Category: archives
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Sponsors madeWalk successful
To the editor My name is Kyle Figard and I was a participant in the previous Great Strides Walk at Colonial Park. In an effort to help the victims of Cystic Fibrosis, my goal was to raise $5,000. In total, I raised approximately $5,100. A special thank you to the following businesses: Hillsborough Junior Raiders,…
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HISTORICALLY SPEAKING: Physicians, part four
A look at the Allentown-Upper Freehold of the past. By: John Fabiano From the "History of Medicine in New Jersey, and of its Medical Men (From the Settlement of the Province to A.D. 1800)," by Stephen Wickes, A.M., M.D., published in 1879 and found at the New Jersey Archives, these short biographies of our area’s…
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
For the week of June 13. By: Thanks for successful Fishing derby in Millstone To the editor: On behalf of the Millstone Township Recreation Commission and the Millstone Community Alliance, I would like to thank all of the parents, grandparents and children who attended our first Fishing Derby on June 1. It was a great…
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Busing neededfor safety
To the editor The recent decision by the Hillsborough Township Board of Education to eliminate "some non-mandated transportation" in order to complete the required budgetary cuts came as a very unpleasant surprise. The letter we received informing us of this decision does little to alleviate our serious concerns regarding the safety of students now required…
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Reader provides more college tips
LEDGER FORUM Here are more tips I would like to share based on our just completing the college search and application process with two sons. As our kids were growing up, we heard a number of parents suggesting that there were many sports scholarships out there for decent athletes. What we found is that there…
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Keeping her cool
Millstone Township 7-year-old helps save father’s life after near-drowning incident. By: Scott Morgan MILLSTONE Robert and Jessica Parisi went for a swim last week to keep cool. When her dad went under water, Jessica thought he was playing. He wasn’t. Mr. Parisi is a Type-1 diabetic, a condition severe enough to warrant three shots…
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NBC softball team wins Group II state title
Greyhounds win, 1-0 By:Sean Moylan TOMS RIVER-If not for an exciting bottom of the 7th, the Northern Burlington County Regional High School softball team’s 1-0 win over Pompton Lakes in Saturday’s Group II State final at Toms River North would have seemed too easy. Starting from a brilliant 5-4-3 double play in the bottom of…
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Mary Mint
MANVILLE Mary Amendolair Mint died June 10 at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. She was 83. Born in Freeland, Pa., to the late Peter and Jenny Amendolair, she had resided in Manville most of her life. A homemaker, Ms. Mint was a communicant of Christ the King Roman Catholic Church of Manville and a member…
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Media ignoredOlympic stories
To the editor Freak stories that only appeared in tabloids were once treated as entertainment and petty gossip. Has anyone noticed the daily news now taking interest in these peculiar and uncanny reports? Humorous stories, thought to be gossip, slowly crept into news reports regarded as truthful; a simple national story that should be over…
