Category: archives
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Manville boys improving but kicked from SCT
Team edges Brearley at home By: John E. Powers At times, the Manville High School boys’ soccer team can beam with confidence. At others, the Mustangs look out of sync, trying to find themselves as they grow from game to game. The Mustangs (3-5-1) experienced both sides last week, a week in which they sandwiched…
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Apartments at Oakwoods to fill senior citizen needs
Residents already have moved into 54 of the 73 units available at the Woods Avenue site. By: Brian Shappell Site Manager Christina Agrait (front) and Administrator Kevin Scalera talk to Catherine Salter. Staff photos by John Keating Over the last month, dozens of area seniors have had reason to celebrate. The new senior, low-income housing…
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Builders’ Briefs
Area builders’ events, deals and opportunities COMMUNITY BUILDERS CRUISE HELPS GRANT KIDS’ WISHES The Community Builders Association, one of the largest and most active organizations for the building industry, recently donated proceeds from its annual membership cruise night to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Jersey, a nonprofit organization dedicated to granting the wishes of children…
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Constantine ‘Gus’ Malinowski, 94
Constantine "Gus" Malinowski, 94, died Saturday at The Elms of Cranbury Nursing Home. Born in Perth Amboy, he lived there, Edison and Woodbridge before moving to Clearbrook in 1978. He was a stationary engineer for ASARCO in Perth Amboy for 43 years before retiring in 1971. He was a member of the International Union of…
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Coffee Talk: Circus superstitions
Imagine the importance of superstitions to people who take their lives into their own hands every day as part of their job. By: Stacey Gorski Everyone has superstitions, and some are practical and easily explained. For example, don’t walk under a ladder. Makes sense considering there is probably someone on the ladder with a large…
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Former teammates face off on gridiron
Notre Dame football team boasts numerous players from Allentown Pop Warner program. By: Kyle Moylan Joe Murphy and Greg Mordas have a rare kind of color blindness. The two Allentown High School assistant football coaches can not make out the colors baby blue and white when they are put on certain uniforms such as…
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Commemorating a Cranbury landmark
The Old School officially becomes Cranbury’s Town Hall this Sunday. By: Casha Caponegro On Sunday, the building known to residents as the Old School will officially become Cranbury’s Town Hall. The event will be a momentous occasion in the history of a building that has withstood several demolition attempts and has remained an integral part…
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School budget input sought
Board welcoming ideas and comments from public as spending plan develops By:Krzysztof Scibiorski Next year’s school budget is slowly coming into place and the Board of Education is welcoming public input about its shape. During Monday night’s meeting, board and Finance Committee member Steven Sloan reported on the efforts to receive public input about the…
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Orleans acquires The Glen at Mason’s Creek
Five luxurious floorplans are offered at Hainesport community Orleans Homebuilders has announced its acquisition of the active adult community The Glen at Mason’s Creek in Hainesport. The acquisition brings together the Delaware Valley’s oldest and most respected homebuilder with one of the area’s most beautiful active adult communities. The Glen at Mason’s Creek combines a…
