Category: archives
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Miranda’s goal nets spot for the boys
Defense and goaltending, which have carried the Hightstown High School boys’ soccer team all season long, carried the Rams one more time last Friday By:Neil Hay With a berth in the state tournament at stake, the Rams’ "D" carried Hightstown all the way from Nottingham and into states. Hightstown defeated the host Northstars, 1-0, on…
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Millstone may hire traffic consultant
By: Frank C. D’Amico MILLSTONE – The school district might hire a traffic consultant to advise it on bus traffic. Board Administrator Brian Boyle said Millstone Elementary School and Millstone Middle School, which are on adjacent lots, are designed to handle the 31 buses the district owns, but wants a consultant to help develop improved…
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Board starts search for land
By: Frank C. D’Amico MILLSTONE – The Board of Education is working with the township in searching for land as it prepares for a projected 48 percent increase in the school population by the year 2004. "My concern is that we’re growing and there is no expansion room on our site," Millstone Superintendent William Setaro…
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Edition of Oct. 19
John T. Wilner John T. Wilner, 87, died Sunday at the Medical Center at Princeton. Born in New York, he lived in Delray Beach, Fla., Cranbury and Washington Crossing before moving to Princeton three years ago. Mr. Wilner served two years as a pilot with the Navy. He was a private consultant to the broadcast…
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Tennis team continues successful season
Girls cruising with 8-4 recordFirst year girls tennis coach Maria Gonzalez can consider her season a success so far. By: Matt Nalbone First year girls tennis coach Maria Gonzalez can consider her season a success so far. They have a good solid 8-4 record and a chance at a few more wins before it is…
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Ongoing push to add houses tarnishes a good name
BEACON EDITORIAL — OCT. 19, 2000 By:Hillsborough Beacon It’s time for Van Cleef Limited Family Partnership to give it a rest. Van Cleef, builder of the Country Classics development in Belle Mead, recently filed suit in state Superior Court in Somerville to invalidate a July 20 Planning Board decision denying the developer the right to…
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Realtors support Mayors’ Breakfast
Municipal Alliance, others gather Oct. 21 The fourth annual Mayors’ Breakfast on Oct. 21 at the Hopewell Valley Golf Club has the full support of the realty community in Hopewell Valley. The breakfast will be held at the Hopewell Valley Golf Club on Saturday, Oct. 21, from 8:30-10:30 a.m. "This is the first year that…
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Elmer Votava
By: Staff HIGHTSTOWN – Elmer C. Votava, 68, of Hightstown passed away Oct. 4 at home. Born in New York, he was a Hightstown area resident since 1981. Mr. Votava was employed with Lafayette Electronics Inc. in New York as a repairman for 21 years. He enjoyed building train sets and loved watching fire trucks.…
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Removal of old tree upsets some residents
BORDENTOWN CITY – The removal of an old red oak tree from Farnsworth Avenue has disappointed residents who wanted to preserve it, but city officials said the dead or dying branches were a safety hazard. By:Vanessa S. Holt BORDENTOWN CITY – The removal of an old red oak tree from Farnsworth Avenue has disappointed…
