Category: archives
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
