Category: archives
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Florence R. (Flossie) Herman
Florence R. (Flossie) Herman, 89, of Newark, Del., died July 17 at Churchman’s Village, Newark, Del. Born in Smithville, she was a graduate of Bordentown Regional High School. She was predeceased by her parents, George M and Ruth (Hushabeck) Royce; and by her husband, Alva L. Herman, who died in 1969. She is survived…
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Margaret H. Burkley
FIELDSBORO – Margaret H. Burkley, 85, of Fieldsboro died Friday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton. Mrs. Burkley was a born in Fieldsboro and remained a lifelong resident. She was a former member of the Fieldsboro Fire Company Auxiliary, the Fieldsboro United Methodist Church and the Fieldsboro American Legion Ladies Auxiliary.…
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Dow Jones eliminating jobs
by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer Dow Jones plans to eliminate 46 editorial positions at its Route 1 headquarters in South Brunswick. The company has given notice to 37 copy editors and nine paginators that their positions are being eliminated, according to Tim Martell, an organizer for Local 1096 of the Independent Association of Publisher’s Employees,…
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Christian center to hold car show
by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer The Abundant Life Christian Center will be hosting a car show Sunday to help introduce itself to the neighborhood and raise money. The show will run from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the church’s parking lot at 2245 Route 130 in Dayton. It is free of charge, and refreshments…
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Barbara A. Patterson
Barbara A. Patterson, 52, of Dayton, died Tuesday, July 23, in the University Medical Center at Princeton. Born in New Brunswick, she was a lifelong South Brunswick resident. Ms. Patterson retired in 2004 with more than 20 years of service as a clerk with the South Brunswick Tax Collectors office. Her father, Howard Dean Patterson,…
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Firm says oil cleanup to be finished today
By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer HIGHTSTOWN The cleanup of oil dumped into the storm drain system on Mercer Street last weekend was expected to be completed today, according to the company in charge of it. Meanwhile, the state Department of Environmental Protection has left the scene and will have no further direct involvement unless further…
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Cranbury reveiws COAH options
By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer CRANBURY — The Township Committee held an affordable housing work session Monday, filling residents in on its two lawsuits, giving a progress report for already met requirements and sharing the municipality’s three-pronged approach to respond to recent changes. Nearly 50 residents attended the meeting, many with comments and suggestions for…
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Robbinsville softball 11’s eliminated from tourney
Sean Moylan Sports Writer After Monday’s 12-11 loss to Middletown in the Section 3 finale at North Wall, the members of the Robbinsville 11-year-old Little League All-Star softball squad did not sit around moping. Instead everyone went over to team manager Bill Perhac’s house for a well-deserved team party celebrating the thrill of a…
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Roosevelt’s fiesta offers a healthy mix of fun, sun
By Mary Ellen Zangara Special Writer Roosevelt School’s Healthy Kids Better Future, the Rutgers Cooperative Extension program that teaches healthy lifestyles to fourth- and fifth-grade students and their families, celebrated a milestone last week. Well, more like 41,269 miles that’s the distance the students walked, according to pedometers they used during the school year…
