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Olga Gorbatuk, 78
MANVILLE — Olga (Klimowich) Gorbatuk, died Tuesday. August 15, 2000, at the Greenbrook Manor Nursing Home. She was 78. Born in Manville, Mrs. Gorbatuk was a lifelong resident. She worked as a trimmer for Snappi Knits for 12 years, retiring in 1983. Mrs. Gorbatuk was a member and a former Sunday School teacher at Ss.…
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AROUND CRANBURY: Wedding bells ring for library director
By:Lorraine Sedor Congratulations are in order for Library Director Howard Zogott and his new bride, Tina, who were married on Sunday, July 30 at the Nassau Inn. Mr. Z and Tina, the former Christina Larsen Feick, celebrated the occasion with about 50 family and friends, including the Gambinos, Swanagans and Kanawyers of Cranbury. Phyllis Marchand,…
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President Clinton to make two area stops for Holt
A Hopewell Township family will host 250 to 300 people who will pay $1,000 apiece. By: Jeff Milgram President Clinton is scheduled to make a stop Wednesday in Hopewell Township to bolster the re-election campaign of Rep. Rush Holt (D-12), officials on the congressman’s re-election committee said this week. Neil Upmeyer, director of Rep. Holt’s…
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Reach out and touch the wheel — with both hands
By: This message is for the woman we saw driving straight down the middle of the highway unsteadily at 25 miles an hour taking up both lanes – hang up and drive! This message goes out to the man we saw weaving erratically on the road using no turn signals and failing to keep…
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Woman dies from crash injuries
Burlington Township woman killed By:Jeff Mikalaitis MANSFIELD – A Burlington Township woman died after being involved in a two-car collision on Route 130, police said. At 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Susan McCune, 56, was traveling south on Route 130 near mile post 52 when she made a left turn into the Liberty Two Diner, police said.…
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Navy Lieutenant Quattrone sails into Hall of Fame
It’s full speed ahead for Diane Quattrone as she sails into the Hightstown High School Sports Hall of Fame By: Neil Hay It’s full speed ahead for Diane Quattrone as she sails into the Hightstown High School Sports Hall of Fame. Quattrone, Hightstown Class of 1992 and a graduate of the United States Naval…
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Borough eyes 12 acres for open space buy
Property now owned by developer By:Eric Schwarz The borough will pay about $90,000 to consultants working on the flood-buyout program. State and federal grants will repay the costs. The Borough Council on Monday hired a project manager and an appraiser for the program in which up to 42 houses in the Lost Valley may be…
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Tenant selected for former Harry’s
Lease-signing is ‘almost a done deal’ By: Jeff Milgram The building that housed Harry’s Luncheonette for almost 40 years will not remain vacant much longer. A new tenant has been found for the building at 16 Witherspoon St., closed since an early morning fire on July 12, 1999, and a lease will be signed shortly,…
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Council approves Pyne Woods money
D&R Greenway will get $40,000 from township By: Lea Kahn Township Council gave final approval to a $40,000 bond ordinance this week, paving the way toward the Delaware and Raritan Greenway’s acquisition of a 33-acre parcel of woodlands on Poe Road. The council also approved an ordinance to extinguish the township’s rights to the paper…
