Category: archives
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Kastning investigation due to conclude Jan. 31
Results originally were expected by the end of last summer. By: Scott Morgan MILLSTONE The 13-month investigation into the alleged business improprieties of former Committeeman Bill Kastning could conclude next week. Citing a letter from the attorney conducting the investigation, Mayor Evan Maltz said during last week’s Township Committee meeting that the inquiry is…
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First full-time mayor?
To the editor To the Mayor: You and your Democratic committee members rode into Hillsborough two years ago on your white chargers looking like knights of the Round Table embarking on the quest for the Holy Grail. Your first year was uneventful. The taxpayers waited for your team to do something memorable. You did not…
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MHS wrestlers celebrate rare rout
Bott, Martinez, Ferraro come through with wins By: Rudy Brandl The Manville High wrestlers were confident and the home fans showed up ready to celebrate a victory in last week’s dual meet against Newark Central. It isn’t often that the young Mustangs come into a match with an edge in talent, depth and experience. Last…
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Wolf makes immediate impact for SBHS swim team
By: Carolyn M. Hartko The South Brunswick High School girls’ swim team is on a steady course to post the best season since the squad split off from the boys’ team three years ago. That’s due in part to the development of five dedicated seniors led by co-captains Rachel O’Holla and Jen Pizzo. But the…
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Man arrested after chase
By: Nick D’Amore Police arrested a man Tuesday who violated the conditions of his bail while awaiting trial for a shooting incident in June 2000. Rickie Joe Rakes, 26, of Old Ridge Road was awaiting trial for a June 2000 shooting on Sand Hills Road and a robbery in Monroe in July 2000 when he…
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Steps Ahead
Hamilton resident Jim Ridl and his jazz trio will launch the Ellarslie Jazz and Avant Garde Music Series at the Trenton City Museum in Cadwalader Park Jan. 27. By: Susan Van Dongen It’s a good thing Jim Ridl’s childhood piano teacher wasn’t a vegetarian, because the boy’s cattle-farming father paid the man with a side…
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Officers use community policing as a proactive way to serve public
Program started three years ago By:David Koch NORTH HANOVER The job description for police officer in North Hanover Township includes a little more than serving and protecting the public. It also includes getting to know the public. Started three years ago by Sgt. Mark Keubler, the North Hanover Police Department is practicing a more…
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Vision Technology classes gear students toward new career opportunities
Students learn to make glasses, bifocals By:Vanessa S. Holt BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP Students enrolled in the new Vision Technology courses at Bordentown Regional High School are always busy, whether they are carefully handling delicate round glass lenses as they prepare them for grinding or making the final adjustments on a new pair of glasses. When…
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Fund started for resident left homeless by fire
Bordentown City man and his three dogs escape blaze By:Vanessa S. Holt BORDENTOWN CITY Local police have started a fund to benefit a resident who lost his home and most of his possessions in a fire last week. Firefighters spent two hours extinguishing the blaze that gutted the back of a two-story house on…
