Category: archives
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HILLSBOROUGH: Updates more than just window dressing
By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer Center drawing more seniors with donated décor and games With the recent addition of a shuffleboard game and donate art, the Senior Activity Center at the municipal building is becoming more of a home-away-from-home for local seniors. The center, built in a former 3,000-square-foot storage room in the municipal building,…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: School sleuths chase mystery
by Davy James, Staff Writer South Brunswick High School will offer a night of murder and mystery with performances of the play “Mystery Weekend,” with showings from Jan. 15 through 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the school. ”Anybody who enjoys a good mystery in the tradition of ‘Murder She Wrote’ will really enjoy this play,”…
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LAWRENCE: LHS swimmers post win before big week
Cards have HoVal, South on horizon By Justin Feil, The Packet Group The Lawrence High School boys swimming team was happy to return to the regular season with a win on Tuesday, but a better test comes today. Fresh off a 139-23 win over undermanned Ewing at The College of New Jersey on Tuesday, the…
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HIGHTSOWN: Council—Two new members, one common goal
By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer HIGHTSTOWN As the year turned, and the Borough Council held its annual reorganization meeting, both the mayor and the unanimously reselected council president were on the same page when it comes to the priority for 2009 no municipal tax increase. That was the common denominator for…
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BORDENTOWN—Parker’s boys silence critics
By: Kyle Moylan Sports Editor A 4-0 start is a good one for any team, anywhere at any time. When your team graduates the top leading scorer in the history of the program and starts to hear the predictions of gloom and doom, however, it takes on added significance. “The boys heard…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Ridge Road open again
by Davy James, Staff Writer Ridge Road is now open to the public after repairs had partially closed a portion of the road near the firehouse in Monmouth Junction. The work, which began in August, was completed last week and included repairing a brick bridge that passes over Lawrence Brook. ”We had to replace the…
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MANVILLE: Council regroups for new year
By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer The 80th annual Manville reorganization meeting began Saturday with more than 75 dignitaries, officials and residents clamoring into the municipal courtroom at the borough hall to grab a seat to see Councilmen Steve Szabo and Lou Fischer get sworn into office for their second and first terms, respectively. The Democrats…
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MANVILLE: New law will help families like Jake Whitenight’s
By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer When Lynn Whitenight called her family’s insurance company six days after her son, Jake’s, birth in 2006, she was stunned. Family still facing insurance hurdles Despite being born with health conditions affecting his hearing and other health complications, Jake Whitenight’s prognosis for surgeries to correct his hearing loss is good,…
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BORDENTOWN—Sprague earns 100th coaching win
By: Kyle Moylan Sports Editor The Bordentown High School wrestling team won three of its four matches during a busy two days last week. Bordentown won a pair of very one-sided matches against Palmyra (75-5) and New Egypt (51-12) this past Saturday. The win over New Egypt was the 100th in the coaching…
