Category: archives
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Teacher remembers Challenger tragedy
PERSONAL HISTORIES By: Amanda Bok Jan. 28, 1986, was a cold day, and not just literally, remembers Rebecca Sanders, a South Brunswick High School astronomy and physics teacher. Ms. Sanders had driven to her parent’s house in Shreveport, Texas, to watch the launch of the space shuttle Challenger with her father, a retired NASA physicist.…
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Bordentown’s Castagna named leader of chiefs organization
BORDENTOWN CITY City Police Chief Philip J. Castagna, who has been on the city police force for 13 years, was sworn in as president of the Burlington County Chiefs of Police Association on Saturday at its annual dinner and dance in Cinnaminson. By:Vanessa S. Holt BORDENTOWN CITY City Police Chief Philip…
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MHS girls get revenge against Bound Brook
Still in state playoff contention By: John E. Powers For the Manville High School girls’ basketball team, there were no letdowns to be had Friday night No flat efforts that would follow last Tuesday’s big upset over North Plainfield or an inspired performance last Thursday in a loss to a good Oak Knoll club.…
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OBITUARIES 01/25
From the Jan. 25 edition of the Register-News Harold E. Chamberlin NORTH HANOVER Harold E. "Sonny" Chamberlain Jr. died Jan. 20. Born in Yardville, he was a longtime Wrightstown resident. He was a retired laborer with Union Local 172. Mr. Chamberlain was a senior member of the New Jersey Beach Buggy Association. He is…
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Turnpike accident injures three
FLORENCE An accident that injured three people on the New Jersey Turnpike bridge to Pennsylvania resulted in over an hour of detoured traffic as a jackknifed truck was removed from the road, state police said. By:Vanessa S. Holt FLORENCE An accident that injured three people on the New Jersey Turnpike bridge to Pennsylvania…
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Writer refutes republican "rantings"
Your last issue contained a letter from Eric LeBoeuf that was a good example of the ranting and raving of the reactionary extreme right wing of the Republican Party. Mr. LeBoeuf may seem to some like he knows what he is talking about. But you know what? He does not. First, he is all upset…
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Forfeits give Mustangs no chance at North Plainfield
Co-captains Tenisci, Markowitch only mat winners By: Rudy Brandl NORTH PLAINFIELD More than anything else, simple math explains why the Manville High wrestling team had virtually no chance of beating North Plainfield in last week’s dual meet. The Canucks are one of the area’s rising teams and they received more than enough help…
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Lots of yeas, few nays are voiced by citizens at CHS football forum
By:John Tredrea Male and female, young and not-so-young, dozens of Hopewell Valley residents backed a controversial proposal to bring interscholastic football to Central High School (CHS) during a public forum at the school Jan. 17. A few detractors of the proposal spoke up as well. "The absence of football is a tremendous shortfall to the…
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Wierzba: Community center support grows
Support for a larger community center is growing as the borough gets ready to expand the size of the proposed building that was approved by voters in 1999, Councilman Martin Wierzba said. By:Eric Schwarz Mr. Wierzba said the original plans, which he showed during an interview Monday at Borough Hall, would have built a 5,000-square-foot…
