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  • Alfred Stashek

       MANVILLE — Alfred Stashek died Thursday, June 27, in Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune. He was 78.    Born in East Millstone, he resided in Manville most of his life spending the past four years in Tinton Falls.    Mr. Stashek retired in 1990 as a butcher for Shop Rite of Middlesex and previously worked as…

  • Return pledgeto original words

    To the editor    The day after the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit handed down its decision regarding the constitutionality of the phrase "under God" as part of the Pledge of Allegiance, we sent the following letter to President George W. Bush; Vice President Dick Cheney; U.S. Senators Tom Daschle, D-So. Dakota;…

  • EDITORIAL: We are allies in pursuit of American ideal

       Do yourself a favor. Forget about that panel of judges in California who said the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional. It’s not worth it — not at this time anyway.    This is a time to celebrate, not only the signing the Declaration of Independence, but the day our forefathers joined together and entered into a…

  • Hey, buddy, who’s your choreographer?

    ‘Dancing Dads’ always popular at local shows By:John Patten    It’s nearly 10 o’clock on a Monday night, and in a crowded rehearsal room at the Kathleen Academy of Dance in the Town Centre Shopping Center on Route 206, 35 men are listening intently.    "Bench movers — you’re coming in late on the second part," Joanne…

  • As next generation arrives, Web sites must aid clients

    Companies must become more customer-centric and recognize the changes in the ways things are marketed. By: George Frey    The Internet knocked 500 years of traditional and established market systems off balance by putting consumers more in control of their buying destiny, so what to do with your company’s Website especially in a slumping economy is…

  • Washington eyes farm for park expansion

    Township Committee votes to introduce ordinance condemning 40-acre parcel on Meadowbrook Road. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — The Township Committee last week introduced an ordinance that would condemn a 40-acre farm on Meadowbrook Road to expand Tantum Park.    "All our parks are too small," Administrator Jack West said. He said the township has no specific…

  • Millstone comes out swinging

    12-year-old Little League squad opens District 12 tourney action with victory. By: Kyle Moylan    Millstone-Roosevelt manager Mike Adler had a problem when he took his several members of his team to see the opening round games for Pool A in the District 12 Little League Tournament.    "They wanted to jump out on the field," laughed…

  • For the week of July 4

    Brian Keith Holloway, Helene E. Weston, Dorothy Heller, Celia Schwartz, Jean F. LaSelle, Ruth E. Stanziale. By: Brian Keith Holloway    WASHINGTON — Brian Keith Holloway, 25, of Robbinsville, died Thursday, June 27, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in Trenton, he was a lifelong area resident.    He graduated from Steinert High School…

  • Enduring Heritage

    The Bucks County Audubon Society presents its ‘Barns of Distinction Tour.’ By: Debi Cowan    In a scene from the 1985 film Witness, an entire Amish community comes together to raise a new barn for a family who has lost one to a fire.    As a matter of course, the other families gathered with tools and…