Category: archives
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HILLSBOROUGH: Dance students get jump on ‘Nutcracker’ numbers
By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer These may be the dog days of summer, but inside The Dance Connection on Jill Court, students already were thinking of winter as they rehearsed a scene Aug. 20 as dancing snowflakes in the holiday favorite “The Nutcracker.” The New Jersey Youth Ballet which in 2008 replaced former company…
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PLUMSTED: 220 acres saved for military ‘megabase’
By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor, and Melissa L. Gaffney, Staff Writer PLUMSTED More than 200 acres near Fort Dix will be preserved under what Mayor Ron Dancer says is an agreement to create the nation’s first “megabase” for the Army, Navy and Air Force. Under the agreement, the federal government will pay half the…
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MANVILLE: Police Blotter
At 4:23 p.m. Aug. 1, a Hillsborough resident came to police headquarters and reported losing a black Coach wallet while shopping at Wal-Mart earlier that day. The wallet contained a New Jersey driver’s license, credit and debit cards, and $60 in cash. * * * Caroline V. Acosta, 18, of Somerville, and a 16-year-old girl…
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CENTRAL JERSEY: CARS Program was no clunker
by Matt Chiappardi, The Packet Group EAST WINDSOR — When it came to the Cash for Clunkers program, local car dealers said they loved the increased sales. But they added they could have done without some of the bureaucratic headaches from federal reimbursements not coming quickly enough and the mountain of paperwork to get them.…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Elks gearing up for clambake
By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer Manville-Hillsborough Elks Lodge No. 2119 will hold its 18th annual clambake on Saturday, Sept. 12 (rain date Sept. 13), to help support special-needs children. The Sept. 12 event, one of three fundraisers that helps support the lodge’s special-needs children, will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. at the…
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CENTRAL JERSEY: School leader touts technology initiatives in coming school year
By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer There was a time when elementary school students would sit down to write a paragraph on loose-leaf paper after going through a battery of lessons on nouns, verbs, adjectives and how to put them all together into a coherent essay. They’d hand it in to their teacher and…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Police Blotter
Scott Emerson, 46, of Matawan, was charged with driving while intoxicated and failure to maintain the lane after he was pulled over for straddling the dashed white line and driving in both eastbound lanes on Amwell Road at 2:06 a.m. Aug. 16, police said. Mr. Emerson was taken into custody after he failed several field…
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CRANBURY: Police crack down on drunken drivers
by Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer CRANBURY — Many may be familiar with the “Over the Limit, Under Arrest” commercials: An officer approaches an inebriated driver, who is submerged by alcohol in his car as gallons of alcohol spill from the open car window. While obviously fictional, Cranbury police Sgt. Frank Dillane said, the commercials serve…
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HEALTH MATTERS: Diagnosing hard-to-spot breast cancer earlier
By William A. Parker, MD, Princeton HealthCare System When it comes to successfully fighting breast cancer, early detection and prompt treatment are essential. The good news is that advances in breast care such as MRI and MRI-guided breast biopsy can now be used in conjunction with other diagnostic exams, including mammograms, to detect and diagnose…
