Category: archives
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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…
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Farmers market will need insurance
By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer JAMESBURG — Borough officials want the Jamesburg Revitalization Coalition to carry a $1 million general liability insurance policy for the weekly farmers market expected to begin in July. At first, the coalition was unsure if it could afford the weekly payment and was looking at alternatives, including postponing the market…
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Veterans dedicate new cemetery section
By Stephanie Prokop and Geoff Wertime, Staff Writers BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP A need among local veterans has been filled with Saturday’s dedication of the Bordentown Township Veteran’s Cemetery, a new section of the township cemetery. Sgt. 1st Class Marc Berkeyheiser, of Bordentown Township, raised the American flag at the ceremony. ”We asked him to do…
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Bear sighted west of Route 1
by Davy James, Staff Writer An accidental tourist was spotted throughout South Brunswick on Tuesday and Wednesday, as police received numerous phone calls reporting a black bear cub in the area. ”At 2 p.m. (Tuesday) we had a reported sighting of a young black bear in the area of Route 27 and Beekman Road,” said…
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GMB students say goodbye
Paige Raab poses for photos after receiving her diploma. Photo by Suzette Lucas.
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Dispatches: Time to go full throttle
By Hank Kalet, Managing Editor “You can experiment yourself to death with pilot programs. This program can only succeed if it is given a chance to go full throttle in all districts.” — former state Sen. William Schluter, in an interview on Tuesday The good news is that the state’s clean elections program will likely…
