Category: archives
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Ed Koch Headlines Stroke Month Events
By Somerset Medical Center Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch headlines a month-long series of community education programs and screenings at Somerset Medical Center in May to promote public awareness of the importance of early detection and treatment of stroke. The events, which are coordinated by the medical center’s Community Health Department, include:…
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Garbage rate to rise
By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer EAST WINDSOR Many township residents will likely be paying more for garbage collection in the near future. The Township Council began discussing its annual garbage budget Tuesday, which includes an increase of about 1 cent per $100 of assessed home value, according to Mayor Janice Mironov, lifting the rate…
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Hillsborough man heads Rowan’s Organ Donor Day
Hillsborough resident and Rowan University senior Erik Mathisen is heading the school Public Relations Student Society of America’s Organ Donor Day event, next week. The event has been organized in conjunction with the Gift of Life Donor Program, and is slated for 11 a.m.-4 p.m. April 17 on the patio of the Chamberlain Student Center,…
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NBC lacrosse teams both off to good starts
Sean Moylan Sports Writer This past Tuesday, the Northern Burlington County Regional High boys’ lacrosse team reached a mini milestone when it clobbered Middle Township, 10-5, and matched last year’s win total of three. Not bad for eight days of work. The Greyhounds scored five times in the second quarter to grab…
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Phyllis Soriero
Phyllis Soriero, 52, of Washington Crossing, Pa., died Friday at home. Born in Trenton, she had resided in Lawrenceville, Skillman and Washington Crossing, Pa. A graduate of St. Anthony High School, Class of 1973 and Mercer County Community College, she was a realtor for Prudential Fox and Roach in Princeton the last 12 years. She…
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Five hopefuls file for council primary
By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor HIGHTSTOWN — Three Republicans will seek their party’s nod for two 2009 vacancies on the Borough Council while two Democrats will apparently run uncontested in November. Republicans Mike Theokas, Ashley Hutchinson and Scott Jenkins filed their petitions by Monday’s deadline to run in the June 3 primary along with Democrats…
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Nathalie Kemp
EAST WINDSOR Nathalie Kemp, 84, died Monday in St. Francis Hospice, Trenton. Born in Asbury Park, she previously lived in Readington Township for more than 25 years. Wife of the late Richard Kemp and daughter of the late Harry and Elsie Maynard, she is survived by son Richard Douglas Kemp of Jersey City; daughter…
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Dorothy Grace Searing
MONROE Dorothy Grace Searing, 79, died April 4 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at New Brunswick. Born in Scranton, Pa., she lived in Hightstown for more than 40 years before moving to Clearbrook in Monroe Township eight years ago. She was a graduate of the Central High School in Scranton, and had attended…
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Cranbury school budget goes to voters
By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer CRANBURY Voters will have the say on Cranbury’s school budget and Board of Education candidates at the Municipal Building, 23A N. Main St., on Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. The candidates running for three open three-year seats on the Board of Education include Kevin Fox, Jennifer Cooke…
