Category: archives
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Crossing Borders
Many stories about life in Spain, Brazil and Mexico will be told this year at Princeton University’s Latin American and Spanish documentary film festival. By: Elise Nakhnikian The military coup that displaced Chile’s leader in 1973, the gentrification of a Barcelona neighborhood that can’t escape its past and a musician’s joyful journey to explore his…
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Thaddeus Gluch Sr.
MANVILLE Thaddeus S. "Teddy" Gluch Sr. died Friday, Sept. 20, at the Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. He was 75. Born in Bayonne, he came to Manville as a young boy in 1934 and had resided there all of his life. He served in the US Army during World War II. He was a…
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‘Show-n-tell’ benefits fire company
Oct. 5 event brings appraiser to Elks Lodge for fund-raiser By:Sally Goldenberg Local residents will soon have a chance to learn the value of that ancient lantern collecting dust in the attic or the family pendant that has been passed down for generations. A fund-raising group that supports the Hillsborough Volunteer Fire Company No. 1…
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Defense propels Mustangs to football triumph
Home opener results in 13-6 victory over Newark Central By: Shawn Tyrrell The second game for the Manville High School football team had a much better outcome than the first. After losing handily at Cardinal McCarrick in the season-opener, the Mustangs, behind a strong defensive effort, put together four solid quarters of football and…
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Aboard the Peace Train
South African singer-songwriter Sharon Katz and her internationally renowned group, the Peace Train, will make a stop at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Titusville Sept. 28. By: Susan Van Dongen South African singer-songwriter Sharon Katz Don’t let South African singer-songwriter Sharon Katz’s down-to-earth demeanor fool you. This is a very special woman whose life is…
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Swim couple files claim against township
Charges Washington officials with harassment as a result of zoning dispute. By: Cynthia Koons WASHINGTON The couple whose backyard swim lessons in the summer led to a not-so-neighborly dispute have filed a claim against the township in order to reserve their right to pursue litigation in the case. Sent to the Washington Township Zoning…
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Plumsted looks to save more farmland
Hopes to add 403 acres in largest single purchase in township history. By: Scott Morgan PLUMSTED There are 26,000 acres in Plumsted, and 2,000 already have been set aside for farmland preservation alone. That’s enough land to encompass the following six Ocean County municipalities: Seaside Heights, Island Heights, Harvey Cedars, Ocean Gate, Pine Beach,…
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Warriors field hockey starts strong
New Egypt gets off to 4-0 beginning. By: Kyle Moylan Patti Nicholson is very tired. It is a good kind of tired, though. Nicholson, the coach of the New Egypt High School field hockey team, is doing the things she loves and is spending a lot of time with the people she loves. And, in…
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Thefts boost crime statistics
Millstone sees 39 percent increase in reported incidents; most other area towns see little change. By: Scott Morgan and Cynthia Koons A wave of burglaries caused a 39-percent increase in reported crime in Millstone Township during 2001, while most municipalities in The Messenger-Press coverage area saw little change. The numbers can be found in the…
