Category: archives
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Project Graduation Committee thanks last year’s volunteers
Fran and Doug Hulette, Parent Fundraising Committee for Project Graduation Project Graduation, the annual drug- and alcohol-free party for Lawrence High School seniors on the night of graduation, owes its success to the wholehearted support of the Lawrence community. As planning begins for this year’s Project Graduation, we would like to thank the scores of…
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Robert C. Evans
Robert C. Evans, 50, of Kendall Park, died Saturday, Jan. 5, at his home. Born in Mountainside, he had resided in Old Bridge before moving to South Brunswick for six years, and to Kendall Park in 1998. Mr. Evans was a special agent with the Federal Recovery Agency in Kendall Park for the past three…
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South finishing with flair
By Guy Kipp, Sports Writer Despite some inconsistent first halves, the South Brunswick girls’ basketball team has been showing an impressive knack for finishing games on a strong note. Closing with a flourish characterized not only the Vikings’ victories over East Brunswick two days ago and Old Bridge last Thursday, but it was even true…
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Dominick F. Rocco Jr.
EWING — Dominick F. Rocco Jr., 49, died Dec. 27 at St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton. Born in Trenton, he was a Ewing resident for most of his life. Mr. Rocco was employed by ShopRite for many years in the meat department and most recently worked in the Ewing Township store. He was a member…
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BOOK NOTES: Welcomed advice
By Joan Ruddiman Ellyn Spragins is a woman who seems to have it all together. She is known for her columns on finance in The New York Times (“Love and Money) and journals like Business Week (“Smart Money”), Fortune and Newsweek, as well as articles in O, the Oprah Magazine, Ladies Home Journal and Town…
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Appointment raises ire of tied-race candidate
By Stephanie Prokop, Staff Writer NEW HANOVER Two months after the November general election, two Township Committee hopefuls are still in the middle of dispute over who should fill the vacant committee seat. The 170-170 tie between Republican incumbent Dennis Roohr and Democrat Sharon Atkinson will be broken in a special election on Jan. 22,…
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GOP Club President takes issue with mayor snub
Dave Snedeker, Bunker Hill Avenue I find it strange that Mayor Holmes would take umbrage at another senior member of Town Council being nominated to serve in the "ceremonial" post of mayor of Lawrence Township, even if the individual is from the minority party (and oh, by the way, also his former running mate on…
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Local governments reorganize, plan for 2008
By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer The makeup of most local municipalities remained largely consistent after annual reorganization meetings took place last week. The Borough of Allentown saw the reappointment of both mayor and council president, while residents in both Plumsted and Millstone Townships will see their incumbent mayors and deputy mayors remain in power during…
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Tadeusz Dawid
MANVILLE Tadeusz R. Dawid died Jan. 2 at St. Michael’s Medical Center in Newark. He was 54. Born in Wroclaw, Poland, he lived in Manville for many years. Mr. Dawid worked as a stonecutter for Bedrock Granite of Edison for 15 years, and then worked for General Air Conditioning of Somerville until 2006. He…
