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  • Health rule change eyed

    by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    The Township Council is considering an ordinance relaxing parts of the health code rules governing massage parlors because they could pose a hardship to legitimate therapeutic businesses, township officials said.    The council adopted stricter rules in July 2007 after masseuses at a Route 130 massage parlor were repeatedly found to…

  • Coveted scholarship helps resident pursue interest in violence against women, children

    Coveted scholarship helps resident pursue interest in violence against women, children

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Shauna Simmons has always been interested in helping people and figuring out why they do the things they do, so she chose to major in psychology and criminal justice at Monmouth University.    The Bunker Hill Avenue resident, who graduated from college in 2006, now is poised to bring the two…

  • Skater has championship attitude

    by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    At the age of 13, Courtney Kennedy is already one of the best figure skaters in the country.    The Monmouth Junction girl, and Crossroads North student, has medaled in national competitions, practices five days a week, and has two different coaches directing her through all the jumps and spins.    All…

  • Whither Imlaystown?

    Whither Imlaystown?

    STAFF PHOTO BY PHIL MCAULIFFE — Imlaystown, a tiny section of Upper Freehold, belies the hustle and bustle of central New Jersey. However, its lost moment of time charm also has resulted in time having its way with some of the hamlet’s historic dwellings.

  • Lawrence woman heads west for a shark study adventure

    Lawrence woman heads west for a shark study adventure

       Lawrence resident Amy Potter recently joined an Earthwatch Institute shark and ray research team for a 10-day trip in Monterey, Calif.    A social studies teacher at Allentown High School in Allentown, Ms. Potter was sponsored by a Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation grant.    From July 24 to Aug. 2 she joined a team of five other…

  • Stupienski’s batting, pitching play big part in Post 26’s success

    BY: Sean Moylan Sports Writer     This year past spring, Russ Stupienski batted a team-best .509 for his Northern Burlington County Regional High boys’ varsity baseball team in his senior year and then this summer he hit .527 to win the Mercer County American Legion batting championship.     To put those numbers in context, Stupienski…

  • Richard Frederick

       MANVILLE — Richard G. Frederick died Aug. 13 at Wayne Memorial Hospital in Honesdale, Pa. He was 81.    Born in Luzerne County, Pa., he was a resident of Manville for many years before moving to Bridgewater.    Mr. Frederick worked for Johns-Manville Corp. for 35 years, retiring in 1984.    He served in the U.S. Navy during…

  • Township briefs

    By Audrey Levine Staff Writer Township hands sewers over to MUA    The Township Committee unanimously approved the introduction of an ordinance July 12 to convey the Mountain View Area Sanitary Sewer Extension Project and the Riverview Area Sanitary Sewer Extension Project to the Hillsborough Township Municipal Utilities Authority (HTMUA).    In June 2007, the township appropriated…

  • Robbinsville second best softball team in the world

    Team falls two outs from title BY: Kyle Moylan Sports Editor     Robbinsville’s incredible run of 37 straight wins — stretched out over two seasons — came to an end in the championship game of the Little League Softball World Series in Portland, Oregon on August 13.     Simpsonville, South Carolina scored five runs in…