Category: archives
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‘Water farms’ could ensureongoing water supply for region
GUEST COLUMN By:Sal Vuocolo In an average year 280 million gallons of water fall on Tom Niederer’s 229-acre tree farm. Of this, 45 million gallons seep into the underground aquifers for the benefit of Mr. Niederer and his Hopewell Township neighbors who depend on wells for their water. Most of the other water runs across…
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Women ready for anti-violence march
By: Brian Shappell The Domestic Violence Committee of the South Brunswick Commission on Women wants to send the message that violence of all kinds should not be tolerated. The committee will be holding its annual Humanity March and Anti-Violence Celebration at 8:45 a.m. Saturday starting at the Municipal Center. Committee chairwoman Mayor Debra Johnson said…
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SNAPSHOT: Holi day
Township resident Nikhil Sharma, 9, applies colors to the head of a fellow Hindu during Shri RadhaKrisna Temple’s first Holi Celebration, which was held Saturday at the National Guard Armory on Eggerts Crossing Road. Holi is ain important rite of spring in India. The social element in Holi is unification. It is supposed to purge…
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A new look at old Allentown and Upper Freehold
BOOK NOTES by Joan Ruddiman: Randy Gabrielan’s book has been hard to keep on shelves. Randy Gabrielan has compiled/authored 29 books for Arcadia Press’ "Images in America" series. He’s done a couple on neighborhoods in New York City, one on his childhood home of Jersey City, his current home of Middletown and other eastern Monmouth…
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Aldo Elfo
HILLSBOROUGH Aldo E. Elfo died Thursday, March 28, in Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. He was 79. Born in New York, he lived at the family farm in Hillsborough since 1924. Mr. Elfo was employed as a mechanic for Hercules, Inc. in Sayreville.for 36 years, retiring in 1984. He was a former part-time special police…
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Voters will remembermayor’s remarks
To the editor At the March 12 Hillsborough Township Committee meeting, two speakers were dismissed with Mayor Tricarico’s retort, "Take it to the ballot box!" He repeated his same remark in a patronizing tone at the March 26 Township Committee meeting. "Take it to the ballot box!" This didn’t sit well with us as we…
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Plumsted to have lowest cost per pupil
TOWN TALK by Ron Dancer: News from the mayor of Plumsted Township. By: The list of "firsts" for Plumsted Township continues to grow. In addition to being the leader of 33 municipalities in Ocean County for preserving land from more residential development and having the lowest municipal tax rate, our K-12 school district will, for…
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Auto kills pedestrian
Woman struck on the way home from the store By: Brian Shappell A 54-year-old Dayton woman was killed March 28 while trying to cross Route 522 on the way home from a local food store at 6:49 p.m. Majorie McKinnon-Vernola was walking from the Foodtown on Georges Road in the Liberty Mall Shopping Center to…
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Life-saving lessons
Students learn how to make 9-1-1 calls By:John Patten At first glimpse, the scene had all of the hallmarks of a terrible accident the body of third-grader Veronica Zuccarello twisted oddly on the floor, her panicked brother dialing 9-1-1. But the "accident" was carefully staged under the guidance of Hillsborough High School senior and…
