Category: archives
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Letters to the editor
For the week of April 11. By: Voters should reject school budget To the editor: When I read an article in last Friday’s New York Times on the subject of out-of-control property taxes and saw that Washington Township Mayor Dave Fried was the first person quoted, I knew it was no mere coincidence. After all,…
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Gala to help fight diabetes
Kendall Park resident is a co-chairman for annual black-tie event. By: Brian Shappell Diabetes is close to becoming an epidemic for Hispanics, African-Americans and American Indians, according to Kendall Park resident Robert Kirkpatrick. That’s why he and fellow volunteers from the American Diabetes Association are determined to educate the public on the increasing health problem…
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SBHS boys’ lacrosse team sticking it to opponents
Vikings have 38 goals in first four games. By: Carolyn M. Hartko Before the season got under way, one concern for the South Brunswick High School boys’ lacrosse team was finding offensive support for Taylor Reed. Less than two weeks into the campaign, the Vikings seem to have a handle on that problem. South Brunswick…
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Sponsors help saveferal cats
To the editor With the advent of mild weather, unaltered feral cats will begin producing many litters of kittens, and Carol’s Cats will face the ongoing challenge of trapping and spaying/neutering these cats and finding homes for their offspring. This daunting task is made easier through the contributions of many wonderful individuals and businesses that…
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Clean and green
Girl Scout troop and others help keep township beautiful. By: Brian Shappell Members of Girl Scout Troop 1628 came out in force Monday to do their part for the township’s three-week Earth Day cleanup. The group of 8- and 9-year-old third-graders donned oversized, white work gloves and went to work picking up trash along Lincoln…
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Pennington girls eye fourth Prep B title
Pennington School By: Mike Molaro The Pennington School softball squad is on a mission to win its fourth consecutive Prep B championship. If the first five games of the season are any indication of what’s to come, opponents just might want to mail in the scores and save themselves a pounding. The Red Raiders (5-0)…
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Spending hike will fund salary, energy costs
Voters will go to the polls Tuesday to decide the school board’s proposed budget for 2002-03. By: Lea Kahn When township voters go to the polls Tuesday for the annual school board election, they will be asked to approve a $39.5 million tax levy to support the school district’s proposed operating budget for next year.…
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Heart transplant patient shares his survival story
‘Every day is a blessing.’ By: Al Wicklund People who donate their organs can save lives, Steve Franzman of South Brunswick told members of the Clearbrook section of the National Council of Jewish Women Monday in Monroe. Mr. Franzman should know. His life was saved by a heart transplant in 1994. Mr. Franzman said he…
