Category: archives
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MIKES hockey fund-raiser set
Fund-raising project benefits local children with illnesses By:Alec Moore Calling all hockey fans! MIKES for Manville, the Manville-based nonprofit organization that raises money for children suffering from catastrophic illnesses, is sponsoring it’s eighth annual hockey outing fund-raiser on Sunday, Feb. 9, at Continental Airlines Arena. This year the New Jersey Devils will be taking on…
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Students find fun new ways to serve
SOAP gives new alternatives to LHS students. By: Lea Kahn Like all Lawrence High School students, Chaz Sumners had to fulfill five hours of community service each semester of his junior year in order to graduate. So Chaz, like many of his classmates, decided to spend some time putting books back on the shelves at…
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Paige Hoagland
Paige Hoagland, 80, died Thursday, Jan. 9, at home. Mr. Hoagland was born in Hopewell, and lived in South Brunswick for the past 50 years. He was a graduate of the Pennington Central High School. He was employed as supervisor of security at IBM for 20 years before his retirement. He served in the Army…
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In the House
Performers and homeowners alike are discovering that house concerts are a practical way to hear live music in an intimate environment. By: Amy Brummer Christina Ward, co-founder of Musicians Organization of Bucks, is working to create a network to help performers find outlets for their music. To that end, she’s participating in a house concert…
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Lady Bulldogs emerge from rough stretch with two wins
Girls basketball By: Matt Nalbone Even though the Hopewell Valley Central High School girls basketball team started the year with five straight wins, no one expected them to go undefeated. The Lady Bulldogs hit their first tough stretch of the year when they lost three straight games against Trenton, West Windsor-Plainsboro North and Steinert before…
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Anna Nowik
HILLSBOROUGH Anna Nowik died Sunday at home. She was 77. Mrs. Nowik immigrated to the United States in 1949 and lived in Paterson for many years before moving to Hillsborough. She was a member of the Hillsborough Senior Citizens Center. Her husband, Adam Nowik, died in 1991. Surviving are a daughter, Anna Rush, with…
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EDITORIAL: Council needs to act fast on office-conference center plan
EDITORIAL:The devil’s in swap’s details The township could find itself with about 220 acres of preserved land in the Kingston area if a proposal to rezone some property along Route 1 is approved by the Township Council. Princeton University unveiled a proposal Tuesday night in which it would donate the land to the township in…
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Items of interest about historic Allentown, part 2
HISTORICALLY SPEAKING From the Allentown Messenger dated April 4, 1957, an elementary primer of random facts on the history of Allentown and Upper Freehold. This is the second in a two-part series. The Monmouth Manufacturing Company was started in Allentown in 1814. On the sixth of June in that year Ebenezer Smith sold to…
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Girls come back to remain undefeated in January
MUSTANG ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl The Manville High girls made it five straight wins in 2003 last Friday night and they didn’t need overtime to do it. After winning two exciting home basketball games in overtime last week, the Lady Mustangs went on the road and completed a season sweep of Newark Central with…
