Category: archives
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RAP hosts borough art exhibit
FROM ROOSEVELT by Linda Schuster It was an inspiring event. The recent art show by the Roosevelt Arts Project (RAP), Art in the Factory 2004, took place on June 5 and 6 in what is well-known as the historic garment factory on North Valley Road. The exhibit showcased many of the borough’s artists and represented…
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Town OKs library bid
Expansion project set to begin soon By:Matthew Kirdahy The Township Council awarded a $4.27 million construction contract to expand and renovate 16,472 square feet of the South Brunswick Public Library. Ron Schmalz, township public information coordinator, said township officials would meet with the contractor in the next week to discuss a timetable for the project.…
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HHS softballers repeated as county champs
Historic win over Central another major highlight By: Rudy Brandl Hillsborough High recently completed a marathon softball season. While the 2004 ride included a few bumps, it was one of the program’s most productive and exciting ever. The 2004 campaign included 12 one-run games and six extra-inning wars, including one that wasn’t decided until…
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Serviceman visits his Lawrence pen pals
LIS students waited two years to meet Alfano. By: Lea Kahn Susanne Boss had been waiting to meet U.S. Army Reserve 1st Lt. Lawrence Alfano for two years. Friday morning, the 9-year-old got her wish when Lt. Alfano visited her third-grade class at the Lawrenceville Elementary School. Lt. Alfano has been corresponding with students at…
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Police Beat
BORDENTOWN CITY Mathew Cyples, 20, of Roebling was charged with criminal mischief, underage drinking and reckless driving around midnight on June 12. The incident occurred on the 400 block of Prince Street, police said. Police said they responded to a call of a man with a baseball bat smashing a car window. Police said there…
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Lightning ignites fire leaving family homeless
Lincoln Avenue home destroyed By:Marnie Kunz Lightning ignited a fire that destroyed a two-family Lincoln Avenue home, forcing the Roman Zdeb family and visiting relatives from Poland to move in with nearby relatives. The blaze started at 4:49 p.m., June 10, according to police. About 70 firefighters from all over the area Hillsborough, Manville,…
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Rack ’em up
Area pool players compete for Vegas trip and a chance to play in national tournament By:Jo Ann Newton This weekend, hundreds of pool players from Central Jersey will descend on Manville’s tables in hopes of earning a chance to play in the Olympics of pool the American Pool Association National Championship. "We went to…
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Tour topic is ‘Did Hauptmann do it?’
Focus will be Lindbergh exhibit at NJ State Police Museum on June 26. Little has lived in the public imagination as much as the Lindbergh baby kidnapping-murder case of March 1932. German immigrant Bruno Hauptmann was tried and executed for the murder of the baby son of aviator Charles Lindbergh, whose former home, "Highfields," is…
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Borough seeks to curb pole ads
Allentown residents and council members look to stop overabundance of posted advertisements. By: Dana Lynn Flatekval ALLENTOWN What started as a personal crusade four years ago for Barbara Fabiano has since become a concern of the borough. Every morning Ms. Fabiano, 56, who lives on High Street, goes around her neighborhood and removes signs…
