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  • Community Calendar

    Blood drives    Monday, Dec. 29 — Columbus community American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 2 to 7:30 p.m. The event is sponsored by Columbus Baptist Church, 24260 W. Main St., Columbus. Call Gail Mowrey 298-1159 or the church office 298-6226 for an appointment.    Monday, Dec. 29 — The American Red Cross will…

  • Dix barracks will house special units

    Fort Dix barracks in Wrightstown will house tactical patrol units, a canine unit and a commercial vehicles inspection unit. By: Scott Morgan    State Police said this week that the Fort Dix barracks in Wrightstown will house special units once the station’s 30 troopers there are reassigned next month.    According to Lt. Annemarie Grant, deputy station…

  • Giving and Receiving the gift of land

    THE STATE WE’RE IN BY MICHELE BYERS: New Jersians get a bundle of acres of land this year. By: Michele S. Byers    However we celebrate the holidays, one thing unites us all — the tradition of gift giving.    The best gifts are those that come from the heart, and meet the needs or desires of…

  • Tuesday buglary connected to series of break-ins

    Man on bike suspected of breaking in doors and ransanking houses. By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    Police have linked a Henderson Road burglary to a string of other afternoon break-ins that they believe were committed by someone on a bike, police said.    Someone kicked in the front door of a house on Henderson Road at 12:15…

  • Committeemen say goodbyes

    Two North Hanover Township Committee members will be replaced at township’s reorganization meeting scheduled for Jan. 1. By: Eve Collins    NORTH HANOVER — Two members of the Township Committee bid farewell to their colleagues and fellow residents Friday in one of the last meetings of the year.    "For 15 years I was privileged to have…

  • Expansion mulled for school district

    Upper Freehold School District is looking to renovate and construct school buildings to accomodate increasing enrollment. By: Sarah Winkelman    UPPER FREEHOLD — In an effort to ease growing student enrollment, school officials are considering a referendum next September asking voters to approve renovations to the existing elementary and middle schools and the construction of a…

  • Letters-Dec. 25, 2003

    Holiday party great success To the editor:    To our generous community, a heartfelt thank you to all the generous folks who attended our Holiday Giving Party at Variété, 34 W. Ferry St. in New Hope Dec. 3.    In the spirit of giving, Greg Conocchioli and his friendly staff offered delectable food and wine to the…

  • For the Dec. 25 issue

    Rosemarie Massabrook Cryan, Susan Elizabeth Hall. Rosemarie Massabrook Cryan    HAMILTON — Rosemarie Massabrook Cryan, 65, died Dec. 15 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in Perth Amboy, Mrs. Cryan lived most of her life in Imlaystown and Ewing before recently moving to Hamilton this year.    She retired in 1996 from the U.S.…

  • Four injured in accident

    Three passengers trapped for 45 minutes when dump truck flips on top of their car. By: Joseph Harvie    A three-car accident at the intersection of New Road and Route 522, involving a dump truck and two cars, injured four people Tuesday and closed a portion of Route 522 for more than an hour.    The dump…