Category: archives
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Grey’: These wolves are too weird be taken seriously
By Elise Nakhnikian The Grey is one of those macho-adventure-gone-terribly- wrong movies that aims to give you a vicarious scare. It wants to shake you out of your over-civilized stupor, awakening you to the need to live life to the fullest and then die like a man, unafraid and unburdened by regret. It opens…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Fiduk, Osmond celebrate their Eagle Scout honor
Scoutmaster Jim Kelly, left, poses with his three Eagles Matthew Trond, Jason Fiduk and John Osmond and Assistant Scoutmaster Bruce Hixson. (Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara)
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MCCC Alum Maggie Anderson Reflects on Fulfilling Career in the Wild
MCCC alumna Maggie Anderson is pictured here with a boar black bear (brown phase) in hibernation at Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge. The bears are tranquilized while being tagged for radio collaring, as seen here.
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ROBBINSVILLE: Housing ‘error’ made in redevelopment plan
Council: Town Center South Redevelopment Plan will be changed By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor ROBBINSVILLE The Township Council said last week that the 164-page redevelopment plan for Town Center South needs a “substantive change” the removal of detached single-family homes as permitted uses in the southern tract. The redevelopment plan crafted by planners…
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LAWRENCE: Filing deadline for school board candidates Feb. 27
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer The deadline for filing to seek one of five open seats on the Lawrence Township Board of Education has been set for Feb. 27 at 4 p.m., according to school district officials. Normally, three school seats would be available but because of a series of resignations, there are five seats…
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ROBBINSVILLE: School elections changed from April to November
Upper Freehold, Millstone, Plumsted may soon follow suit By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor ROBBINSVILLE The Board of Education has voted to move the April school election to November in a switch that will save taxpayers about $20,000 a year in election-related costs, but change the usual way school budgets are adopted. Under a new…
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MANVILLE: Library will lend audiobooks
Hillsborough’s library, a branch of the Somerset County Library System, has begun lending Playaway, a digital audio book unit loaded with selected popular titles. Half the size of a deck of cards, Playaway is a digital audio player pre-loaded with content. The entire unit plus the content is loaned out to patrons. Each unit can…
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MANVILLE: Recreation boys’ basketball nips Bedminster, 28-24
Manville Recreation’s 5th and 6th grade boys’ basketball team defeated their toughest opponent of the year, Bedminster, 28-24, in a tight game Saturday in Bedminster. The Bedminster team was big and quick, but Manville (now 3-0) played tough and together as a team to stay undefeated. For Manville the play of the game was at…
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LAWRENCE: Wassailing the trees at Terhune
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Holding pieces of bread soaked in cider, the two young boys ran over to a gnarled apple tree and hung the bread on a branch. ”We’re going to make magic,” Sharon Navarro told her 6-year-old son, Ian Navarro, and his friend, Milo Nelson. That “magic” is encouraging the trees in…
