Category: archives
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Mission to poor African nation brings perspective
By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — For a group of Allentown Presbyterian Church parishioners, a recent trip to Africa had them not only molding bricks, but fashioning a new perspective on life in an impoverished place. The group of seven returned home Aug. 15 after spending nearly two weeks on a mission trip to…
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Stockton School to bring history to life
By Lisa Merolla, Staff Writer STOCKTON — This summer’s historical restoration of Stockton Borough School is presenting teachers with the perfect opportunity to bring local history to life. The building, which is registered as both a state and federal historic site, has operated as a school since 1832. Its restoration was a longtime goal of…
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Michael Detsis
HILLSBOROUGH Michael Detsis died Aug. 19 at Somerset Medical Center, in Somerville. Born in Athens, Greece, he moved to Brooklyn, N.Y. before relocating to Hillsborough. He was a Vietnam veteran and served in the U.S. Army and Honor Guard, achieving the rank of master sgt. Mr. Detsis was a strong community advocate, it was…
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Firefighters lend a ladder in 9/11 memorial project
By Audrey Levine Staff Writer Members of Flagtown Fire Co. helped a 1,000-motorcycle transport Saturday taking a 14-foot metal cross 300 miles from the World Trade Center site to the Shanksville, Pa., fire department where it will stand as a memorial to those who lost their lives in the crash of United Airlines Flight 93…
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Disclose data on medical errors
Marilyn Askin of AARP To the editor: Over 98,000 people die each year as a result of preventable medical errors. A plane crash would need to occur every day in the United States for an entire year to even come close to the preventable medical error death toll. More than 150 people were tragically…
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Gemma Smolinka
MANVILLE Gemma J. (Talamini) Smolinka, died Aug. 15 at Barbara E. Cheung Memorial Hospice in Edison. She was 73. Born in New Brunswick, she resided in Bridgewater before settling in Manville over 50 years ago. Mrs. Smolinka had worked for Ortho Pharmaceutical in Raritan. She was a communicant of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church…
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Wistful students prepare for return to school
By Kelly Jurewicz Special Writer With summer coming to an end, the students of Manville’s schools are getting their last bit of summer fun in. Soon it will be Sept. 4 and they will be back in the classroom with this in mind some of the students chose to take time to have fun…
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New Lawrence teacher takes a different path to the classroom
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Many teachers knew from the time they were young that they wanted to teach, but then there are others who have taken an alternate route to their chosen profession. Stephen Moore, who begins his first day as a science teacher at Lawrence High School next week, belongs to that second…
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Obituaries
Nellie Graziano ROBBINSVILLE — Nellie D. Graziano, 85, of Robbinsville died Friday, Aug. 22, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton. Born in Lambertville, she was a longtime Hamilton area resident. She was the widow of Joseph G. Graziano and sister of the late Rose, Geraldine, Josephine, Alphonse, Anthony and Raphael. Surviving are two…
