Category: archives
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Florence M. Solook
Florence M. Solook, 91, died April 22 at the University Medical Center at Princeton. Ms. Solook was born in Jamesburg and lived there her entire life. She was a volunteer for many organizations, was treasurer for the Jamesburg Historical Society and volunteered at St. James R.C. Church, where she was a parishioner.…
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Pope’s visit ‘once in a lifetime deal’
Pope Clement XVI greets the crowd at Yankee Stadium, Sunday. Photo courtesy of Steve Szabo
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Community Education
South Brunswick Community Education’s Knock Out Boredom summer program offers fun, learning and excitement for South Brunswick children and residents of surrounding areas. Camps are open to all area children they do not have to attend South Brunswick district schools (exceptions are for Camp DECKA and Kindergarten Prep). Complete registration information and…
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BEING GREEN: Keep Earth Day lessons in mind all year
By Vanessa Holt, Managing Editor It’s almost as if the powers that be knew that Tuesday was Earth Day, and put on one of their most glorious displays of spring beauty — a robin’s egg-blue sky threaded with cottony strands of clouds, lilacs and cherry blossoms in bloom, and near perfect temperatures. If the…
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Guest opinion: Zoning changes could create problems for city
Jack Sade, Bordentown City The newly-proposed zoning ordinance currently pending before the Bordentown City Commissioners has the potential to change Bordentown City dramatically. One of the most significant changes is that it seems to advocate increasing the population of Bordentown City by including the following code sections: 1. Section 300-158 provides for the establishment…
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Energy drink ban gets mixed review
By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer Hillsborough Middle School’s recent energy drink ban sparked Board of Education discussion Monday after a board member questioned whether the board’s Policy Committee should consider the ban. The issue was brought up by board member John Donnadio, who does not support the ban prohibiting students from drinking energy drinks such…
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Committee approves altered PSE&G plan
By Audrey Levine Staff Writer In response to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s (NJDEP) reclassification of plans to install an additional transmission line as a major diversion plan, representatives from Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G) presented their plans to the Township Committee during a special meeting Tuesday. After the presentation, the Township…
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Richard J. Pocino Sr.
TRENTON — Richard J. Pocino Sr., 75, died April 15 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton. He was a lifelong Trenton resident and was a self-employed contractor and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Son of the late Vincent and Concetta Dienna Pocino, brother of the late Vincent…
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Artificial fields will get new lights
by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer Man-made light for a man-made field. The town is moving forward on plans to install permanent lights at two artificial turf fields at Harvest Woods Park on Culver Road in Dayton. The town approved spending $300,000 from an open space grant from Middlesex County for the project, and a contract…
