Category: archives
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Lawrence should have more firepower up front this season
By Rich Fisher, Sports Editor If casual fans watching soccer games complain about a lack of goal scoring, just think how coaches feel when their own teams can’t find the range. Lawrence High girls coach Dana Williams knew the feeling all too well during last year’s 3-14 season, as the Cardinals scored just seven times.…
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MILLSTONE: WTC memorial gets root from local nursery
By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer MILLSTONE — The 16 white swamp oak trees now taking root at the World Trade Center’s Memorial Plaza are the first of 400 shade trees from Millstone’s Halka Nurseries that are helping to usher in the rebirth of ground zero. A portion of the 1,000-acre tree nursery in Millstone has…
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CRANBURY: Parents irked by Old Trenton Road bus stop
By Natalia Knochowski, Staff Writer CRANBURY Residents on Parkview Road and Hardley Drive asked the school board Tuesday to consider moving school bus stops. The stop, which is on Old Trenton Road, is dangerous because of the amount of traffic on the road, residents said. In the past, students were picked up on Parkview…
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MONROE: Dey Farm historic site set for expansion
By Natalia Knochowski, Staff Writer MONROE The Dey Farm historic site recalls the early days of Monroe Township. There is a farmhouse that was preserved on the site and another building waiting to be restored, as well as several barns. Soon, however, residents may see another building on the site the Prospect Plains…
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Health department issues rabies warning
By: centraljersey.com A raccoon found recently in Lawrence Township has tested positive for rabies. Because of this increased occurrence of rabies the Lawrence Health Department has issue a rabies alert. Rabies is a fatal disease caused by a virus which can infect all warm-blooded animals, including humans. Rabies is most frequently spread through a bite…
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Support New Jersey’s volunteer EMS crews
Barbara Aras Little Silver On Sept. 11, 2001, New Jersey volunteer EMS squads dispatched more than 400 ambulances to New York City and North Jersey, all while continuing to staff ambulances and answer calls in their own communities. In the months following, volunteer EMS squads throughout the state noted generous donations, and increased support, respect…
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BORDENTOWN: Exciting surrounds BRHS
Field hockey welcomes turf for home games By Justin Feil, The Packet Group There’s an excitement among the Bordentown Regional High School field hockey players, and it’s for more than the new turf fields that will give them some of the best facilities in the state. The Scotties will be tested early to find out…
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Land Trust holds Farm Frolic at farmers’ market
The Hunterdon Land Trust invites the community to its “Farm Frolic,” a free family fun day at the historic Dvoor Farmstead in Raritan Township on Sept. 12 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. The event is designed to welcome the public to the Dvoor Farm and to provide learning opportunities that incorporate many of the facets of…
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Rider’s turf field set for first night game
By: centraljersey.com Students at Rider are ready to embrace the night, because the university’s new FieldTurf synthetic grass field for soccer, field hockey, intramural and club sports will also offer Rider competitors of all stripes an experience never before known on the Lawrenceville campus: playing under the lights. The turf field will make its eagerly…
