Category: archives
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Stranger alert gets called off
By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer ROBBINSVILLE Police have determined that a suspected stranger incident last week was an altruistic miscommunication. At 7:45 a.m. Oct. 21, Robbinsville police issued a “stranger alert” after a Pond Road Middle School student was approached by a man in a white pickup truck on Warrior Way in the Windswept…
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Monroe approves athletic center
By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer MONROE — Sports fanatics will be happy to hear that the township Planning Board gave final approval for the construction of a 105-square-foot indoor and outdoor multisports center. The Monroe 33 Tennis, Basketball and Sports Center is expected to be built on an approximately 12-acre site on Perrineville Road by…
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In state of denial domestic violence
Arthur Roedel, Monmouth Junction This past month, my beloved Monmouth Mobile Home Park experienced a tragedy of epic proportions. Although it was not the criminal equivalent of a drive by shooting or a home invasion it was nonetheless incredibly sad. It was incident of domestic violence that at once impacted three of the families in…
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James W. Phillips
James W. Phillips, 94, died Thursday, Oct. 23, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Born in North Carolina, he lived and worked on a farm in South Jersey before moving to Jamesburg, where he lived for 23 years, and then to Hagerstown, Md. He returned to Dayton, in South Brunswick, where he…
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SBA officials talk up small business options on town tour
An employee at Manville Tattoos speaks to James Kocsi (center), district director of the Small Business Administration, and Larry Jenkins, regional director of the Small Business Development Center at Raritan Valley Community College, during Monday’s walking tour. Staff photo by Audrey Levine
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Florence, Bordentown hockey prep for states
By: Sean Moylan Sports Writer Since her Scotties haven’t played a game since tying Burlington City 2-2 on the road last Friday, Bordentown Regional High varsity field hockey head coach Kim Fithen had no complaints about having to play an early playoff game this season. Bordentown (seeded seventh) is scheduled to host Saint…
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Candidates say thank you
Carol Barrett, Joseph Camarota, Charles Carley, Democratic candidates for Township Council As the election wraps up, we’d like to thank the people of South Brunswick — our friends and neighbors — for engaging us in an open and frank dialogue as we’ve met them at their doorsteps, on the phone or at community events. Over…
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Library funding on the ballot
By Davy James, Staff Writer JAMESBURG — The fate of the Jamesburg Public Library will be in the hands of voters on Tuesday. Voters are being asked to end municipal support of the library. If approved, the borough will contract with Monroe to use that township’s library, which would save Jamesburg about $30,000, borough officials…
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HoVal reaches semifinal
GIRLS SOCCER By Tim Falls, Sports Editor Colleen Williams and Emily Kianka each scored twice against Steinert in a rare win for the Hopewell Valley Central High School girls soccer team on Monday. The Bulldogs beat the Spartans, 4-1, in the quarterfinal round of the Mercer County Tournament. Hopewell last defeated Steinert in 1999. Hopewell…
