Category: archives
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JAMESBURG: A ‘Devil’ lends wisdom to hockey league
By Ed Birch, Special Writer JAMESBURG — The 58 junior hockey players who participate in the Jamesburg Youth Hockey Program recently gathered for the Saturday morning set of regularly scheduled interleague games at the Grace M. Breckwedel Middle School gymnasium, unaware league officials had prepared a special surprise for them. As the early morning games…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Students ask for pledges to avoid texting while driving
Hillsborough students have embarked on a six-week-long campaign against texting and driving since mid-January. More than 300 students who play for the St. Joseph’s Catholic Youth Ministry basketball program and their parents have campaigned the Hillsborough community to stop the potentially dangerous driving practice. Each of the 13 girls’ and boys’ basketball teams (ages 10…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Students ask for pledges to avoid texting while driving
Players and coaches of the Blue Storm team of 10- to 13-year-olds who publicized the dangers of texting while driving pose for a photo. Kneeling, from left, are Shirley Kruskall, Shannon Donoghue, Emily Lanahan, Stephanie Wickman, Alanna Ryan and Hannah Hopson. In second row are Cate Lanahan, Cameron Howell, Jess Koval, Caroline Pabst, Tara Herterich,…
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HIGHTSTOWN: Auditions held for ‘Tavern on the Lake’
Auditions were held Sunday at Tavern on the Lake for a web series of the same name. Sarah Lightman, of East Windsor, got one of the roles.
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HIGHTSTOWN: ‘Guys and Dolls’ take to the stage
By Amy Batista, Special Writer HIGHTSTOWN — Gamblers, sinners and Save-a-Soul Mission dolls invaded Hightstown High School this past weekend as students presented their rendition of Damon Runyon’s “Guys and Dolls.” It starred Vincent Stevens who played Nathan Detroit and Miranda Contreras-Peterson who played Adelaide. Nathan Detroit runs an illegal floating crap game, but due…
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NEWARK: ICE seeks Hightstown child porn suspect
By Amy Batista, Special Writer NEWARK — Federal officials are seeking the public’s help in a massive manhunt to locate a Hightstown man who allegedly is wanted for possessing child pornography, according to a press release from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations on March 12. Fredy Marcelo Arbito, 30, of Hightstown, is…
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POLICE BLOTTER: Week of March 15
East Windsor Sal Cassaro, 25, of Millstone, was charged with drunken driving at 2:45 a.m. March 2 after being stopped on Etra Road. Police were patrolling Etra Road when they heard a motor vehicle accident. The vehicle, a 2012 Mazda, was found in the road with heavy front-end damage from striking a guardrail. Mr. Cassaro…
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Holocaust Survivor, MCCC Professor Emeritus Vera Goodkin to Speak at Holocaust Remembrance Day
By Jim Gardner Dr. Vera Goodkin, professor emeritus at Mercer County Community College who escaped the Holocaust with the help of famed rescuer Raoul Wallenberg, will offer a presentation in observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day on Tuesday, April 9, at 4:30 p.m. at the Mercer County Holocaust-Genocide Resource Center (MCHGRC). The center is located on…
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HIGHTSTOWN: Auditions held for ‘Tavern on the Lake’
By Matt Nelson, Special Writer HIGHTSTOWN — Act Natural Productions, a production company in Asbury Park, recently held auditions for its upcoming comedy-web series called “Tavern on the Lake.” The show is being named after the bar and restaurant, Tavern on the Lake, at 101 N. Main Street in downtown Hightstown. The auditions took…
