Category: archives
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Red Storm highlights
Iron Man For the last 13 years, Nickelodeon has sponsored the Iron Man basketball tournament played a few miles from Coney Island, N.Y. Because of the Nickelodeon sponsorship, entrance fees into this tournament are nominal, allowing various inner city teams throughout the five borrows of New York to compete. On the first day of competition,…
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Obituaries
Harry Shepherd Jr. LAMBERTVILLE Harry J. Shepherd Jr., 89, died Thursday, Nov. 29, at Kennedy Memorial Medical Center, Cherry Hill. Born in Lambertville, he was a lifelong city resident. He graduated from Lambertville High School and attended Rider College, Lawrence. Mr. Shepherd retired in 1968 as a bookkeeper with A.L. Lewis Concrete Company of…
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NBC bowling squads roll out victories
Squad posts a 3-1 victory By:Sean Moylan The league champion Northern Burlington County Regional High School girls’ varsity bowling team got the "ball rolling" with a 3-1 victory over Pemberton on Monday night at Thunderbird. Sophomore Ashley Ferenc surprised everyone with her remarkable 210 second game in a brilliant 491 series (137, 210, 144). However,…
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Salvatore Vecchio
MANVILLE Salvatore "Sal" Vecchio passed away Saturday, Dec. 1, in Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. He was 76. Born and raised in New York City, he had been a resident of Manville for the past 40 years. Mr. Vecchio retired in 1991 from the former New Jersey Aluminum Company (EASCO) in North Brunswick where…
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Opinions vary over center design
Debate is over proposed 40,000-square-foot building By:David Koch MANSFIELD Residents’ opinions on a conceptual design for a proposed 40,000-square-foot recreation/community center at Mansfield Community Park were divided during last week’s Township Committee meeting. One local resident, Gordon Harris, received a round of applause when he suggested the township should expand the existing Georgetown Community…
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Rec program teaches Chinese art of taiji
A new program offered through the Hillsborough Township Recreation Department will teach participants how to cope with many pressures that arise from day-to-day living. The program Wu Style Taiji (pronounced "tai-chi") Form and Taiji Push-hands was inadvertently omitted from the Winter 2001-2002 brochure. The program was offered in the fall. Taiji Quan (or…
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Waiting for St. Nick
Levittown, Pa., resident Christa Bain shares stories of the patron saints. By: Jodi Thompson Kids today have become rather nonchalant when they see Santa Claus. No wonder. He’s in the mall, collecting coins on the street, even on television. During Christa Bain’s childhood in Germany, St. Nicholas was a rare sight for a child. "You…
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR 12/06
From the Dec. 6 edition of the Register-News By: Holiday party Greater Bordentown Area Chamber of Commerce’s holiday party begins at 6:30 p.m., Dec. 7, Old Columbus Inn, Columbus. Cost is $25 per person. Buffet dinner, cash bar all evening. Visit by "Chamber Santa." Bring a gift ($20 maximum value) get a gift. R.S.V.P.…
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Reporter’s Notebook: The air makes the person!
By: Carl Reader Maybe it’s a little crazy to talk about the differences in air between here and Montana, but it’s one of the first things I noticed when I returned home from the Treasure State after a year and a half. The air in the east is softer, fuller, and it seems to touch…
