Category: archives
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Calling for the kids
Nina Casperson spearheads school fund-raisers By:John Patten While she hasn’t raised the kind of money Jerry Lewis does in the nationally broadcast Labor Day telethon, Baird Drive resident Nina Casperson is a bit of a one-woman telethon. Taste of Hillsborough set With fewer than 200 tickets still available to the sixth annual Taste of Hillsborough…
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‘Nowhere in Africa’
In this Oscar winner, a Jewish family flees Nazi Germany for Kenya and falls in love with Africa’s beauty. [Unrated] By: Elise Nakhnikian Americans aren’t necessarily opposed to foreign films; we just don’t want them to feel too foreign. That’s probably why Nowhere in Africa, an elegiac tale about beautiful people in a beautiful landscape, won…
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Man charged in car assault
Dayton resident arrested after allegedly attempting run over victim. By: Rebecca Tokarz A 22-year-old Dayton resident was charged with assault by auto and simple assault after striking a Kendall Park man twice with his vehicle, 2 a.m. Monday on Texas Road in the Monmouth Mobile Home Park on Route 1. Daniel Bartels turned himself in…
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‘Dreamcatcher’
Psychics, homicidal military men and space aliens with bad attitudes converge on a remote cabin in the latest Stephen King horror film. [R] By: Bob Brown Jason Lee (left, above) and Damian Lewis portray psychics on a backwoods pilgrimage in Dreamcatcher. Meanwhile, Tom Sizemore (below) helps to organize a military quarantine. After all, Uncle Sam wants…
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Grrr
David Grover and his Big Bear Band like you just the way you are. They will make their Princeton debut March 30. By: Susan Van Dongen Above, David Grover (guitar) and his Big Bear Band (Terry A La Berry, percussion, and Kathy Jo Barrett). Do not underestimate the power of kids. They may be small…
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Where have all the wrestlers gone?
Small numbers hurt Vikes in dual meets By: Ken Weingartner Joe Dougherty considers himself more than a wrestling coach, he considers himself an educator. And the wrestling room is his classroom. So the most disappointing thing about the recently completed season, in Dougherty’s eyes, was the fact so many potential students decided to skip school.…
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School budget plan OK’d
School spending at $85.3 million in budget to be put before voters By:Sally Goldenberg Township homeowners would pay $210 more in school taxes for a home assessed at $325,000 under the Board of Education’s final budget proposal, which was approved unanimously Monday night during a public hearing. Under the present school budget, the average homeowner…
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Joan Wisbeski
By: MANVILLE Joan C. Wisbeski died Sunday at home. She was 71. Born in Somerville, she lived in Bridgewater until 1962, moving to Manville. Mrs. Wisbeski was a customer service representative for the Courier News in Bridgewater for 10 years before retiring in 2002. She was a past president of the Manville-Hillsborough Elks Ladies…
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Credit council for support if U.S. troops
Editorial Lawrence Township Council made a classy move Tuesday night by agreeing to honor the Lawrence servicemen and women currently involved in the war with Iraq. The plan is a simple one. Attach a yellow ribbon to a tree for each serviceman and woman overseas, and leave it there until they return home safely. At…
