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Deadlines for The Cranbury Press
Deadlines for The Cranbury Press are noon Tuesday for letters and noon Thursday for social items. Items can be mailed to: P.O. Box 309, Dayton, NJ 08824; faxed to (732) 329-9286 or e-mailed to the e-mail addresses listed below: ‡ Hank Kalet, managing editor, at [email protected] ‡ Rich Fisher, sports editor, at [email protected] ‡ John…
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HOT TOPICS
Does the Municipal Manager deserve his three-year contract? Bill Guhl, the Lawrence Township Municipal Manager, was awarded a three-year contract by Township Council last week. His salary will be $125,000 in 2000 and 2001, and $130,000 in 2002. This week’s Hot Topics question is: Do you believe Mr. Guhl deserves his contract? Answer by clicking…
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Boys track and field team at MHS finishes 6-1
Performs well despite some off-track obstacles By: Rudy Brandl Bad weather and scheduling conflicts were about the only things that stopped the Manville High boys’ track and field team this spring. The Mustangs finished the season with an impressive 6-1 record in dual meets, but four regular season contests were canceled. Two meets were washed…
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Improved hitting keys late May surge
Mustang baseball wins four of final six to finish 8-11 By: Rudy Brandl Practice and game experience led to tremendous improvement for the young Manville High baseball team this spring. After struggling to a 4-9 start that knocked them out of playoff contention in early May, the Mustangs won four of their final six games…
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Galli strikes gold again
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Jessica Galli was the fastest thing on wheels at last week’s NJSIAA Meet of Champions in South Brunswick. The Hillsborough High sophomore, who has been confined to a wheelchair for the past eight years since breaking her spinal cord in a car accident, proved she’s a winner both on and off…
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Monroe Jewish Center had humble beginnings
By:Al Wicklund MONROE — The Monroe Township Jewish Center started with four families meeting in a backyard. “It was during the Jewish holidays. We were unhappy because we didn’t have a place of our own for services,” said Fredda Rothman, a founding mother of the center, which is now 18 years old. Ms. Rothman said…
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American Jews played an important role in the "wild west"
By:Al Wicklund MONROE — The American Jewish experience in the “wild West” was wild and varied, Sylvia Moskowitz said Monday at the township Jewish Center. “The stereotype of ‘the little Jewish peddler’ as the only representative of the Westward-bound Jew does injustice to thousands of other Jewish settlers — farmers, prospectors, explorers,…
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Richard Hennessy Sr., 64
Richard A. Hennessy Sr., 64, died Thursday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in New Brunswick, he lived most of his life in the Jamesburg area. He was the manager of the Merit Oil Company service station on Route 18 in East Brunswick for over 20 years, retiring in 1997. He also…
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Woman receives volunteer award
Isabelle Hickman Award goes to Eleanor Smith By: Kristy Klaus ‘When I consider all you have done and continue to do even at the age of 92, I am awestruck.’ Patricia Cavanaugh Eleanor Smith is preserved in alcohol. At least that’s the little joke she tells people when they ask her for her secret to…
