Category: archives
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MHS girls prove worthy of No. 7 county seed
Bocchino bat lifts team past Prep By: Rudy Brandl While the Manville High softball team is certainly on a mission to continue its dominance in Sky Division play, last Friday’s non-conference home game against Rutgers Prep was anything but meaningless. Area softball fans have been wondering about Manville’s streak of lopsided victories, which had…
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Master Gardeners to hold spring festival on Saturday
The Master Gardeners of Mercer County will hold its Spring Garden Festival and Plant Sale on Saturday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Mercer County Home Compost Demonstration Site and Gardens at 431A Federal City Road in Pennington. Mercer County Horticulturist Barbara J. Bromley will speak on Drought Tolerant Plants at 11:30 a.m.…
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Subdivision gets green light at screening level
Plan would turn two Lawrence lots into five. By: Lea Kahn Two neighbors’ plan to subdivide their combined 6-acre lots into five smaller lots drew some questions but not opposition from township planners and adjacent homeowners last week. Christopher and Shu Shu Costa and Leonard and Elaina Scozzari, who live at 75 Lawrenceville-Pennington…
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Residents should be proud of schools
Letter to the editor To the editor: I take exception to Terry Wintroub’s letter of April 24. It seems that, to him, a perfect world is one is which all citizens are mediocre. As a sophomore at Lawrence High School, I am proud to say I go to a school that produces exceptional students who…
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Locals come together to assist fire victims
Township offers help to Monmouth Junction family. By: Rebecca Tokarz The school district and township are doing what they can to help a local family of four burned out of their home last month. A fire ripped through the Shafer’s New York Avenue, Monmouth Mobile Home Park home April 17. The blaze injured Monmouth Junction…
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Letter: Too much show, but no substance
To the editor: I think it’s great that Assemblywoman Greenstein and Assemblyman Guear found funds for a television set for the Senior Center. Obviously they do, too, or there wouldn’t be a plaque on the television saying so. But how did former Assemblyman Cimino get in on the act? Did he donate to the…
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EDITORIAL: American life finally getting back to normal
Editorial: As the war drama winds down, taxes and Laci Peterson become center stage in the eyes of American interest. Now that the war in Iraq is winding down (we hope), the weather has turned (we hope), the potholes are getting fixed (we hope), the school board election has passed and President Bush is pressing…
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Farm issues explored during Hopewell Township forum
Starting a farm, running a farm and selling a farm’s development rights were among issues addressed at spring Farm Forum, sponsored by the Hopewell Township Agricultural Advisory Committee. By John Tredrea Starting a farm, running a farm and selling a farm’s development rights were among the many issues that formed a lively, many-faceted discussion at…
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POLICE BLOTTER
A 26-inch Univega Rover Sport gray mountain bicycle was found in the Royce Brook Creek at 5:21 p.m. April 27. It has not been claimed from police headquarters on North Main Street. *** A change container outside Drug Fair in the Rustic Mall was broken into and an unknown amount of money was stolen.…
