Category: archives
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A chance meeting, a lesson learned
RANDOM NOTES by Scott Morgan: Remembering heroes at the Honor Roll in New Egypt. By: One of the most fascinating and frustrating abilities children possess is their ability to teach the rest of us things when we least expect it. Case in point, Jenny. Jenny is a little girl whose age I’m unsure of and…
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FEATURES: A look inside the Robbins House
Not many people are as passionate about a property as Lester Robbins Jr. and his wife, Barbara, are about the Robbins family’s old farmhouse. By: Mark Moffa The Robbins family’s old farmhouse, which as passed through five generations within the Robbins family and dates back to the early 19th century. Part of the addition that…
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Florence Township welcomes trio of new EMTs
FLORENCE Three new firefighter emergency medical technicians began work this month as full-time emergency personnel responding to daytime calls. By:Vanessa S. Holt Voters approved a 2-cent increase in the local fire district tax last year to hire three firefighter EMTs to ensure daytime coverage would be available for emergency medical calls. The new hires…
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Park tot lot construction almost done
SPRINGFIELD The finishing touches on a new tot lot playground in Veterans Memorial Park were expected to be completed this week, giving parents a new place to bring their kids for fun and games to keep busy while older brothers and sisters compete on nearby fields. By:Vanessa S. Holt Construction of the 72-by-72foot playground…
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Earliest settlers in Allentown, part one
HISTORICALLY SPEAKING by John Fabiano: A look at the Allentown-Upper Freehold of the past. By: From the Allentown Messenger, March 3, 1904: Some of the enterprises of long ago, together with general history. Among the early settlers of this part of Monmouth county was Wm. Montgomery, of Brigend, Scotland, who came to America in 1702…
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A chance meeting, a lesson learned
RANDOM NOTES by Scott Morgan: Remembering heroes at the Honor Roll in New Egypt. By: One of the most fascinating and frustrating abilities children possess is their ability to teach the rest of us things when we least expect it. Case in point, Jenny. Jenny is a little girl whose age I’m unsure of and…
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District continues fillingempty teaching positions
The Board of Education continued to gain ground in the on-going search for teaching staff at Tuesday’s meeting, hiring seven new instructors for Manville classrooms. By:Regina Tan On the downside, the board accepted five more teacher resignations. In the last two meetings, the board has accepted a total of 13 resignations and hired 26 total.…
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For the week of Aug. 16
By: Grace Whalen Whitty MANCHESTER Grace Agnes Veronica Whalen Whitty, 80, died Saturday, Aug. 11, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law. Born in New York, she was a longtime Yardville resident before moving to Whiting five years ago. She retired after 17 years as senior librarian assistant at Hamilton Township Library and…
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Bordentown softball 10’s great season ends in state’s Final Four Tournament
To say the Bordentown 9 and 10-year-old girls’ Little League All-Star team reached the State’s Final Four by playing "little ball" is a big understatement. By:Sean Moylan "It’s amazing that we scored 119 runs on only 68 hits," said Bordentown manager Jeff Millington. The real reason Bordentown scored 119 runs and posted an 8-2 record…
