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  • Florence, Bordentown win softball openers

    By Sean Moylan, Sports Writer   If the infield at Susan Muchowski Field in Florence had been groomed in a slightly different manner then Carey Million would have probably hurled a no-hitter in the Florence 12-year-old Little League All-Star softball team’s District 12 opener versus Princeton on Monday night.    Instead, Million “settled” for a one-hit complete…

  • Family given honorary diploma for Kevin Seit

    Family given honorary diploma for Kevin Seit

    By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer    Manville High School senior Kevin Seit — killed May 8 after being hit by a train — graduated posthumously June 18, and his family received his honorary diploma from school officials after initially being denied the document.    ”I’m very happy that we got it,” his mother, Dorothy Seit, said. “I…

  • Thanks for block party success

    Debra Stuhler, Sharon Snyder, Barb Reeder, and Tom Grim of the Block Party Committee    The committee that brought you the Hopewell Block Party on June 13 would like to extend their thanks to everyone who contributed toward creating a great community event.    Our business sponsors included the Blue Bottle, Brothers Moon, Boro Bean, Dana Communications,…

  • Engagement

    Paquette – Brown     Michael and Nancy Paquette, of Dayton, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Linda, to Fred Brown. He is the son of Myrna Torres, of Perth Amboy.     The bride is working to complete her master’s degree in public health from West Chester University while working in the catering…

  • Class of 2008 bids farewell to SBHS

    Class of 2008 bids farewell to SBHS

    Staff photo by John Keating Nick Borkin laughs during Jeffrey White’s introduction of Superintendent Gary McCartney.

  • Monroe graduates say farewell

    Monroe graduates say farewell

    From left, Jessenia Carpio, Alanna Carr, Kelly Cavanaugh and Justine Certo. Photo by Dennis Symons Jr.

  • Tax increase comments welcome, officials say

    Open space misprint discussed By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer    UPPER FREEHOLD — The Township Committee is wondering whether rising gas prices and hard economic times have turned residents’ support for a previously-approved increase in the municipal open space tax.    The township is soliciting public comments on the potential increase in the township’s open space tax…

  • BOOK NOTES: Joan Ruddiman

    A look at nerds    Nerd. With such pejorative attached to it, how ironic that dear old Dr. Seuss coined the term — in 1950, “If I Ran the Zoo” — when he riffed on a range of fantastic creatures: “And then just to show them, I’ll sail to Ka-Troo, and bring back a NERD…”    Just…

  • EDITORIAL: Give rebates only to those who need them

       There was never any question, given the precarious state of New Jersey’s finances, that major changes were in store for the homestead rebate program in the next state budget.    The tradition of collecting income taxes at the state level, then sending out rebates to offset homeowners’ property-tax bills, began with the enactment of the state…