Category: archives
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Regionalization talk on agenda
Roosevelt, Millstone, Upper Freehold, Allentown officials meet By: Frank C. D’Amico UPPER FREEHOLD — Political leaders of Allentown, Millstone, Roosevelt and Upper Freehold have been meeting to discuss various issues facing their towns, and now school regionalization is on their agenda. This group, an ad hoc committee known as the Western Monmouth Panhandle Alliance,…
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HOT TOPICS
Is Lawrence safe? In the past three-and-a-half months, there have been two carjackings (March 11 and April 3 incidents for which a man has been arrested in connection with) and two bank robberies (April 14 and this past Saturday, June 17). Given these recent incidents, this week’s Hot Topics question is: Do you believe that…
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Girls win Skyland Conference track title
Raiders romp over foes to earn elusive crown By: Rudy Brandl It was another season full of highlights for the Hillsborough High girls’ track and field team. However, one shining moment stood out above all others. Winning the Skyland Conference team title holds special significance for the Raiders, who swept the county and conference meets…
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Historical botanical gets a makeover
Tree service repairs 300-year-old Keeler Oak By:Jeff Mikalaitis MANSFIELD — A tree service recently performed surgery on the township’s historic Keeler Oak to repair some damage it sustained from strong wind gusts last month. Shearer Penn Tree Service of Medford removed dead stubs and cleaned up internal dead wood from the 84-foot-tall white oak…
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Barbara O. Byrne
Plumsted By: PLUMSTED — Barbara O. Byrne, 53, died Saturday, June 17, at home. Born in Long Island, N.Y., she lived in Dublin, Va., before moving to New Egypt three years ago. She was a medical transcriptions for the Pulaski Hospital, Pulaski, Va. She is survived by her husband, Warren Byrne; a stepson, Jeffrey Byrne…
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Jeanne Dilatush Field
Robbinsville native By: FAIRHOPE, Ala. — Jeanne Dilatush Field, 84, died Saturday, June 17, in Fairhope, Ala. Born in Robbinsville, she had lived in Cranbury for many years before moving to Mobile, Ala., 18 years ago. Daughter of the late Robert M. and Frances Swift Dilatush, wife of the late Robert A. Field and mother…
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BRHS graduates will cherish fond memories of high school
Katherine Grim is valedictorian By:Jeff Mikalaitis BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — After four years of ups and downs, the high school experience came to an end Thursday for 121 Bordentown Regional High School seniors. After they received their diplomas, the class of 2000 hugged friends and family members and then walked off Gilder Field as high…
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Main Street ready for community picnic
MAIN STREET CORNER On Saturday, July 1, from 12:30 to 3 p.m., Lawrenceville Main Street will host the fifth annual Community Picnic at Weeden Park on Main Street by the post office on Craven Lane. For the past four years the picnic has been one of our community’s highlights — a time when everyone can…
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Leaving a legacy in Lawrence
High school mentoring program graduates its second class By: Lea Kahn ‘(Lawrence Legacies) had a big impact on my life. It is how I met Phil (Duran). I don’t know where I would be without Phil. He took me in after my mother died.’ Ronald Wong When Markidah Gibson, Dean Simmons and Ronald Wong pick…
