Category: archives
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‘Guardian’ dinner to raise funds for HiTops
HiTOPS, a teen health center providing clinical and educational services, will be instituting its first annual Guardian Award Dinner Friday, March 8, at the Hyatt Regency Princeton. HiTOPS will present its Guardian Award to Dr. Richard J. Cross in honor of his work to safeguard young people’s rights to comprehensive sexual education. The keynote speaker…
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Zoners begin hearing on church
The Westerly Road Church architect says history will be preserved. By: Lea Kahn The Westerly Road Church will make an effort to preserve the historic John Feaster Phillips House and grounds, if the Zoning Board of Adjustment grants a use variance to build a church on the property. That’s what project architect Jeremiah Ford III…
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Pennington Day leadersplan for annual event
Bill Holland and Stacey Izzard are co-chairmen of this year’s incarnation of the fund-raiser and town fair rolled into one By: John Tredrea Pennington Day, which got its start more than 20 years ago, is on track to be held again on May 18. Bill Holland and Stacey Izzard are co-chairmen of this year’s incarnation…
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Andrew Hummel
HILLSBOROUGH Andrew Hummel died Sunday, Feb. 17. He was 17. Born in New York City, he lived in Somerville for three years before moving to Hillsborough in 1987. He was a senior at Hillsborough High School. Surviving are his parents, Edward and Jean Hummel; two sisters, Kirsten and Amanda at home; two brothers, Eric…
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‘Bearly’ able to wait for spring: new rec program
FROM ROOSEVELT by Linda Schuster: Eric Schubiger is new rec director in borough. By: Bears are lucky. They get to hibernate in the winter. Sleeping through February sounds like a pretty great idea. Number one, it’s a vacation-of-sorts. You know, a break in the routine, a real escape from the doldrums. And number two, you…
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Grant could help upgrade senior facilities
Plumsted awaits word on funding to add activities center in new municipal building. By: Scott Morgan PLUMSTED The township has submitted a restructured development grant application to the county in an effort to upgrade facilities for senior citizens. Last year, the township received $100,000 from Ocean County in the form of a Community Block…
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Church would bring beneficial services
LEDGER FORUM I live in the Pine Knoll area off the Princeton Pike for more than 20 years, and I am a member of Westerly Road Church. I would like to see the church relocate on Princeton Pike for the following reasons. A church tends to promote community value. We have various church activities and…
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‘Obey’ signs mystify Hopewell school officials
The signs bear a crude copy of a photo of either the superintendent, Dr. Robert Sopko, or the school board president, Sally Turner By: John Tredrea School officals were puzzled Tuesday about hundreds of paper signs featuring the school board president and superintendent of schools that had been plastered all over utitlity poles and other…
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Lawrence girls await chance for individual glory
Swimming By: Steve Feitl The Lawrence High School girls swimming team knew it had its work cut out for it on Friday, when it traveled to face top-seeded Bridgewater-Raritan in the second round of the Central Jersey Group A Swimming Championships. And while the Cardinal girls were eliminated by the powerhouse squad, there was a…
