Category: archives
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Local nurse assists ferry accident victim
Registered nurse Randy Scragg of Mansfield aided victims of last week’s Staten Island Ferry accident. By: Eve Collins MANSFIELD He was just doing his job. That’s what Randy Scragg, 30, of Columbus said about his participation in the care of a victim of the Staten Island Ferry accident that took place Oct. 15. Mr.…
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Band competition was ‘wondrous’
To the editor By: The sound of wondrous music resonated around Hillsborough High School on Saturday night, Oct. 18, as 17 high school bands from across the state came to compete at our tenth annual Raider Marching Band Festival. More than 1,500 students had the opportunity to demonstrate their musical talents while executing complicated marching…
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Recall election will test leadership skills
To the editor By: The Californian governor’s elections may seem like they were confusing, but Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected only for his popularity, not his platform. It was quite obvious from the start that Gov.-elect Schwarzenegger was going to win no matter what he had said or did, either in the past or in the…
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Oct. 23, 4:52 p.m.: Media mess
Studs Terkel takes the media to task. By: Hank Kalet The great Studs Terkel takes on the mainstream media and its sycophantic ways in the current issue In These Times.
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Oct. 23, 4:44 p.m.: Dispatches
Health care in crisis. By: Hank Kalet Read this week’s Dispatches on America’s health care crisis.
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Bateman praises GOP candidates
To the editor By: It is my pleasure to endorse Republicans Bob Wagner and Carl Suraci for election this year to Hillsborough Township Committee. I know that Bob and Carl are committed to Republican values of fiscal responsibility. They will never support the irresponsible borrowing and spending that have brought about burdensome tax increases in…
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PERCEPTIONS: A postmodern football experience
You never know what you’ll see on the scholastic gridiron. By: Steve Feitl I watch a lot of high school football. I’ve played it, I’ve covered it journalistically and I’ve sought it out on my own accord. Now obviously I love football, but the reason to enjoy the high school gridiron goes much deeper than…
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Fish helps keep Allentown sports history on the right line
By: Kyle Moylan When you ask the folks at Allentown High School about their sports history, it sounds like they are suggesting another game to you. "Go Fish," they’ll say. "Go Fish." Ted Fish, that is. The building which now houses the elementary and middle school in Allentown opened in 1924. Back then it ran…
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Neighborhood meeting planned for Brunswick Pike
Redevelopment project will be discussed Tuesday. By: Lea Kahn Township Council plans to hold a neighborhood meeting Tuesday at the Slackwood Fire Co. to brief residents on the progress of the Brunswick Pike redevelopment project. Municipal Manager William Guhl said the two prospective developers of the former Trent Motel site, next to the Slackwood Presbyterian…
