Category: archives
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Girls on the right track
Seventh-grade students Sarah Walker and Kristen Schuyler jog in the June 9 5K run that culminated this year’s Girls of Track program. Photo courtesy of Jackie Russo
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Rose E. Thompson
Longtime Sears employee HIGHTSTOWN — Rose E. Thompson died Sunday at Meadow Lakes. She was 85. Born in Plainsboro, Mrs. Thompson was a longtime area resident until moving to Meadow Lakes one year ago. She was formerly employed by Sears in Lawrence Township and worked for the company 35 years. She was an avid…
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Web exclusive: DEP pans MOM route through Jamesburg, South Brunswick
Impact on state park at issue By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer The state Department of Environmental Protection has come out a commuter rail line through Jamesburg and Monmouth Junction because it would cross through Monmouth Battlefield State Park. In a letter to NJ Transit date May 19, the DEP said that it does not support…
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Elinore M. Brophy
MANSFIELD Elinore M. Brophy, 92, died Saturday at home. Born in Haverstraw, NY, she moved to Trenton in 1948 where she raised her 12 children. She moved to Columbus with her daughter in 2003. Mrs. Brophy was a homemaker and a 60-year member of Blessed Sacrament Church in Trenton. Daughter of the late Francis…
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Sleeping in attics has borough concerned, debating
By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor HIGHTSTOWN Attics are often small, cramped areas hardly worthy of much thought, let alone discussion. But they are becoming a big topic of conversation for borough leaders. The Borough Council on Monday tabled passage of an ordinance that would ban the use of attics as bedrooms. Construction Official George…
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Ways to make your hotel stay eco-conscious and still comfy
Weekly eco-tips courtesy Sustainable Lawrence By Laura Lynch, Sustainable Lawrence We’ve been focusing on sustainability at home and work in this column. But, what about sustainability away from home? Today we’ll focus on how to make a hotel stay more sustainable. The American Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA) encourages a suite of best practices for…
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Recession hits pantry
by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer In a sign of the economic times, the township’s Food Pantry has seen an increase in the number of families requesting assistance from last year. From January through May, there have been 152 families assisted by the food pantry, up by 43 families from the same period in 2007, according…
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Julia Fragoso
BELLE MEAD Carmen Julia Fragoso died June 12 in St. Michael’s Medical Center in Newark. She was 51. She was born and raised in New York City, and lived in North Bergen, and in Ohio, Florida and Michigan before moving to Hillsborough in 1984 and finally settling in Belle Mead in 1991. Mrs. Fragoso…
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Saving children from drugs
Virginia Lambert of Hattiesburg, Mississippi We have heard a lot about going green, global warming and the war in Iraq. I love my country and the earth, but I know firsthand that the problem we aren’t talking about enough, that can destroy our world, is drug and alcohol addiction. If generations of people are…
