Category: archives
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Area Jews observe Yom Kippur differently
By:Sara Peters The synagogue seats will be full on Monday as local Jews, some more observant than others, join in worship on the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. Though each will celebrate differently, local Jews plan to be in temple for Yom Kippur, which begins Sunday at sundown and will end…
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Borough students and the world hit the bricks together
By:Sara Peters JAMESBURG — Close to 200 parents, students and community leaders made a colorful group as they marched down West Railroad Avenue in Jamesburg Wednesday morning. They gathered at the Fire Department, then walked en masse to John F. Kennedy School on Front Street. Some parents strapped child-size knapsacks to their backs while their…
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Packet Newspapers
NEW WEBSITES Presenting 11 new websites from Packet Publications The Beacon News http://www.beaconnews.com The Cranbury Press http://www.cranburypress.com Hillsborough Beacon http://www.hillsboroughbeacon.com Hopewell Valley News http://www.hopewellvalleynews.com The Lawrence Ledger http://www.lawrenceledger.com The Manville News http://www.manvillenews.com The Messenger-Press http://www.messengerpress.com The Princeton Packet http://www.princetonpacket.com …
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Gold’s Gym/Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week
Donnelly directs Stuart’s defense By: Bob Nuse Katie Donnelly knows there isn’t a whole lot of glory in playing defense. But that doesn’t bother her one bit. "I love playing sweeper," the Stuart Country Day School junior said. "Even though you don’t get to score, I feel like it’s a team effort when we score…
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Cocoa Diggs
By:Staff PALM COAST, FLA. – Cocoa Diggs, 18, died Sept. 27 in Gainesville, Fla. Born in New Brunswick, she graduated from Palm Coast High School. She is survived by her mother, Beverly Diggs of Bunnell, Fla.; her father, Michael Brown of Espinola, Fla.; a son, Damir Devito of Palm Coast, Fla.; three sisters, Resazio Underwood…
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Restrictions could check temple plan
CRANBURY — A proposed change to an ordinance restricting the size of houses of worship in western Cranbury could make it more difficult for the Chinmaya Mission to build a proposed temple on Cranbury Neck Road. By:Brian Shappell A proposed change to an ordinance restricting the size of houses of worship in western Cranbury could…
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Grace DiLossi
By:Staff MANCHESTER – Grace E. "Betty" DiLossi, 49, died Saturday at home. Born in Mays Landing, she lived in Woodbury and Brick 28 years before recently moving to Whiting. She retired in 1987 after many years as an officer at First National Bank of Toms River. She was a past officer of the Laurel Brook…
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Montgomery cautious on deer plan
By: Helen Pettigrew MONTGOMERY – The Township Committee indicated Thursday night that it will look into the cost of an aerial survey of the local deer herd, which is seen as a means of justifying the hiring of sharpshooters – although some members expressed uncertainty that a deer hunt would work. The committee turned down…
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School board and teachers close to consensus
MONROE — The Monroe Township teachers’ contract hasn’t been settled yet, but it’s expected soon. By:Al Wicklund MONROE – The Monroe Township teachers’ contract hasn’t been settled yet, but it’s expected soon. The next significant date in the contract negotiating process between the Board of Education and the Monroe Township Education Association is Oct.…
