Category: archives
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MANVILLE: Students top $1,000 fundraising goal
By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer To help Weston School teachers Jennifer Dietrich and Shannon Buda raise money for Alex’s Lemonade, the foundation dedicated to helping fight childhood cancers, students in their classes organized a “lemonade carnival,” with games, activities and projects. The classes participated in the national fundraiser for Alex’s Lemonade stand June 11,…
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Barry Tuckwell Institute Comes To The College of New Jersey July 7-11
Karen Swanson Building on the momentum of successful residencies in Grand Junction, Colorado and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the 2009 Barry Tuckwell Institute comes to The College of New Jersey beginning on Tuesday, July 7. Student and amateur horn players convene for a week of masterclasses, lectures, chamber music and performances. Barry Tuckwell, originally from Australia, spent…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Residents report vehicles spray-painted
By Audrey Levine, Eileen Oldfield and Natalie Lescroart, Staff Writers More than 40 residents in four communities woke Saturday to find their cars spray painted with white and pink stripes, police reported. Police in Manville, Hillsborough, Raritan and Bridgewater reported the incidents appear to have occurred between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. Saturday, with the…
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LAWRENCE: Fitzell hoping elbow is fine
Pitcher enjoyed Carpenter Cup experience By Rich Fisher, The Packet Group Kevin Fitzell is frustrated, and no one can blame him. The Lawrence High School junior started the spring as one of the dominant pitchers in the Colonial Valley Conference. But he has suddenly become one of the most ineffective hurlers in the Mercer American…
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MHS announces year’s final honor roll
9th Grade High honor roll: Peter Hando and Jennifer Wanjohi. Honor roll: Alex Agans, Jaime Alpaugh, Tyler Alpizar, Haley Andrews, Matthew Bowden, Michael Campos, Ian DeFalco, Holly Fischer, Audriana Formanowski, Kristofer Grimm, Ericka Guevara, Michelle Hernandez, Brooke Lathi, Devon Lawrence, Douglas Leubner, Natalie Lewicki, Megan Loriot, Luismael Monterroso, Vanessa Velez, Kristen Wells, Tom Zagaja and…
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MANVILLE: Court order lowers contaminated lot’s monthly lease rate
By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer Though a hearing was held to move proceedings forward, a judge’s decision means the borough will be required to wait another three months before Frank’s Citgo can be evicted from the property on the corner of Kyle and South Main streets. Borough Attorney Francis Linnus announced Monday that a hearing…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Class of 2009 bids farewell
by Davy James, Staff Writer To the familiar refrain of “Pomp and Circumstance,” South Brunswick High School bid farewell to its 48th graduating class Tuesday at Sovereign Bank Arena. With 687 students receiving their diplomas, the floor of the arena was a sea of black and gold, with jubilant family and friends packing the lower…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Police blotter
A Davenport Way resident reported that someone entered his two vehicles and rummaged through his glove compartments and center consoles while the vehicles were parked at his home sometime between 10 p.m. June 9 and 5 a.m. June 10. The victim reported that nothing had been stolen from the vehicles. Hugo Gini, 41, of Bridgewater,…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Coming together for fun, charity
by Davy James, Staff Writer For more than 30 years, Kingston’s Blueberry Festival has helped to bring the community together. This year, the festival will focus on coming together to help bring aid to the less fortunate throughout South Brunswick. The festival’s organizers are hoping attendees will bring enough food donations to fill an entire…
