Category: archives
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Hotels hit by bandits
Burglars hit Red Roof Inn and La Mirage Hotel By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi Burglars forced their way into two rooms at local hotels Sept. 19 after knocking on the rooms’ doors, robbing guests in one room of $250, said Detective Jim Ryan of the South Brunswick Police Department. Three burglars, one with a pistol, barged…
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Agnes Vestick
MANVILLE Agnes Vestick died Tuesday, Sept. 17, in Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. She was 68. Born and raised in Hazelton, Pa., she moved to Manville in 1959. Mrs. Vestick was a homemaker. Her husband, Andrew Vestick, died in 1983. Surviving are three sons, Daniel Mihalovich of Lancaster, Pa., Edward Mihalovich of Naples, Fla., and…
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School expansion project on schedule
Pond Road Middle School undergoing $9.8 million in improvements. By: Cynthia Koons WASHINGTON School started smoothly this year despite accommodating what has become a traditional enrollment increase in the district and adjusting to the sounds of ongoing construction at Pond Road Middle School. "We’re very proud of the way that our new year began,"…
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County board investigating school referendum
The Herald has learned the Mercer County Board of Elections is investigating whether inappropriate campaign materials were present at polling places during Tuesday’s East Windsor Regional School District referendum. The Mercer County Board of Elections is investigating Tuesday’s school bond referendum in the East Windsor Regional School District, the elections board chairman said Wednesday. Dominic…
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Muslim-Americans will be bridge to peace
To the editor We Americans pride ourselves in being a nation of immigrants with an accepting and assimilating political and social culture. In fact, however, from the beginning, most immigrant groups have generally found that the welcome mat is slow in coming, a process which has frequently taken two or more generations. This lag in…
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HISTORICALLY SPEAKING: With the Marines
A look at the Allentown-Upper Freehold of the past. By: John Fabiano In commemoration of the Allentown Messenger/Press entering its 100th year of continuous operation this October, over the next several weeks this column will feature past articles relative to that business. A display in the foyer of the Allentown Public Library is also recognizing…
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Rebuilding South Brunswick harriers showing steady improvement
By: Red E. Patrick For a change, the expectations are not high for the South Brunswick High School boys and girls cross country teams. Contenders for GMC and Central Jersey crowns for most of the 1990s, the boys program is going through its first year of rebuilding phase in quite some time, while the girls…
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Project Graduation helpers thanked
LEDGER FORUM By: To the editor: We’d like to thank all the volunteers and contributors who helped make Project Graduation 2002 a great success. Project Graduation is a series of events designed to provide Lawrence High School seniors with safe, drug and alcohol-free ways to celebrate their accomplishments at this defining moment in their lives.…
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Fanfare in the Air
Musica 2000 champions the works of contemporary composers. By: Daniel Shearer Rosalind Erwin, artistic director of the Doylestown-based orchestra Musica 2000. You might call it "romantic pops." During a trip to London several years ago, Marcel Farago a composer and cellist who performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra for more than 30 years saw…
