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Week of July 30, 2004
Pennington, Princeton, Hopewell, South Brunswick, West Windsor Pennington Gloria Nilson GMAC Real Estate in Pennington is pleased to announce that Sylvia Morrison has been named the top listing agent for the month of June. Sylvia’s knowledge of the local market is outstanding", said Tom Wilbur, manager. For any real estate needs, call Sylvia Morrison at…
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LETTER: Editorials unfair and lack balance
To the editor: I am writing to express my disappointment with your editorials. I am disappointed for two reasons. First, you often do not focus on meaningful local issues. Second, you do not attempt to discuss issues in a manner that is fair, balanced and reasonable. Instead, you appear to me to have a predetermined…
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Anna Lebedz
By: MANVILLE Anna Lebedz died July 19 at the Phillipsburg Care Center in Phillipsburg. She was 91. Born in Bayonne, she moved to Manville at the age of seven. Ms. Lebedz was a parishioner of Ss. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church in Manville. Surviving are three sisters, Sophie Wassel and Eugenia Fetchko of Manville…
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Dey Road farm is preserved
Middlesex County Farmland Preservation Program to secure development rights By:Matthew Kirdahy The owners of a soybean and corn farm on Dey Road in South Brunswick want to make sure their property is a farm forever. The development rights to the 52.6-acre farm were purchased Friday for $1.3 million through the Middlesex County Farmland Preservation Program.…
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Law restricts flexibility of school budgets
EDITORIAL: Effort to control property taxes will likely backfire Last week, as the Hillsborough Board of Education sought to use some money set aside but not needed for the tuition of a special education student who moved, board members ran straight into a state-devised set of hurdles. Part of a new law called "S1701" for…
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Accident forces road closure
Irate drivers and frustrated businesses spend Saturday waiting for repair work to finish By:Roger Alvarado Traffic was at a virtual standstill along the intersection of Route 206 and Amwell Road on Saturday after a pickup truck struck a utility pole forcing that portion of the road to be closed for repairs for approximately 20 hours,…
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Anything Floats contest set Saturday in Plainsboro
PLAINSBORO If you are boatless, paddleless and sailless, you can participate in the township’s annual Anything that Floats contest at Waters Edge Park on Saturday. The ninth annual contest, which is set to begin after technical inspections are conducted at 10 a.m., will live up to its moniker: People can float in any and…
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Joseph Benicaso Sr.
By: MANVILLE Joseph P. "Jess" Benicaso Sr. died July 19 in the John F. Kennedy Hospital in Edison. He was 83. Born in Freeland, Pa., he resided briefly in Somerville before moving to Manville over 55 years ago. Mr. Benicaso retired as a boiler room operator with Union Carbide In Bound Brook where he…
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Village finds male role models for programs
Father figures important to young children. By: Lea Kahn Fathers and mothers have differing points of view and approaches to life but many of the children growing up in Eggerts Crossing Village don’t know that, because they are being raised solely by their mothers. That’s why Fred Vereen, executive director of the affordable housing…
