Category: archives
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Location key when it comes to determining gas prices
By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer The price of gas on a given day can be difficult to gauge, especially given that prices often fluctuate wildly from station to station, even when they are less than a mile a part. The phenomenon is due to an oil refinery practice called zone pricing — when oil companies…
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Angelica (Quinones) Mercado
Angelica (Quinones) Mercado, 67, died Thursday, June 5, at her home in Monroe. Ms. Mercado was born in Yauco, Puerto Rico, came to the United States, and settled in the Bronx, N.Y., where she lived for many years before moving to Monroe in 1970. She was a confidential secretary for the administrative offices of Monroe…
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Local parishioners volunteer to rebuild homes in Louisiana
Diane Wilfrid works a chop saw while volunteering to help rebuild homes in Louisiana in April.
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POLICE BEAT: Mansfield
Police said William N. Naylor, 39, of Fort Edward, N.Y. was charged with possession of under 50 grams of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and having an open container of alcohol in a vehicle at 12:08 a.m. Saturday. Police said they saw Mr. Naylor sleeping in the passenger seat of a car in near the…
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Lifesaving responders honored by township
Mayor Anthony Ferrera honored the police officers who helped save a man’s life after an accident in February. Photos courtesy of Hillsborough Township
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Budget cuts ‘slap in the face’
Gisbert Manskopf of West Amwell The $12 cut per household in the budget of South Hunterdon Regional High School for the residents at West Amwell by spineless politicians of the three sending towns is a slap into the face to all those who made the effort to vote. If you hurry, the $12 will…
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Teacher contract finds compromise on insurance costs
By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer Hillsborough Education Association (HEA) members agreed to give back additional tuition reimbursements in exchange for a lower increase in health benefit costs as part of the district’s 2008-2011 teaching contract. The contract, which the Board of Education unanimously approved at its Monday meeting, also includes annual salary increases that average…
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What started as uncertainty became another solid season
By David Gurney, Sports Writer South Brunswick High School boys lacrosse head coach Mark Ziminski didn’t know what to expect. Gone was much of his 2007 Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament championship team, including 218 goals and several players now competing in college. (Including Kory Kelly, the ECAC Co-Rookie of the Year at Rutgers). Enter the…
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Woodard-Stephens 6th in triple jump at Meet of Champs
By Sean Moylan, Sports Writer "As someone who has been in the program the past four years, she’ll be hard to replace,” said NBC girls’ varsity track and field head coach Steve Alustiza of his senior star Ariel Woodard-Stephens, who ended her phenomenal track and field career at Northern with a sixth place finish in…
