Category: archives
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MANVILLE: Seniors hear hospice representatives
Senior Corner column, issue of Aug. 22 Representatives from Compassionate Care and Hospice Volunteer Coordinator gave Manville Senior Citizens a new perspective on hospice care at the Aug. 8 meeting. Mary Ellen Day talked about the volunteer program with clients going to homes, hospitals or nursing facilities. The volunteers visit the patients, read to them,…
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MANVILLE: School board meeting canceled
Moved to Tuesday, Aug. 27 The Manville Board of Education canceled Tuesday’s meeting and it has been scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27, in the library of Manville High School.
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MANVILLE: For Patriots, Sanchez returns from Mexican League
Pitcher Brad Thompson says he’s reitiring Yunesky Sanchez has returned to the Somerset Patriots in the independent Atlantic League. Sanchez left the Bridgewater-based Patriots in May to play in the Mexican Leagues for Oaxaca and finished with a .346 batting average, 84 hits, nine doubles, six home runs and 43 RBI in 62 games played.…
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HIGHTSTOWN: 9/11 riders parade up to Ground Zero
Friends patiently wait for the America’s 9/11 riders to come through Hightstown on Saturday. From left are Loretta Holzeaur, of Hightstown, Sharon Ward, of Robbinsville, and Doreen Cier, of Cape May.
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LAWRENCE: Two Trenton men arrested on drug-related charges
A resident’s call to the Police Department to report a suspicious minivan on Trumbull Avenue at 10:19 p.m. Aug. 15 led to the arrest of two Trenton men on drug-related charges, police Lt. Mark U A resident’s call to the Police Department to report a suspicious minivan on Trumbull Avenue at 10:19 p.m. Aug. 15…
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HIGHTSTOWN: 9/11 riders parade up to Ground Zero
The Robbinsville Township Fire Department also pulled out all of its apparatus in front of the station and hung an American flag from the apparatus. by Amy Batista, Special Writer HIGHTSTOWN — The annual parade of motorcycles participating in the America’s 9/11 Ride passed through downtown Hightstown Saturday afternoon in about 10 minutes, around 2:40…
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LAWRENCE: Shopping center acquired
The landmark Lawrence Shopping Center on Route 1 in the southern end of the township has been acquired by LNR Property LLC, after the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office foreclosure sale last week. There were no other b By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer The landmark Lawrence Shopping Center on Route 1 in the southern end of…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Mud no more for Triangle School recess
School board accepts donation of $63,000 to pave play area By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Triangle School parent Michele Eilbacher found it curious her young twin boys, Lance and Logan, would come home from school full of energy. ”We couldn’t go outside today for recess,” they told her. “It was muddy.” It wasn’t the school’s…
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LAWRENCE: Stolen car recovered in shipping container
A 2011 Kia Optima that was reported stolen from a Burning Tree Lane home on July 31 has been recovered by the New Jersey State Police auto theft unit that discovered it inside a shipping container at th By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer A 2011 Kia Optima that was reported stolen from a Burning Tree…
