Category: archives
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Hopewell performs up to coach’s expectations
Boys Tennis By: Matt Nalbone It’s not to often when things go as expected in high school sports, but that seems to be the case with the boys tennis team from Hopewell Valley Central High School. After a successful first half of the season, the team entered the state tournament and won its first-round match…
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TOWN TALK: Plumsted seeks more police aid
Community increases full-time force with addition of Officer Earl Meroney. By: Ron Dancer The Township Committee appointed Earl Meroney as another full-time police officer for Plumsted. Our community has its first full-time (24/7) local police patrol and coverage without increasing taxes. Obtaining grant funding from federal, state and county sources has helped the Township Committee…
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Residents appeal warehouse approval
Township Council will hear arguments this summer. By: Brian Shappell The Township Council will hear arguments this summer from residents who have appealed a Zoning Board of Adjustment decision that could bring nearly 2 million-square-feet of warehousing to the township’s rural area. The zoning board approved a conceptual plan by K&K Developers on March 7…
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Viking Television sends a message about the dangers of drunken driving
Students at station win county’s third annual drinking and driving public service announcement contest. By: Nick D’Amore A group of South Brunswick High School students’ message about the horrors of drunken driving was broadcast throughout the tri-state area this past weekend. Matt Konowicz, station manager for Viking Television Network, the student-run SBHS television station, said…
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Viking boys lacrosse team tops Raiders to reach GMCT semifinals
By: Carolyn M. Hartko The South Brunswick High School boys lacrosse team may have gotten off to a slow start in Monday’s Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament game against North Brunswick, but the Vikings picked up steam, and eventually put up the kind of final score expected in this first round mismatch. South rolled over the…
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Mayor and team clean up this town
By: Linda J. Field Clear weather served to turn out Lawrence residents in droves to the annual Mayor’s Clean-Up Day activities held throughout the township from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on May 4. Flats of flowers numbering 75 were available for planting in parks and schools, with less than 10 left by the end…
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Henry Mazur
MANVILLE Henry J. Mazur died Saturday, May 18, at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. He was 79. He was born in Manville and was a lifelong resident. Mr. Mazur worked for the Squibb Corporation in New Brunswick as an instrumentation specialist for 44 years before retiring in 1986. He served in the United States…
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St. Ann’s appeals to businesses for money
The church has almost reached its $3 million fund-raising goal for the new Faith Development Center. By: Lea Kahn With about $800,000 left to raise, the Church of St. Ann is reaching out to Lawrence’s corporate citizens to help pay for its $6 million Faith Development Center. St. Ann’s parishioners already have pledged $2.2 million…
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School board actiondisappointing
To the editor Last Monday night, the Board of Education members (with the best of intentions for our children?) were a major disappointment. The board vote on the table was regarding providing gifted education instruction to identified academically gifted children in first grade. The current gifted program provides these students with 82 hours of peer…
