Category: archives
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Local family of hate crime victim are closer to getting green cards
Special legislation allows family to remain in U.S. By:Sharlee Joy DiMenichi The widow and children of an Islamic Society of Central Jersey member who died in a hate crime motivated by the terror attacks of Sept. 11 are closer to obtaining green cards that would allow them to legally remain in the United States. The…
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Stolen bike a sign of deteriorating safety
To the editor By: Recently, I had my bicycle stolen from me it was stolen at near the end of Marshall Road in the vicinity of Beekman Gardens. The bicycle was a very old Huffy. It was mostly gray with yellow in the front. It was small though not a mini-bike, and it was…
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Pennington’s Bread and Breakfast: a new dining experience
Whether in the mood for bread, breakfast, lunch, dessert or just coffee or a soft drink, this new eatery could be for you. By Rosalie Ann LaGrutta Walk up to the window of Stuart and Cindy Carothers’ Pennington’s Bread and Breakfast, 12 S. Main St., any morning except Monday when it’s closed, and you can…
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Changes to ‘smart growth’ plan panned
South Brunswick and Cranbury leaders feel plan take public out of process By:Matthew Kirdahy Local mayors and regional activist groups oppose new rules that put developer applications filed with the state and proposed for "smart growth" areas on the fast track to approval. South Brunswick Mayor Frank Gambatese and Cranbury Mayor Richard Stannard oppose the…
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Committee challenges ballot question
Washington Township Committee approves its own question to appear on the November ballot regarding the township’s form of government, stating citizens’ group question may be invalid. By: Lauren Burgoon WASHINGTON Despite Washington First’s apparent victory to secure a November ballot question seeking to change the township’s form of government, the Township Committee last week…
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Dmytro Fedorciw
By: MANVILLE Dmytro Fedorciw died July 6 at Franklin Care Center, Franklin Township. He was 83. Born in Ukraine, he immigrated to the U.S. finally settling in Manville, where he had been a resident for over 50 years. Mr. Fedorciw was a mold maker for Johns-Manville Corporation for over 35 years, retiring in 1984.…
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Recrossing at Crosswicks Part 2 of 4
HISTORICALLY SPEAKING From Henry Charlton Beck’s 1939 "The Jersey Midlands," the local story of the Underground Railroad route, which began at Enoch Middleton’s station in North Crosswicks and continued on through Allentown and Cranbury to the north. Crosswicks seems to have had a way of concerning itself with historic events. Although the skirmish at…
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For the July 15 issue
Dorothy J. Martin, George Schaum, Albert James Zanca, Margaret Dallas, Truman Wayne Kulessa, Elizabeth L. DiMatteo, Joseph Donald Reed. Dorothy J. Martin WHITING Dorothy J. Martin, 73, died July 12 at her home. She was formerly of Trenton and Crosswicks, and moved to Whiting in 1996. She had worked as a payroll clerk for…
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Senior art show is set to begin Friday
South Brunswick Senior Center to host county-wide event By:Josh Appelbaum The Middlesex County Senior Art Show will be held this year at the South Brunswick Senior Center and will run Friday to Aug. 11. The competition will feature 18 professional artists and 88 nonprofessional artists who are 60 or older. Awards will be given in…
