Category: archives
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Mother’s Club rings in the holiday season with tree lighting
By:Al Wicklund MONROE — Two former presidents of the Monroe Township Mothers Club will light the traditional community tree as the club launches the holiday season 6 p.m. Saturday. The lighting will kick off the holiday season for many residents attending the event at the Especially for You Florist at the intersection of Spotswood Englishtown…
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South Street road work reaches completion
Despite complications along the way, project finishes a little more than a month past expected completion date By: Mark Moffa HIGHTSTOWN – Residents of South Street will receive an early Christmas gift next week as the construction project on that street will finally come to an end. Some, however, may consider it a late…
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Model railroad to roll again in Rocky Hill
Proceeds from shows this weekend and next will benefit emergency services organizations in the borough. By: Helen Pettigrew ROCKY HILL – As it has for 36 years, the Pacific Southern Railway is coming to the rescue. The model railroad club will continue its annual show Saturday and Sunday, with proceeds going to Rocky Hill’s emergency…
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New firehouse delayed by bids over estimate
West Windsor council anticipate $2.2 million price tag By: David M. Campbell WEST WINDSOR – Construction bids for the new firehouse across from the municipal complex on Clarksville Road came in more than $800,000 higher than expected, prompting a delay of at least three months while new architectural plans are drafted. On Tuesday, four builders…
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Oriolo is marketing XFL’s Hitmen
West Windsor resident has hand in success of first-year team By: Justin Feil Rich Oriolo won’t rush or pass for any touchdowns this season, won’t even throw a single block or make a single tackle, but he’ll still have an impact on the success of the New York/New Jersey Hitmen in their inaugural season. Oriolo,…
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Major donations spur library building plans
Princeton University increases its pledge and anonymous donor contributes $500,000 By: Jennifer Potash With several new, six-figure donations for its capital campaign for a new building, the Princeton Public Library is on track to break ground by next summer. "If the fund raising goes as well as it did this week, the library is talking…
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Family project aids tired senior citizens
By:Brian Shappell What was to be a teen-ager’s scout project turned into a family undertaking to benefit Cranbury senior citizens. Residents at of the senior housing development on Park Place West, run by Cranbury Housing Associates, have been requesting benches on the premises so they can rest while walking around and getting doctor-recommended exercise. That’s…
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QUICK PICKS
By:Staff Blood drive The First Presbyterian Church of Hightstown will sponsor a Red Cross blood drive from 2:30 to 7:30 p.m. today in the church’s fellowship hall, 320 North Main St., Hightstown. For an appointment, call 443-3260 or 448-0055. Christmas Shoppe Cranbury United Methodist Church, 21 North Main St., Cranbury, will hold a kids-only Christmas…
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Rosina Biondo, 82
MANVILLE — Rosina L. Biondo died Thursday, Nov. 30, 2000, at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. She was 82. Born in Newark, she lived in Manville for most of her life. Mrs. Biondo was a homemaker. She was a communicant of Christ the King Roman Catholic Church in Manville. Survivors include three sons, Anthony of New…
