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Week of Jan. 2
By: Helene O. Schipski HAMILTON Helene O. Schipski, 80, died Dec. 20 at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital at Hamilton. Born in Trenton and a lifelong resident of Trenton and Hamilton Township, she was a nursing assistant at Meadow Lakes Health Care Center, Hightstown. Wife of the late Alfred Schipske, daughter of the late Luigi…
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Pet Peeves
For a truly memorable night at the theater, there are a few guidelines to consider. By: Stuart Duncan A long time ago, in fact in 405 B.C., Aristophanes had one of his characters ask the question: "Shall I crack any of those old jokes, master, at which the audience never fail to laugh?" (It was…
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Township groups looking forward to a busy new year
A sneak peek into the goals of 2003 for various South Brunswick organizations By: Rebecca Tokarz and Sharlee Joy DiMenichi The new year traditionally offers the chance to take stock of the previous year and to make goals for the future. The South Brunswick Post approached local organizations such as the Board of Education and…
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Township given $80K state grant
Lawrence awarded Livable Communities grant By: Lea Kahn Lawrence Township has received an $80,000 grant from the state Department of Transportation, paving the way for the township to hire a team of consultants to help redesign a portion of Brunswick Pike in the southern part of the township. Mayor Doris Weisberg announced the awarding of…
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Runners set for New Year’s Day event
By:Sally Goldenberg More than 300 local residents were ready to be off and running or walking on New Year’s Day, marking the start of many resolutions to stay in shape. Resolution Run 5K, a 3.1-mile race in its second year in Hillsborough, sponsors Project Graduation for Hillsborough High School’s senior class. Project Graduation,…
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Local students see tiny thingsthrough special microscope
Center for Complex Materials has outreach program Dr. Daniel Steinberg, who wrote this account, directs the Education Outreach Program for the Princeton Center for Complex Materials, a national center of excellence in materials research supported by the National Science Foundation and Princeton University On Dec. 12, Constance Cloonan’s third-grade class from Toll Gate Grammar School…
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Not everyone able to enjoyrare white Christmas
Storm kept Public Works crews busy on holiday By:Sally Goldenberg New Jersey residents dreaming of a white Christmas got their wish last week, but Department of Public Works employees were not as pleasantly surprised by the holiday snow. In Hillsborough, the DPW workers put in a total of 455.5 labor hours of holiday time, meaning…
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Main Street shop closing
Customers lament endof specialty store By:Mary Ellen Zangara To borrow from the nursery rhyme: Sugar and spice and everything nice that’s what Gordon’s, one of Main Street’s favorite businesses, was made of. But after many years in Manville, Gordon’s is closing. Gordon’s Sugar-N-Spice owner Dorothy Gordon has decided that it was time to say…
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Former mayor Robert Conard, 72, dies in Florida
Served as mayor in the 1960s By:Sally Goldenberg Hillsborough resident and former mayor S. Robert Conard, 72, died Dec. 21 in his Deerfield Beach, Fla., condo. Mr. Conard, who was born in Hillsborough and graduated from Somerville High School in 1948, dedicated much of his spare time to public service in the community. After serving…
