Category: archives
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Letter: Squad fundraiser was a big success
To the editor: The Monmouth Junction First Aid Squad has successfully run a fund-raiser in the form of a buffet dinner at Theo’s Restaurant. The money earned from the dinner was enough to purchase a new Stair Chair for the squad. A Stair Chair is used to transport people from the second or third…
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Rider is next challenge for Valley administrator
Sopko to become grad school professor By: Brooke Olster Hopewell Valley Regional School District Superintendent Robert Sopko’s long career in public education is drawing to a close, but his passion for teaching will continue to influence students in another setting. On Friday, Dr. Sopko steps down from his post as superintendent of Hopewell Valley Regional…
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Theresa Komoroski
By: MANVILLE Theresa D. Komoroski died Wednesday, July 23, at home. She was 67. Born and raised in Newark she was a resident of Manville since 1966. Mrs. Komoroski worked for the AT&T Corporation for 26 years before retiring in 1999. She was a communicant of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Manville. Her…
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Montgomery to hold ‘Night Out’
MONTGOMERY The township Police Department will be supporting crime and drug prevention awareness by celebrating "National Night Out" on Tuesday. The event, which will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Montgomery Park on Harlingen Road, will allow residents to meet and socialize with neighbors, emergency service volunteers, members of neighborhood watches…
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POLICE BLOTTER
Michael P. Kloepping, 18, of South 8th Street was charged with criminal mischief and disorderly conduct at 4:37 p.m. July 22. Police received a call from the manager of Reading Cinema that Mr. Kloepping had broken a projection booth window, valued at $175, and was causing a disturbance. When police arrived, Mr. Kloepping had left…
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As Good Luck Would Have It
Princeton Rep sets ‘Merry Wives’ in contemporary Princeton and West Windsor. By: Ilene Dube Matthew Morgan plays the host of the Garter Room at the Nassau Inn in Princeton Rep’s The Merry Wives of (West) Windsor. WHYY’s Marty Moss-Coane has recorded voice-over narration for the production opening Aug. 1. "Hello, I’m Marty Moss-Coane, and…
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It’s all about the food
Sacred Heart’s annual festival in Manville to dish out 20,000 pierogi. By:Alec Moore There’s always plenty to see and do at the Sacred Heart Church summer festival, but as any longtime festival-goer will attest, the festival’s main draw, above all else, is the food. "The food is definitely the main attraction," said Estelle Kaminski, Sacred…
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Youth drowns while escaping sinking boat
Jamesburg teenager drowns Saturday night in pond off Meirs Road in Upper Freehold. By: Sarah Winkelman UPPER FREEHOLD What began as a fishing trip with five friends ended in death when a Jamesburg teenager drowned Saturday night after a canoe he was in began taking on water. According to state police, Pascual Vilchis, 17,…
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BOARD BRIEFS
By:Beth Kressel Asbestos projects OK’d by board The Board of Education approved two asbestos-removal projects at its meeting July 15. The removal of floor tiles in three Weston School classrooms and the total demolishing of an asbestos-infested concession stand located on the high school baseball field is expected to be completed by the end…
