Bernards Township Board of Education…
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Edward W. O’Brien Jr.
Edward W. O’Brien Jr., 72, of Titusville died Nov. 22 at St. Francis Medical Center. Born in Trenton, Mr. O’Brien was a lifelong Titusville and Trenton resident. He was a graduate of Trenton Catholic, a graduate of St. Joseph’s College in Philadelphia, and he received his master’s degree from Boston College. He is son of…
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Police Beat
BORDENTOWN CITY Police charged a 36-year-old Hamilton man with disorderly conduct and aggravated assault against a police officer after a disturbance at the Farnsworth House restaurant on Nov. 25. According to police, officers were called to the restaurant around 7:30 p.m. because a patron, William Craft, had become intoxicated and had run up a bar…
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DEP honors Sourland Planning Council
Sourland Planning Council’s "efforts have demonstrated a positive influence on improving ground water quality." The Sourland Planning Council has been honored by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for its efforts to ensure clean and plentiful water for residents of the Sourland Mountain Region and central New Jersey. Jennifer Bryson, president of the…
