Category: archives
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Y offers double dose of thank yous
Tom Libassi, Executive Director, South Brunswick Family YMCA Thanks to Bobby Von Thuns of Von Thuns Country Market for the donation of flowers to the South Brunswick Family YMCA. Von Thun’s has been a regular supporter of the Y and we are appreciative of their generosity. Thanks for making the Y a welcoming facility.…
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LAWRENCE: June gloom dampens farmers’ fall plantings
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer If April showers bring May flowers, what do June showers bring? Lots of weeds, said George McCormick as he pointed to a pile of the unwanted green stuff in his plot at Lawrence Township’s Community Gardens on Route 206 Tuesday afternoon. Last month’s rainfall, which totaled 6.6…
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HIGHTSTOWN: No raises for nonunion employees
By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer HIGHTSTOWN The Borough Council made good this week on its budget-time promise to hold steady the salaries of the town’s nonunion employees in 2009. On Monday, the council approved a resolution that actually combines two positions for a net salary reduction while freezing every other position that did not…
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MANVILLE: Students on break have more choices in ABIS programs
By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer With school out, ABIS’s summer program is open, offering students arts and crafts, games and sports. And after the success of last year’s summer camp programs, the organizers have extended this year’s camp an extra week. ”I think the biggest way it helped students is that it helped to alleviate…
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MANVILLE: Third-graders look back, then move up
By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer After spending four years at Weston Elementary School, Manville’s 102 third-graders officially left the school during the annual move-up ceremony on June 18. Family and friends gathered to see the students receive their certificates of completion from their first school. Principal Donald Frank welcomed everyone to the ceremony, before…
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HIGHTSTOWN: Police Beat
br> Police said officers received a report of a suspicious male in a vehicle taking a picture of a female child playing on the 100 block of Bennett Place at 2:41 p.m. Monday. The person was described as being a tanned white man or a light skinned Hispanic man with dirty blonde hair operating…
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ABIS announces final honor roll for 2008-2009 year
Sixth grade High honor roll: Leah Alpaugh, Patricia Amarilla, Summer Andrews, Sally Cheng, Brittany Hoodja, Karli Ramirez and Olivia Smutek. Honor roll: Brooke Andrews, Gabriel Berrocal, Victoria Bickar, Nicole Bonifaz, Courtney Carr, Erynn Carr, Elaine Cartoccio, Daniela Castro, Jessica Fischer, Allison Grimm, Lauren Gruszka, Andrew Kerrigan, Shelby Kist, Megan Kohlweck, Breanna I.opez, Samantha Loriot, Cynthia…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Workshop helps families cope with stress
by Davy James, Staff Writer With numerous families in the area dealing with stress related to the slumping economy, the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence and South Brunswick Social Services will be running a free seven-week program to help bring families together. The Strengthening Families program is designed to help parents and children…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Township’s $28 million budget set for comment
By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer With a 1.1-cent tax rate increase despite cutting five full-time positions and reducing costs for 34 line items, the Township Committee will open its 2009 municipal budget to a public hearing during its meeting Tuesday. As a whole, the $28,127,749 budget shows a 0.55 percent increase over the 2008 budget…
