Category: archives
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LETTER: PAL tourney was a success
To the editor: Over the holiday break, SBPAL hosted its second basketball tournament, The Viking Classic. Teams of fourth- through eighth-graders from throughout New Jersey and Staten Island competed at Crossroads Middle Schools for an opportunity to advance to the play-offs and championship games. Congratulations to all the South Brunswick teams on their performances. The…
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BRHS actresses tackle ‘Steel Magnolias’
Performances are scheduled for today, Friday and Saturday in the Bordentown Regional High School auditorium. By: Eve Collins BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP It’s one of the most famous tearjerkers in American film and theater. And now six young women at Bordentown Regional High School have taken on the challenge of performing it. For its winter play…
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Jan. 15, 5:17 p.m.: Dispatches
Some thoughts on Route 92. By: Hank Kalet Read this week’s Dispatches on Route 92.
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Hillsborough needs long-term athletics plan
EDITORIAL: School board’s decision to review programsshould help establish an effective plan Wednesday night, an ad-hoc group organized by the Board of Education was scheduled to meet to begin formulating a plan to meet the athletic needs of the schools. We’re glad to see the board taking control of the myriad programs offered in the…
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Players deserve reason for break
To the editor I am writing in response to a recent letter sent out by Jr. Raider youth football league President Pete Passe. In his letter, which is currently being circulated throughout the township, Mr. Passe proclaimed that the Jr. Raider Youth association is disassociating itself with high school varsity coach Rick Mantz. According to…
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Estalyn Bardenhagen
Estalyn Vernell (Sizemore) Bardenhagen, 85, of Kendall Park, died Monday, Jan. 5, at the Veterans Administration Hospital, East Orange. She was born in Burnsville, W.Va. She retired after many years of service as a registered nurse with Middlesex Hospital in New Brunswick. She was a World War II Army veteran. She is survived by two…
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Time to find new format for Pennington Day
EDITORIAL By Ruth Luse </12,,10,10.5,10>The fact that Pennington Day has been canceled this year comes as no surprise. Getting people to volunteer their spare time to anything these days is like the proverbial "pulling teeth." People think they are just too busy. They commit time to work, commuting to and from work, surfing the Internet,…
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Shift gifts to reallocate possessions
MY TAKE by Rose McGlew Now that the holidays are over and most of the decorations are put away, we need to discuss something. Seriously. There is an issue that’s out there that affects all of us, whether we know it or not. I’m talking about regifting. Regifting? You say you’re unfamiliar with this term?…
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John Koslak
MANVILLE John R. Koslak died Tuesday, Jan. 6, at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. He was 83. Born in Manville, he had been a lifelong resident. Mr. Koslak was employed in quality control for 35 years at John’s Manville Corporation, retiring in 1975. He was a member of the J.M. Quarter Century Club. He…
