Category: archives
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New water management plan needed for Fountainhead
The proposed 60-room hotel would use 16,000 gallons of water a day. By: Linda Seida SOLEBURY The developer who wants to resurrect the Fountainhead banquet facility at routes 202 and 179 has been sent back to the drawing board to redesign a water management system. Developer Dale Lintner Jr. appeared before the Board of…
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Jan. 29, 3:52 p.m.: Afghanistan blues
Whatever happened to Afghanistan? It’s become a mess and we’re deserve at least some of the blame. By: Hank Kalet Does anyone remember Afghanistan? Ahmed Rashid does. The European journalist offers this has a assessment of what has become a disaster in a solid New York Review of Books essay. Definitely worth a read if…
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LETTER: Heffington will be missed at library
To the editor: I would like to take the opportunity to thank Carl Heffington for all his hard work toward the South Brunswick Library. The library was a four-row bookcase when I moved here from New York City and Mr. Heffington has really brought such richness in resources like the Internet, the many classes and…
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DISPATCHES: Does McGreevey fear anti-tax backlash?
DISPATCHES By Hank Kalet: McGreevey is keeping his "no tax hike" promise, but local municipalities are picking up the bill. By: Hank Kalet Gov. James McGreevey has been in office for two years and the best thing we can say about his tenure is that he’s been in office for two years. His approval rating…
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Council OKs $25,000 Cooper Pool review
Study to determine what repairs must be made this year By:Roger Alvarado After much discussion, the Borough Council has voted to allocate $25,000 to conduct a study to determine whether Cooper Pool in Lost Valley can be repaired for one more year. Members voted 4-1, with Susan Asher abstaining and Kenneth Otrimski casting the lone…
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Space travel proposal is necessary
To the editor By: Five hundred years ago, Christopher Columbus approached King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain to secure permission to sail west. Spain was in a time of turmoil: it had just recovered from a Moorish invasion and fear of the Inquisition was running wild across the country. The royals could have denied…
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BC tops Florence in another great hoop game
By: Sean Moylan Each and every time the Florence Township Memorial High School boys’ varsity basketball team plays Burlington City, it is a physical, heated, highly-contested battle. Last Thursday’s physical game played at Florence was no exception. Only this time around, the Blue Devils had a little extra left in their tank at the end…
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South Brunswick puts it together in win over Monroe
By: Carolyn M. Hartko MONROE Like a well-oiled machine, South Brunswick High’s girls’ basketball team rolled smoothly over Monroe, 54-25, Monday night. The visitors, who are enjoying their first winning season since moving up into the Greater Middlesex Conference’s Red Division, are now 9-4. Monroe’s Lady Falcons slipped to 4-9. "It was a great…
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Magical land of Lahaway, Part 1
HISTORICALLY SPEAKING This paper about the area that is mostly Six Flags Great Adventure today was written for the July 27, 1916, Allentown Messenger by E. P. Dow, secretary of the Brooklyn Entomological Society and member of the American Museum of Natural History. On the excellent maps issued by the State of…
