Category: archives
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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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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…
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Baseball could get wacky from here
By: Ken Weingartner Things could get strange from here on in. At least that’s the way Monroe High baseball coach Greg Beyer sees it. As teams face the prospect of playing virtually every day because of weather-related postponements, pitching match-ups are going to figure more prominently in the outcome of games. "This week was pretty…
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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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Ram tennis improves to 2-1
Hightstown team rebounds from tough loss to dominate AHS. By: Neil Hay When this tennis season is over, the Hightstown netters will look back at their 3-2 loss at Lawrence last Thursday as the one that got away. That is one match assistant coach Linda Petraglia was sure the Rams would win. So much so…
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Budget passes; Grunwerg fails
The East Windsor Regional School District’s budget was approved by voters, but a longtime incumbent was defeated. By: David Pescatore HIGHTSTOWN Voters passed the school budget and elected incumbent candidates Stu Dolgon and Bruce Ettman along with newcomer James Hauck to seats on the Board of Education Tuesday. Incumbent candidate Sheri Grunwerg and newcomer…
