Category: archives
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Budget hearing on Wednesday
What: Hearing on the school district’s proposed $135.9 million budget. Budget calls for 2.3 percent tax increase to $2.618 per $100 of assessed valuation. Where: Auditorium at Crossroads North Middle School, Georges Road. When: Wednesday, 8 p.m.
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Lebedz receives special honor
Rhianna Lebedz displays the certificate she received as the MHS representative at the National Girls and Women in Sport Day luncheon at Seton Hall University.
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DISPATCHES: Just around the corner
by Hank Kalet, Managing Editor Five years in and the only thing we can say about our military misadventure in Iraq is that victory always seems to be around the corner. The problem is that every time we turn a corner, victory seems that much farther away. We received a reminder of this on Tuesday.…
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Young wrestlers win medals
Several Manville Recreation wrestlers competed in a tournament in Mahwah Saturday. Joe Kronmaier wrestled well and came away with a fourth place medal. Marco Ortiz was the aggressor in both his matches getting the takedown in the first. Ortiz then won this one in a hard-fought match. In the finals, Ortiz lost a tough match…
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Germaine Cole
UPPER FREEHOLD Germaine “Yvette” Cole, 79, died March 4 at the Compassionate Care Hospice at St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton. Born in Holyoke, Mass., daughter of the late Victor and Melina Laferrier St. James, she was a longtime resident of Florence before moving to Cream Ridge five years ago. Ms. Cole had been a…
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Legion aids 3-year-old fire victim
By Mary Ellen Zangara Special Writer The American Legion Post 304 presented a donation for the future of 3-year-old Noah Eduardo, who along with his father survived a deadly fire one year ago today (Thursday). Tubal Eduardo was able to rescue his then 2-year-old son from their South Fifth Avenue home before the fire caused…
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Senior Happenings
MARCH HOURS Weekend hours: The South Brunswick Senior Center, located on Kingston Lane, will be certain Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Sundays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Board games, billiards, computer classes, ping-pong and more activities are available. Senior band practice is at 1:30 p.m. and social dancing is held from…
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Manville girls look to basketball future
Aichele, Lebedz led team by John E. Powers, Sports Writer When Larisa Donis-Jeppson looks back at her first year as head coach of the Manville High girls’ basketball team and reflects on a 2-18 season, she goes back to a close loss. Manville’s 41-36 setback to North Plainfield Jan. 26 in a Somerset County Tournament…
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Things to Do
March 14 Woodcock Walk: Learn about the sights and sounds of the woodcock during a free nature walk, which begins at the D&R Canal’s Kingston office, Mapleton Road, at 6:30 p.m. The park’s naturalist and a volunteer will lead the dusk walk. For more information, or to make the necessary reservations, call 609-924-5705. March 15…
