Category: archives
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HHS track teams both off to 2-2 start
The Rams are trying to better last year’s marks of 3-8-1 (boys) and 6-6-1 (girls). By: Neil Hay If numbers alone mean anything, then with 60 athletes the Hightstown boys’ track team should do well this spring. Numbers alone, of course, is not the only criterion head coach Jim Firtek and assistants Tom McCafferty and…
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Music You Can’t Hear on the Radio
John Weingart has been sharing his discriminating taste in music with Central Jersey Sunday evenings from 7-10 p.m. since 1974, making Music You Can’t Hear on the Radio New Jersey’s oldest folk music show. By: Susan Van Dongen TimeOFF/Andrea Kane "I enjoy promoting people who wouldn’t get heard otherwise, and it’s fun to get people…
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Downsize without compromising luxury at Fox Run Preserve in Solebury
Active adult community offers range of designs to fit a spectrum of styles and tastes. It’s not surprising that DeLuca Homes’ Fox Run Preserve, an active adult community in Solebury, Pa., has been attracting homebuyers who defy stereotype. All their lives, baby boomers have been defining themselves as a generation of true originals. At Fox…
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WW-PS seeking ‘Moe’ offense
Velez’s move forward giving Pirate boys’ lax attack a boost By: Justin Feil Moe Velez spent more than half of last season in the midfield for the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South boys’ lacrosse team. An injury to an attackman gave Velez the chance to move forward for five games, in which he totaled 10 goals.…
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‘May’ things be improved
Aprigliano hopes this hot-hitting April continues next month By: Rich Fisher Joe Aprigliano is in familiar territory. It’s April, and the Cranbury resident is hitting over .500. The challenge now is not to continue into familiar territory. Last year, Aprigliano was much like Frank Sinatra when ol’ Blue Eyes crooned "That’s Life". He was ridin’…
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Week of April 17
Martha Massner MILLSTONE Martha Massner, 94, of the Perrineville section of Millstone died April 5 at home. Ms. Massner was born in Staten Island, N.Y., and had lived in Claymont, Del., before moving to Perrineville 16 years ago. She was a secretary for the State College of New York in Oyster Bay, N.Y., and…
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Public schools, part 2
HISTORICALLY SPEAKING From F. Dean Storm’s 1965 "History of the Allentown N.J.," the important story of the beginning of public education in our area. The candid account of the school system’s past operations will be continued weekly. Educators and many citizens still saw several defects in the State School Law of 1829. The worst…
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Monroe softball team needs timeout from losing
By: Carolyn M. Hartko In real estate, the most important factors are location, location and location. In sports, it’s timing, timing, and timing. For the Monroe Township High School varsity softball team, it’s time to re-set the clock. In Wednesday’s home game against South Plainfield, the Lady Falcons (0-4) had a few hits, and a…
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Road work planned at Allentown developments
Streets in Timber Glen and Indian Run developments to be repaved. By: Cynthia Koons ALLENTOWN Residents in the Timber Glen and Indian Run developments will have smooth roads this fall thanks to a $600,000 bond approved by the Allentown Borough Council. The Borough Council plans to pave six main roads in each of the…
