Category: archives
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Jurkowski throws no-hitter that counts
Fires no-nos on Play Station, MHS mound By: Rudy Brandl It’s not always a bad idea to play video games in your spare time. Just ask Manville High pitcher Justin Jurkowski. The junior right-hander fired two no-hitters last Thursday one on his Play Station game at home and then the one that really counted…
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Friends of Washington to lease Robbins House
Group might use the facility for office space, a museum, or to host various events. By: Mark Moffa WASHINGTON Friends of Washington Township, a nonprofit organization dedicated to conservation and historic preservation, finally will have use of the historic Robbins House. The Township Committee last week adopted an ordinance that will allow the municipality…
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Our lifestyle may founder in its own traffic
LEDGER EDITORIAL Anybody who has driven on New Jersey’s roadways knows the "cost" in terms of both time and temperament of being stuck in traffic. Thanks to that tie-up at the Turnpike toll booth, or the overturned tractor-trailer on Route 1, or the rush-hour volume at bottlenecks like the Alexander Road bridge or…
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COLUMN: Historically Speaking
A look at the Allentown-Upper Freehold of the past. By: Originally published as Local History in the Allentown Messenger dated Dec. 23, 1920. One of Allentown’s industries in other days, and one that was of much benefit to the town, was a carriage factory on Church street conducted by the late Anthony Maps. It was…
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LIFESTYLE: Delightful dishes, and more
Former owner of Russert’s Deli in Robbinsville is coming out with a cookbook. By: Ken Weingartner Anyone who has enjoyed taking home food from Russert’s Deli soon will be able to get something else the recipes. That’s because Cynthia Russert-VanDenBogart, the former owner of the Robbinsville landmark, has compiled a cookbook that includes recipes…
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Stephen Kasas
MANVILLE Stephen P. "Steve" Kasas, died Friday, April 5, in Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. He was 74. He was born in Manville and was a lifelong resident. Mr. Kasas retired in 1989 after 42 years of employment as a warehouseman with GSA Depot in Belle Mead. He was a communicant of Sacred Heart…
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Reader thanks CHS for KIKS program
LEDGER FORUM Commenting on your news article of April 6, "District to Drop KIKS Program," I wish to mark this closure by complementing the Children’s Home Society and Ann Suabedissen, their program administrator, for their fifteen years of pioneering work with pre-adolescents and adolescents. KIKS, which stands for Kids Intervention with Kids at School, uses…
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$81 million school budget goes to voters
Check here for results after polls close, Tuesday By:Krzysztof Scibiorski The fate of the $81 million school budget and five Board of Education seats will be decided during the April 16 school board elections. Current board members Blair Meiser and Neal Hudes are joined by three other candidates for the three open three-year terms: Mike…
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Thomas Meehan
HILLSBOROUGH Thomas J. Meehan died Wednesday, April 3 at home. He was 76. Survivors include his wife, Rosie L. Meehan; three sons, Rory F., Mark O., and Thomas J.; a daughter, Dierdre A. Wall; two sisters, Winfred Breen and Eileen Meehan; and one brother, Joseph P. Private arrangements were by Bruce C. VanArsdale Funeral…
