Category: archives
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HILLSBOROUGH: HHS student talks academy with president
By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer Anthony Jenkins, of Hillsborough, watched the president of the United States walk across the field and past him to settle in a spot about 15 rows above as he sat watching the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia on Dec. 6. ”I said, ‘I’m going to meet this guy,’” Anthony said.…
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Windsor-Hights Herald Year in Review
By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer; Vic Monaco, Managing Editor Two murder cases, one involving a gruesome find in a Staten Island, N.Y. pond, made big headlines in 2008, So, too, did lawsuits filed against Hightstown and the local repercussions of the national economic downturn. But now all the news was bad. Six Samaritans…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Woman injured trying to rescue dog
By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer A dog died and its owner is in fair condition at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, in New Brunswick, after they were hit by two different vehicles on New Centre Road Wednesday. Alicia Diaz, 47, of Hillsborough, was struck by a vehicle driven by Stacey Catoggio, 42, of Raritan, at…
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MANVILLE: Mayor’s new year goals stay focused on budget, revenue
By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer As the new year begins, two of the most important goals cited by Mayor Lillian Zuza for the coming year are the continuation of projects that began in 2008. For Mayor Zuza, beginning the redevelopment of the Rustic Mall and keeping the budget down continue to remain at the top…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Middle school ‘Seussifies’ Shakespeare
By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer In Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” the Montagues and Capulets are forever feuding, but in the Hillsborough Middle School drama production “The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet,” which opens Friday, it’s a battle between Monotones and Capitulates. Directed by seventh-grade literacy teachers Barbara Doyle and Liana Chernoff, the script uses “Seuss-like”…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Police blotter
A Haynes Court resident reported that someone broke into her home and stole two laptops sometime between 2:40 p.m. Dec. 25 and 1 p.m. Dec. 27. Police said someone got in through the second floor balcony window and removed two laptops, a briefcase and a flashlight from the home. In total, the items were valued…
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LAWRENCE: Rising from the flames
Historical Society New Year’s Eve Hogmanay tradition turns bad memories to ashes By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Rick Joyce knew exactly what bad things he wanted to get rid of and he wrote it down on a scrap of paper. It was actually one word — “Bush.” Paper in hand, Mr. Joyce walked…
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Second Class of NJ Parole Recruits Graduates from Police Academy Nineteen State Parole Officer Recruits Graduate from Somerset County Police Academy
Class Trained Alongside Municipal Police Officer Recruits BY: New Jersey State Parole Board SOMERVILLE – New Jersey’s newest class of parole officer recruits graduated today from Somerset County Police Academy – the second parole officer recruit class, after the class of June 24, 2008, to train in a police academy alongside municipal police officer recruits.…
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LAMBERTVILLE: City meets COAH housing plan deadline
Town is obligated to build 11 new units by 2018 By Linda Seida, Staff Writer LAMBERTVILLE — The city met the state’s Dec. 31 deadline to file an affordable housing plan with a day to spare. The city is obligated to build 11 new units by 2018. That is the number the state determined is…
