Category: archives
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Esther E. Stonaker
Esther E. Stonaker, 76, died Friday, Jan. 23, in Rockledge, Fla. Born in Perth Amboy, she lived in Jamesburg before moving to Florida in 1965, living in Miami and recently in Rockledge for many years. She was a graduate of St. Agnes School of Nursing in Philadelphia and had a 43-year career as a registered…
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HHS boys’ basketball holds on for fifth in a row
By: Kyle Moylan The Hopewell Valley boys’ basketball team fouled Hightstown over and over again in the fourth quarter, looking for an opening to either tie or take the lead in Friday night’s game. It never came. Hightstown made 16 out of 19 free throws in the fourth quarter and pulled out a 54-52 win.…
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Ragucci follows brother to mat
North wrestler ready for MCT By: Bob Nuse Alex Ragucci learned a lot of good things about wrestling from his older brother, James, that have helped him become one of the top wrestlers in Mercer County. In addition, James also provided his younger brother with an example of some of the things you don’t want…
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Hightstown firefighters learn to feel the way to safety
Volunteer firefighters receive training in an artificial smoke environment drill with the borough’s Engine Co. No. 1. By: David Pescatore HIGHTSTOWN "Are you all right? Can you walk?" Those were the first words I heard from the floor of the Grace Norton Rogers School’s teachers’ lounge on Jan. 22. The voice was muffled, surrounded…
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Jan. 30, 4:48 p.m.: Where, oh where are those weapons?
Nowhere to be found. They’re missing, along with our credibility. By: Hank Kalet I think it important that someone remind everyone that the Bush administration, to justify its push to war, made the no-doubt-about-it claim that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. The latest, or course, is that Iraq didn’t have weapons and the intelligence…
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Land deal heading to the county
Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders will hear presentation on proposed use of Thompson Park for the new high school. By: Rebecca Tokarz MONROE The Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders could hear a formal presentation Monday evening about the township’s proposal to use a 35-acre tract of Thompson Park for a new high…
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Bypass plan is product of good listening
PACKET EDITORIAL, Jan. 30 By: Packet Editorial Like it or not and it’s already pretty clear a lot of West Windsor residents and officials don’t the preferred alignment chosen this week by the state Department of Transportation to resolve the longstanding and ever-worsening congestion problems along the Penns Neck section of Route 1…
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Family chooses K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons at Metedeconk Lakes
The lifestyle and world-class facilities attract active adults to K. Hovnanaian’s Four Seasons at Metedeconk Lake. The lifestyle and world-class facilities attract active adults to K. Hovnanaian’s Four Seasons at Metedeconk Lake. As Al and Carolyn Henneberger’s needs have changed over the years, they’ve found that one home builder has been able to meet those…
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LETTER: ‘The Passion’ places no blame
To the editor: I’m writing pre-emptively about a subject that is sure to appear soon, if not already. The uninformed may have concerns about the release of Mel Gibson’s film "The Passion of Christ" as some of the news media have already started to "fan the fires" of ignorance. The concern is that the…
