Category: archives
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SBHS seniors spoiling for a big effort at state cross country meet
By: Redd E. Patrick For the past four years, Brian Jost has been spoiled. With talented, hard-working athletes such as Matt Randal, Scott Yeager and Dan McDonald on his side, they made Jost look brilliant as head cross country coach at South Brunswick High School. Randal, Yeager and McDonald will join classmates Tom Poorten and…
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District to get more aid for projects
Washington sees state increase funding for proposed high school, middle school expansion. By: Mark Moffa WASHINGTON The school district will see a slight increase in state aid for its proposed high school construction and middle school expansion, according to information received by the Board of Education last week. The board also announced this week…
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How can we rememberthe veterans?
EDITORIAL: This year it’s more important that ever to remember Veteran’s Day Sunday The Veterans Day holiday seems to come and go each year with about as much thought for most as Bastille Day, but this year may mark the beginning of a more significant annual event. If the war on terrorism continues, there will…
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George Frana Sr.
HILLSBOROUGH George F. Frana Sr. died Wednesday, Oct. 24, in Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. He was 74. Born in Irvington, he resided in Newark before moving to Hillsborough in 1963. A machinist, Mr. Frana owned the Frana Trucking Co. in Hillsborough from 1955-75 and George’s Gulf service station on Route 206, across from Packard’s…
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Program is on the money
New Egypt High School teaches students about personal finance. By: Scott Morgan PLUMSTED Money. How to get it, how to keep it, how to handle it? For many, it is a difficult set of questions; and for many more, money’s lessons come from the school of hard knocks. For 11th-grade students at New Egypt…
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Life Center girls’ soccer wins its championship
Team wins, 4-0 By:Sean Moylan When Tammy Nowicki first took over the Life Center Academy girls’ varsity soccer squad seven years ago, she inherited a winless team. Yet, slowly but surely, Nowicki built the Warriors into one of the best soccer programs in the Penn-Jersey League. In fact, most of the Life Center players felt…
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AHS field hockey falls in sectionals
Redbirds eliminated from action by Red Bank Catholic in Central Jersey Group II. By: Kyle Moylan AHS field hockey falls from sectional tourney Kyle MoylanSports Editor One of the downsides to the state playoffs is it guarantees there will only be one happy team when everything is said and done. The bad news for Allentown…
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Chief talks anthrax on CNN
South Brunswick Chief of Police Michael Paquette speaks out about local ties to anthrax-laced letters. By: Brian Shappell "My personal opinion is it was somebody who knew the area." That is what South Brunswick Chief of Police Michael Paquette said Tuesday on the CNN show "The Point" about the area’s possible link to the terrorist…
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Longtime vet talksabout anthrax threat
Sixty-five years ago, when Hopewell veterinarian Amos Stults had been in practice here just about two years, he found himself dealing with anthrax By: Janet Purcell Sixty-five years ago, when Hopewell veterinarian Amos Stults had been in practice here just about two years, he found himself dealing with anthrax. "It was New Year’s Day, probably…
