Category: archives
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Words of inspiration for Montgomery High grads
Just over 200 seniors bid farewell and look forward. By: Steve Rauscher MONTGOMERY Alongside ungainly nylon robes, stringy, multi-hued tassels, and doting relatives, graduation day parables stand among the most time-honored traditions of the high school commencement, and Montgomery High School saw its fair share of all Wednesday evening. Just over 200 Montgomery seniors…
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Top Lion would rather stay in background
Group gives first state award to local businessman, volunteer By: Brian Shappell Enter his office at the Monmouth Mobile Home Park on Route 1 and it’s easy to realize why Art Roedel is one of the most decorated volunteers in South Brunswick but Mr. Roedel never seems to want to talk about awards he’s…
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Burleigh R. Thornton
Burleigh R. Thornton, 59, of Whiting, died of cancer Thursday, June 13. Born in New Hampshire, he lived in Monroe for 13 years before moving to Whiting two years ago. He retired in 1998 from Schweitzer-Mauduit Corp. in Spotswood, where he was a machine operator for 33 years. He had an ultralight-aircraft flying hobby, which…
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Mine blamed for flooding
MONROE Several Possum Hollow Road residents are considering legal action against the Stavola Contracting Co. and Monroe Township because of flooding on their properties, their attorney said earlier this week. By: Nick D’Amore MONROE Several Possum Hollow Road residents are considering legal action against the Stavola Contracting Co. and Monroe Township because of…
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County eyes Thompson Park expansion
The Middlesex County Board of chosen Freeholders was scheduled to approve the purchase of 47.8 acres of open land in Monroe Township to be added to the county’s Thompson Park, Thursday. By: Al Wicklund MONROE The county wants to make Thompson Park bigger. The Middlesex County Board of chosen Freeholders was scheduled to approve…
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Living in a land of persecution
A teacher at the Shalom Torah Jewish Academy will share her experiences of living in Iran shortly after the 1979 revolution there. By: Chris Karmiol EAST WINDSOR At the Shalom Torah Jewish Academy next to the Twin Rivers Shopping Center the children might have a difficult time understanding what it would be like for…
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YMCA making public appeal
The YMCA plans to hold its annual fundraising campaign at Crossroads School to improve the its Culver Road facility By: Brian Shappell Members of the South Brunswick Family YMCA are hoping for sunny skies and smiling faces early next month on the grounds of the Crossroads School. As part of its annual fund-raising campaign, the…
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Summer concerts in Thompson Park
July is Monroe Township’s Cultural Arts Commission’s month for free concerts in Thompson Park By: Al Wicklund MONROE July will be the Monroe Township Cultural Arts Commission’s month for free concerts in Thompson Park. The commission will present its four-event Music in the Park Series, starting July 5. All concerts will start at 6:30…
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Wedded Bliss
For the fifth year in a row, J.J. Penna has developed and will accompany the Westminster Summer Song Festival at Bristol Chapel on the Westminster campus in Princeton, June 21-23 and June 26. By: Susan Van Dongen Writers and poets work alone, massaging their thoughts, impressions and deepest feelings into words. They themselves can hear…
