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CRANBURY: Special education meeting set
By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer CRANBURY — The Special Education Parent Advisory Group at Cranbury School is inviting parents and community members to share their experiences with the special education department. The event is being held Jan. 8 at 7:15 p.m. in the large group meeting room at the school. The forum is part of…
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CRANBURY PRESS: Locals react to merger plan
By Matt Chiappardi, The Packet Group and John Saccenti, Managing Editor The days of tiny boroughs surrounded by larger townships in the state may be numbered if one state legislator has his way. Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, D-15th, says he will be proposing legislation in January that would merge so-called “doughnut communities” — pairs or groups…
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MANVILLE: Council will shift to Dems’ control at reorganization
By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer The Borough Council will have a Democratic majority when Councilman-elect Lou Fischer is sworn in during Manville’s annual reorganization meeting Saturday. The reorganization meeting will be held at 10 a.m. in municipal complex. At the meeting, Mr. Fischer will replace former Republican Councilwoman Kathryn Quick; Republican Councilman Steve Szabo will…
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MANVILLE: MUSTANG MEMORIES: Historic football season included tragedy
By Shawn Tyrrell, Sports Writer A few weeks ago, we took a short look back at some of the aspects of the historic and undefeated Manville High football team of 1968. Forty years ago, MHS football was one of the prominent programs in Somerset County. Yet with all the success MHS had in putting together…
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CENTRAL JERSEY: School district’s sports doctor may lose license
By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer The East Windsor Regional School District’s longtime sports physician who pleaded guilty to income tax evasion earlier this year is now in danger of losing his medical license. On Dec. 1, the state Board of Medical Examiners filed a notice to Dr. Brian Shaffer and with the state Attorney…
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LAWRENCE: Housing manager retires after three decades service
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer There were a handful of businesses in the Eggerts Crossing neighborhood when Fred Vereen Jr. was growing up there in the 1940s and 1950s, and he worked for many of them. Mr. Vereen, who is 75, recalled the ice storage and delivery service, the garbage collection company that picked…
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HIGHTSTOWN: More toys delivered after theft
By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer On the third day of Christmas the kids didn’t get French hens, but something better more toys than they needed. An after-Christmas party for needy children hosted by the Ecuadorian Civic Association of Mercer County in Trenton on Saturday, which counts the majority of its members in…
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LAWRENCE: Police seek help investigating burglary
Township police are seeking help investigating the burglary of a West Laurelwood Drive residence near the intersection of Cold Soil Road and Woodlane Road between Dec. 23 and Dec. 27, said police Lt. Charles B. Edgar. When the residents returned home Dec. 27 after a brief vacation, they discovered the front door ajar,…
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DISPATCHES: Helping New Jersey’s homeless
By Hank Kalet, Columnist The recent cold snap — which plunged temperatures into the teens at night — was pretty hard to take. Frozen roads made driving difficult and kept many of us from venturing outside except when we absolutely had to. And we are the lucky ones. There are an estimated 35,000 homeless people…
