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Panel considers more trash pickup
MANSFIELD – Township residents will have weekly garbage pickup for another five months while the Township Committee considers returning the pickup schedule to twice a week. By:Jeff Mikalaitis MANSFIELD – Township residents will have weekly garbage pickup for another five months while the Township Committee considers returning the pickup schedule to twice a…
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Seems like a lack of respect is eroding the country
DEAR NEIGHBOR By:Hugh Brennan Sometimes I feel like an ancient Roman just before the fall of the empire. Surely there must have been a good number of citizens who saw the end coming and who spent their days in a combination of nostalgic longing and dread foreboding. Next year I’ll be 50. I grew up…
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HHS booters can’t catch break in SCT semifinals
By: Rudy Brandl BRANCHBURG – Only the wind was on Hillsborough High’s side during the second half of Saturday’s Somerset County boys’ soccer semifinals at Raritan Valley Community College. Luck certainly wasn’t. Trailing top-ranked Pingry 1-0, the fifth-seeded Raiders did everything but score a goal in the second half. Hillsborough completely dominated the action,…
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Rider field hockey wins North East Conference title
Rider NotesThe Rider University field hockey team defeated top-seed Monmouth in the semifinals and No. 2-seed Quinnipiac in the finals to win the North East Conference Championship last weekend at Monmouth. By: Nick Schaefer Senior Tracey Speck scored with 21 minutes and 51 seconds left in the first half on a pass from junior Janette…
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Dorothy Gulgin
Dorothy Gulgin, 61, of South Brunswick died Oct. 28 at home. She was born on June 6, 1939 at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Rahway, and lived in South Brunswick with her husband for 35 years. She retired from the South Brunswick Board of Education in December 1999 as a secretary in an elementary school. She enjoyed…
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Local man coordinates balloon release to raise monument funds
It’s always a pleasure when people can find ways to lift the spirits of those who gave their efforts during wartime. Sometimes, this also can be accomplished by a gesture. By:Michael Maugeri It’s always a pleasure when people can find ways to lift the spirits of those who gave their efforts during wartime. Sometimes, this…
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Experts say Brearley House haunted
Spiritual ‘orbs’ populate historical structure The Brearley House doesn’t look like Hollywood’s classic vision of a haunted house. It’s a modest, 18th-century brick farmhouse – not a 19th-century Victorian, with a sharp, peaked roof and a creaky front porch. By: Lea Kahn But try telling that to the group of investigators from the South Jersey…
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Dog could be used in local traffic stops
MANSFIELD – Patrolman Nick Giannini said he feels his 3-year-old yellow Labrador retriever, Willy, could be a valuable asset to the Mansfield Township Police Department and the community. By:Jeff Mikalaitis MANSFIELD – Patrolman Nick Giannini said he feels his 3-year-old yellow Labrador retriever, Willy, could be a valuable asset to the Mansfield Township…
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Girls await states
Lady Bulldogs play Delaware Valley today in tourney;No matter what happens from this point on, the girls soccer team from Hopewell Valley has to consider this year to be a great success. By: Matt Nalbone They finished the regular season with a very impressive 17-1-1 record and got the No. 1 seed in the Central…
