Category: archives
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Spotlight
How to decode egg cartons By: Laura Sayre – Mother Earth News On a recent Saturday afternoon I bought three dozen eggs from my local Wild Oats supermarket. All were large, brown, cage-free, certified organic eggs. The least expensive, at $3.19, advertised "225 mg of Omega-3 per egg." The most expensive cost $4.29 and said…
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CRANBURY: Celebrating Main Street
Cranbury Day planned for Sept. 11 By Natalia Knochowski, Staff Writer CRANBURY Get ready for this year’s Cranbury Day, which is scheduled for Saturday Sept. 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Unlike past years, however, there is no real theme, said Christine Thompson, co-organizer of Cranbury Day and president of the Cranbury Business…
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Library happenings
By: centraljersey.com MANVILLE – August display: We are fortunate to have The Slavic Cultural Society displaying prints of Polish artists. A must see. Displays needed: Do you have a hobby or collection that you would like to exhibit in the display case at the entrance to the library? If so, please call us at 908-722-9722.…
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Pols promoting bigotry
Dispatches By: Hank Kalet Opponents of the so-called Ground Zero Mosque in New York are painting their opposition as a defense of hallowed ground and the memory of the nearly 3,000 people killed during the terrorist attacks nine years ago. But if you listen closely to the arguments, you realize that their opposition to the…
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PBA, Marines’ food drive Saturday
By: Mary Ellen Zangara – Special Writer The New Jersey Marine Corps Road Detachment MCL no. 1284 and the Manville PBA no. 236 will be holding their annual food drive on Saturday to benefit the Somerset County Food Pantry. The drive is from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the A&P in the Marketplace on…
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Drivers’ jobs get a reprieve Drivers
UFRSD to hire Millstone staff By: Joanne Degnan – Staff Writer ALLENTOWN – Upper Freehold Regional School District officials say they have hired 21 of the 30 Millstone bus drivers who recently lost their jobs when that district decided to outsource its transportation routes to UFRSD. Although UFRSD Business Administrator Diana Schiraldi says the final…
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William Melenchuk Jr. recognized for 60 years volunteering
Firefighter stayed for the company he kept By: Eileen Oldfield – Staff Writer HILLSBOROUGH – When he joined Hillsborough Fire Company No. 2 in 1950, William Melenchuk was just following in his father’s footsteps, he said. Sixty years later, the New Amwell Road resident no longer dons fire fighting equipment when there’s a fire in…
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Religious notes
By: centraljersey.com Old School Baptist – Special worship services will be held at the historic Old School Baptist Meetinghouse , West Broad Street, Hopewell, beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 27. Observing centuries of Biblical tradition in the community, the services will consist primarily of a cappella singing and extemporaneous prayer and preaching. A special…
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CRANBURY: Historic barn being rebuilt in new park
By Natalia Knochowski, Staff Writer CRANBURY After being dismantled five years ago, the Parsonage Barn, which dates back to 1741 just 44 years after the founding of Cranbury is finally being re-erected at its new location in Barn Park on Cranbury Neck Road. Cranbury native Bill Bunting, president of Cranbury Landmarks, Inc.,…
