Category: archives
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HIGHTSTOWN: Peddie featured on online tour program
By Audrey Levine, Packet Group The dull roar of traffic on the New Jersey Turnpike isn’t usually a feature touted by educators trying to interest prospective students. But one official at the Peddie School in Hightstown discussed the noise in a promotional video produced for a new program called InterAct, designed to provide…
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BORDENTOWN—Wrestling reaches 20 wins
By: Kyle Moylan Sports Editor The Bordentown High School wrestling team continued its outstanding season with three wins in as many matches this past week. Add that to a recent win over Rancocas Valley and all is quite well in Bordentown right now. “We are 20-6 (as a team),” noted Bordentown Coach…
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HIGHTSTOWN: There is such a thing as a free meal
Church, 2 residents team up to open soup kitchen By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer HIGHTSTOWN Everyone deserves to be nourished. That’s what Adrienne and Larry Cheshier, of Rock Run Road in East Windsor, believe. And that belief has led them to organize a new soup kitchen at the First Baptist Church of Hightstown for…
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Richard Pompelio selected by American Bar Association to receive national victims’ rights award.
20 years of dedicated service to the cause of victims’ rights By American Bar Association Richard Pompelio has been selected to receive the American Bar Association National Criminal Justice Frank Carrington Crime Victim Attorney Award. The award is bestowed on attorneys or legal service providers (including organizations) who have either directly represented specific victims in criminal,…
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BORDENTOWN CITY: Events celebrate life and works of Paine
By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer BORDENTOWN CITY — The city is set for its fifth celebration of the birthday of historic resident Thomas Paine this Saturday when the Thomas Paine Society of Bordentown will host a number of free family activities. ”It’s a celebration of our history and … the freedoms that we have in…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Zoning change expands options for responders
By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer Plans for new rescue squad site can advance under new definitions Updating the township’s Master Plan to comply with recent court decisions will help the township move forward with plans to construct a new rescue squad building on Hamilton Road. In an attempt to comply with recent court decisions, the…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Vercammen goes from sixth to second
By Rich Fisher, Sports Editor PISCATAWAY — There is not too much separating Brendan Vercammen and Mike Wagner. South Brunswick High wrestling coach Joe Dougherty just feels his 171-pounder needs a little more aggression to close the gap. The top-seeded Wagner (25-2) defeated third-seeded Vercammen, 3-0, in Saturday night’s Greater Middlesex Conference finals at Piscataway…
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MANVILLE: Community calendar
Tell us about you. If your local nonprofit organization plans a special event and you would like to have the information published in The Manville News, send a note to Manville News Calendar, P.O. Box 350, Princeton, NJ 08542. All items should be typed and must be mailed, faxed (609-924-3842) or e-mailed to: [email protected] before…
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JAMESBURG: Business group up and running
By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer JAMESBURG — Local business owners are looking to revive, branch out and bolster membership to an organization that, as of late, has played a dormant role in the community. The recently renamed Jamesburg and Monroe Regional Chamber of Commerce has began holding regular meetings and brainstorming ways to assist local…
