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  • Pedals for Progress seeks bikes

    By:David Weinstein    Get ready to donate.   Old, dusty bicycles now clutter­ ing the basement or garage are not useless.    Such “junk” can make a big difference to residents of Latin America, Africa and the Pacific Islands who lack transportation. More than 33,000 used bikes have been donated to those areas — including 71 from South…

  • West Windsor volunteers seeking benefits

    A pension plan for volunteer firefighters and first-aid personnel could go on the fall ballot. By: David M. Campbell    WEST WINDSOR — Voters in November may get the chance to decide whether to reward township volunteer firefighters and first-aid personnel for years of service to the community through a rather unique benefits package.    Speaking Tuesday…

  • Landmarks says keep the bell in the Old School

    The group that spearheaded preservation of the Old School building wants the Township Committee to restore the building’s bell to its original function. By:Brian Shappell    CRANBURY – The group that spearheaded preserva­ tion of the Old School building wants the Township Committee to restore the building’s bell to its original func­ tion.    William L. Bunting…

  • Local man notified eBay of drug sales

    By: Mark Moffa        HIGHTSTOWN — When Dennis Symons heard about the drug overdose at the Peddie School last week he was concerned.    Mr. Symons is a firefighter and EMT in Washington Township, so naturally, he was worried. But when he found out that the students had obtained the substance through eBay, he decided to…

  • OBITUARIES, June 2, 2000

    Anne Thorkildsen, Margaret Troncone, Carmine V. Troncone, Stella Heflich, Ann McGAnn, Lena Esposito Anne Thorkildsen Griggstown resident    GRIGGSTOWN — Anne R. Thorkildsen died Tuesday at St. Peter’s Medical Center in New Brunswick. She was 95.    Born in Lyngdal, Norway, she came to Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1922 and moved to Griggstown in 1950.    She attended Bunker…

  • Trip to bank pays dividends for students’s lessons on money

    By:Al Wicklund    MONROE — Sixth-grade students at Brookside School recently found the Provident Savings Bank on Overlook Drive to be a friendly place.    At the bank as part of the Workplace Readiness Program, Katie O’Brien, a member of Ralph Zamrzycki’s class, represented the thinking of many of her classmates when she said, “I think the…

  • Judge rejects Wawa lawsuit

    A Middlesex County Superior Court judge rejected a lawsuit Friday filed by Wawa convenience store against the township Zoning Board of Adjustment. By:Al Wicklund    MONROE — A Middlesex County Su­ perior Court judge rejected a law­ suit Friday filed by Wawa convenience store against the town­ ship Zoning Board of Adjust­ ment.    The lawsuit contends…

  • HHS boys capture CJ 4 track title

    By: Rudy Brandl        HOLMDEL — It looked like another empty trip to the Central Jersey Group 4 Championships until the Hillsborough High boys’ track and field athletes found another gear.    The Raiders exploded for 48 points in the final four events, dominating the Saturday afternoon session to overtake Piscataway for the sectional team title.…

  • Teen’s spirit lives on in memorial garden

    By:Matthew Armstrong    The grad­ uation ceremony for youngsters in a preschool program housed at the high school was held Friday, amid memories of one of its most devot­ ed student-teach­ ers.    As the 3- and 4-year-olds received their cer­ tificates for graduating from the Little Viking Playschool, many thoughts were on Ashley Rose DeOliveira, a…