Category: archives
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Assistant principal leaving
Millstone’s Stephen Baglivio heading back to former school. By: Frank C. D’Amico MILLSTONE Stephen Baglivio is going back to the beginning. Mr. Baglivio, assistant principal of the Millstone Middle School, will be leaving to work in the Middletown School District. A month from now, Mr. Baglivio will be the assistant principal of the Thompson…
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Josephine Dutchick
HILLSBOROUGH Josephine C. (Piotrowski) Dutchick died Feb. 17 at her daughter’s home in Hillsborough. She was 79. Born and raised in Yonkers, N.Y., she lived most of her life in Whiting.Mrs. Dutchick was a homemaker. Surviving are a son, Dr. George Dutchick; a daughter, Theresa Messsinger; and three grandchildren. A funeral Mass was held…
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School board gets SAFE-T’s petition
Nearly 500 oppose Timberlane fields By:John Tredrea The battle appears to have heated up, and not by just a few degrees. A total of 475 of Hopewell Township residents have signed a petition opposing the Hopewell Valley Recreation Roundtable’s controversial proposal to build a 10-field, 225-parking space athletic complex on 48 acres at the western…
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Meals on Wheels offers friendly service
Program delivers hot food and kind words to homebound residents. By: Julie Gartland If you’ve ever recovered from an illness or injury at home, alone then you’ll understand the value of the Washington Township Meals on Wheels program. For more information on volunteering, call Nicole Fehn, 259-7128 or Josephine Parr, 259-2282. Designed specifically…
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Teacher selected to go to Cuba
MANSFIELD The Mansfield Board of Education honored fourth-grade Special Education teacher Debra Joseph Feb. 13 with an award for being selected to go to Cuba with a delegation of her peers. By:David Koch Ms. Joseph, a teacher at John Hydock Elementary School, was chosen by the People to People Ambassador Program to join…
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Council tussles over vacant posts
Councilwoman Doris Weisberg recused herself proceedings that filled posts on the Planninig Board and Open Space Advisory Committee Seven township residents were named to fill vacancies on the Planning Board and the newly formed Open Space Advisory Committee by Township Council Tuesday night but not without some dissenting remarks from Councilwoman Doris Weisberg. By:…
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Wishing Loper success in latest leadership challenge
EDITORIAL By:Ruth Luse Pennington Borough Council had three fine Republicans from whom to choose the town’s new mayor last Thursday. It had to be a hard decision, because Bob Prewitt already had proven his leadership ability as president of the oft-beleaguered Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education. And Chuck Sabino already had shown his mettle…
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Zoners clear way for Sikh temple
The Sikh Sabha of New Jersey Inc. plan will have to undergo site plan approval before the house of worship is built. Township zoners granted a use variance to a Sikh congregation last week, clearing the way for the group to build a house of worship on a 13-acre tract of land on Bakers Basin…
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Cards’ swimmers sink in round two
Swimming The Lawrence High School boys and girls swim teams mirrored each other throughout the season. By: Steve Feitl Both earned 11 wins. Both came in second in the Colonial Division of the Colonial Valley Conference. Both had strong seasons to be proud of. But last week, both of the Cardinals squads were also eliminated…
