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  • Students fondly remember teacher

    Ethel Smith, 85, lived in Monmouth Junction almost all her life and spent 42 years teaching at Deans School. By: Nick D’Amore    A woman who dedicated half her life working with children as a teacher died Sunday.    Ethel Smith, 85, lived in Monmouth Junction almost all her life and spent 42 years teaching at Deans…

  • Zoners to hear self-storage application

    Devon-Lawrenceville LLC wants to add 10 one-story buildings to the former Grossman’s site on Route 1. By: Lea Kahn    A self-service storage company’s request to expand a non-conforming use will be considered by the Zoning Board of Adjustment at its regular meeting Wednesday.    Devon-Lawrenceville LLC will outline its application at the zoning board meeting, which…

  • Fire officials thank public for support

    Letter to the editor    On behalf of the volunteer firefighters and ladies auxiliary members of Lawrence Road Fire Co., we would like to thank the residents, business owners and community organizations of Fire District 2 for their generous support during the fire company’s recent fund drive.    The donations made during this year’s drive are already…

  • MHS boys soccer returns seven starters

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    When it comes to drama, the 2001 Monroe Township High School boys’ varsity soccer team will be hard pressed to top last year’s squad. Last fall, the Falcons made it all the way to the championship game of the Greater Middlesex Conference tournament where they lost in sudden-death overtime to Piscataway.…

  • Dr. George Holcombe, congressman

    Historically Speaking: A look at the Allentown-Upper Freehold of the past. By:     Charles H. Fidler’s Some Interesting Local History, "Allentown Messenger," April 7, 1924:    An interesting old-time dwelling in Allentown, and one that has figured considerably in the town’s history, is the one owned by Mrs. E. P. Ford, on [33 S.] Main Street.…

  • Health Department offers tips for a healthy school year

    First: Make sure your child’s immunizations are up-to-date.    The Somerville-Raritan-Manville Health Department offers the following suggestions for a healthy school year: Make sure that your child’s immunizations are up-to-date — all schools require a doctor’s immunization record that includes the day, month and year that your child was immunized.     Know you school district’s rules…

  • Police continue hearing on excessive force charge

    Somerset man alleges two officers roughed him up. By: Nick D’Amore    Two officers accused of using excessive force during a traffic stop in June 2000 on Deans Lane faced their accuser Wednesday during the third phase of disciplinary hearings.    Robert Acosta, 48, of Somerset, who was in a vehicle with brothers Fred, Jeff and James…

  • FEATURES: The long and winding (mountainous) road

    Upper Freehold resident completes journey along the Appalachian Trail. By: Scott Morgan    UPPER FREEHOLD — The most common reason people give for climbing a mountain is "because it’s there." So what reason could anyone give for scaling an entire mountain chain?    Bob Pyhel has no idea. But he did it anyway.    "I asked myself that…

  • Pennington expected to vote on equipment law on Monday

    By: John Tredrea    Expected to be on Pennington Borough Council’s agenda Monday night is an adoption vote on a proposed ordinance that would authorize spending $5,000 on radar units for two police cars and $10,000 for computer equipment for the borough’s administrative offices.    Under state law, public comment and questions on the proposed ordinance would…