Category: archives
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Candidate Profiles: Isabel McGinty
Isabel McGinty Personal: 53, born in Bronx, N.Y., borough resident 29 years, married mother of four Education: Bachelor of Arts Degree in the classics (Greek, Latin) from Cornell, master’s degree in the classics from Princeton University, law degree from New York University School of Law Private sector experience: criminal defense attorney in private practice,…
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Lawrenceville Fire Company open house a big hit with kids
Haley Kearns, 2, takes a cupcake break during the open house at Lawrenceville Fire Company. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski
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Canceling Whitman was ‘commendable’
Mena Shaddow of Bloomsbury To the editor: I think it is commendable that Bishop Smith made a stand against allowing a speaker who has made it clear that she is pro-abortion to speak at a Catholic institution. I’m also a bit disturbed by Sister de La Chapelle’s regrets at the incident, as she should have…
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Borough briefs
By Audrey Levine Staff Writer Council accepts housing plan The Borough Council unanimously approved a resolution Monday to endorse the 2009 Annual Plan for Public Housing Assistance for funds to benefit those in Section 8 housing. Councilman Ken Otrimski was not present at the meeting. According to Borough Administrator Gary Garwacke, the Section 8 housing…
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Albert Pavero
Albert Pavero, 62, died Thursday, Oct. 9, at St. Peter’s University Medical Center in New Brunswick. Mr. Pavero was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., and lived in the Bulls Head section of Staten Island, N.Y., before moving to Sayreville in 1986 and finally to Monroe in 1991. He served in the U.S. Army and…
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Students at Rider charge liberal bias in naming Unity Day speakers
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Nearly a dozen Rider University students — many of them members of the school’s Republican club — stood quietly outside the Bart Luedeke Student Center on Tuesday afternoon to protest the school’s choice of past and present speakers for Unity Day. The students wore hand-lettered T-shirts that proclaimed that “9…
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Hour-long program for 15-min. kid breaks
By Mary Ellen Zangara Special Writer MANVILLE — Spending just 15 minutes talking to your kids each day can reduce the likelihood of them using drugs — especially if you know how to communicate with them. And to help parents do that, the Manville High School Parent Teacher Student Association is hosting a free presentation…
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Fasting for Ramadan at public school
by Alina Zafar, Special Writer A soda can sits on one of the countless benches in the school cafeteria, and the smell of pizza and french fries fills the air; you have entered a typical lunch period in South Brunswick High School. Even so, 16-year-old Taban Khan remains invulnerable to the sights and smells of…
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Douglas Pienta
HILLSBOROUGH Douglas Pienta, 21, died Sunday at Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center in New Brunswick. Born in Somerville, Mr. Pienta was a lifelong resident of Hillsborough. He was a 2006 graduate of Hillsborough High School and a student at Somerset County Technology Institute. Mr. Pienta was employed at JL Molding and at Royce Brook…
