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Rail link needed to end congestion
Letter to the editor To the editor: The recent snowstorms of this new year should serve as reality check for those who oppose the reactivation of passenger rail service on the Monmouth, Ocean, and Middlesex rail link (MOM). Statements by some residents, local and county officials are short sighted. The snowstorms proved that alternate transportation…
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Tensions revealed at joint budget session
Sharing facilities can lead to difficulties at budget time for officials in the Princetons. By: Jennifer Potash The joint budgets of Princeton Borough and Princeton Township were approved by the two governing bodies in a seven-hour meeting Tuesday including the $16.7 million funding for the Princeton Public Library expansion. The meeting illustrated some ongoing…
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PU’s McCaughey is All-American
Freshman weight thrower has bigger plans for future By: Justin Feil When Josh McCaughey was in high school, he spent a lot of time trying to find something he really liked to do. When he was cut from the basketball team at Bishop Hendricken, the West Kingston, Rhode Island resident turned to indoor track and…
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Dealing with the internment of WWII Italian Americans
The internment of and loss of rights by Americans who started life in Italy was the subject of a program at the Italian American Society of Monroe meeting Tuesday. By: Al Wicklund MONROE The story of the loss of civil rights by thousands of Japanese-Americans in this country in World War II is a…
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Contest offers chance at record contract
JUST FOR LAUGHS by Jo Beck: This is the big chance for all you wanna-be recording artists out there. Wanna-be recording artists have a chance to earn a lot of free stuff in a new national contest and win cash awards for their school as well. A national music contest called Pro-Voice is being…
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Teachers, district strike deal
The contract, retroactive to July 1, was finally ratified Monday by the board after being approved by the teachers’ union last week. Forty percent of the district’s teachers voted against the deal. By: Al Wicklund MONROE The Board of Education and the Monroe Township Education Association agreed earlier this week on a new contract…
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Ice-skating rinks get board approval
The Monroe Skating Center was approved by the Planning Board and may be open for use by the fall. By: Al Wicklund MONROE A two-rink center for ice-skating and roller-skating was approved by the Planning Board March 8 and could be in operation by the fall. To be called the Monroe Skating Center, the…
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OBITUARIES
Mary Jachera, 87 HILLSBOROUGH Mary (Czachor) Jachera died March 8 at home. She was 87. Born in Derby, Conn., she lived in Manville prior to moving to Hillsborough many years ago. Mrs. Jachera was a homemaker. She was a communicant of Mary, Mother of God Church in Hillsborough. She was a former 4-H leader…
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School tax rate drops for sending district
NEW HANOVER The New Hanover-Wrightstown Board of Education introduced a $4.1 million tentative budget March 7 that would decrease school taxes in Wrightstown. By:David Koch The proposed budget would reduce the school tax rate in Wrightstown 11 cents to $1.63 for each $100 of assessed property value. A homeowner at the township average…
