Category: archives
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Three girls named to all-state team
Girls SoccerRobert, Smith, Edgcomb receive recognition By: Mike Molaro Lawrence High School girls soccer coach Dave Boggs knows the strength of his 10-8 squad this season was its defense. The Cardinals also had a talented offense that came oh-so-close to being one of the area’s better units. With that in mind, three members of the…
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Board rejects plans for Circle-area parcel
Since the planned Shop-Rite supermarket at the Brunswick Circle property has been scrapped, the developer is considering brining in a chain pet supply store. By: Lea Kahn The Planning Board sent Brunswick Circle Associates, LLC back to the drawing board Monday night to revise its proposal to subdivide a 9.6-acre tract into two lots. Brunswick…
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Kathleen R. Hearon, 57
Kathleen R. Hearon, 57, of Greenwood, S.C., died Tuesday, Nov. 13, at her home. Born in Newark, she lived in South Brunswick before relocating to Greenwood four months ago. She was working as a sales coordinator for Compaq Computers in Basking Ridge for four years up until her move to Greenwood. She had artistic and…
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Fred Petrone
SOUTH BRUNSWICK Fred F. Petrone, 77, died Friday, Nov. 16, at Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia. Born in Princeton, he lived in Monmouth Junction 46 years. He was a member of Carpenters Local 781 of Princeton and worked with Dow Jones & Co. 12 years before retiring in 1990. Son of the late Antonio and Mary…
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OBITUARIES, part 2-11/22
From the Nov. 22 edition of the Register-News By: Virginia Gropp Broderick WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP Virginia "Ginny" Gropp Broderick, 70, of Robbinsville died Nov. 13 at Bright View Hospice in Avon, Conn. Born in Trenton, she was a lifelong area resident and a member of St. Raphael Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton. Daughter of the late…
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A time for giving
Charity and compassion are themes of Ramadan By: Nick D’Amore In this second week of Ramadan area Muslims continue fasting, but also come together to encourage kindness and compassion among themselves and as they reach out to others. This week is also Thanksgiving, the theme of which ties into one of the themes of Ramadan.…
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Program gives area families a holiday
POCKETS OF NEED By: Melissa Morgan In a small room in the back of the Senior Center, large bins are brimming with everything from cans of tuna to pork and beans. Items are classified and separated into categories like soups, sauces, pasta and fruit. The walls look like supermarket shelves offering customers anything and everything…
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Board sells bonds to finance school
$11.7 million will go toward construction By:David Koch MANSFIELD The school board has sold $11.7 million in bonds to finance the construction of a new upper elementary school on Mansfield Road East. The bonds were sold after the school board received conditional approval from the state Department of Education to sell its bonds pending waterline…
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A second anthrax letter had local ZIP code
The letter mailed to U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy’s office bore the same return address as the contaminated letter sent to Sen. Daschle last month. By: Nick D’Amore A second anthrax-laced letter sent to the U.S. Senate offices in Washington, D.C., had a return address with the Monmouth Junction ZIP code. The second letter which…
