Category: archives
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POLICE BLOTTER
For the week of Sept. 13 Jeffrey Geiger, 19, of Stout Drive, was issued summonses for possession of alcoholic beverages underage, resisting arrest and consumption of alcoholic beverages underage after police found two open containers of an alcoholic beverage in his vehicle while it was parked at the Ann Van Middlesworth Park on Pleasant View…
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OBITUARY: Mabel G. Nutt
NEW EGYPT Mabel G. Nutt, 90, of New Egypt died Sept. 4. Funeral services were held Saturday at the Tilghman Funeral Home, New Egypt. Interment was held at Emleys Hill Cemetery, Cream Ridge.
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Council suspends club for noise and fighting
Pure Lounge received 13 complaints after opening in May By Audrey Levine Staff Writer The owners of the go-go club Pure Lounge, on South Street, were issued a 14-day suspension of their license at Monday’s Borough Council meeting in response to 13 charges filed against them in May concerning excessive noise and fighting on the…
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ON POINT
Putting up with quips and claims By Linda McCarthy I have the unique distinction of breaking every chain letter ever sent to me. I suppose this accounts for my incredible run of bad luck, dating back to that first day I hit the planet. In the era of pen and paper, I could easily explain…
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EDITORIAL
Voters keep short leash on local officials. Local officials have probably been noticing more averted eyes and icy glares after the latest roundup of corrupt public officials in the state. After U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie announced charges against 11 officials, perhaps residents aren’t being too cynical for believing few trustworthy officials are left east of…
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Expectations are high
GIRLS SOCCER By: John E. Powers The Hopewell Valley High School girl’s soccer team expects some great things this fall. Just because it didn’t happen Friday, doesn’t change that feeling. The Bulldogs, coming off an 18-4 season and their third straight Patriot Division title, opened the season with a 5-0 loss to perennial Mercer County…
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Mary Borysewicz
HILLSBOROUGH Mary Borysewicz (Maria Jesionka) died Sept. 5. She was born in Usznia, Tarnopol, Poland, now Ukraine, in 1919. After Russia invaded Eastern Poland in 1939, she and her family were forcibly deported by the Soviets to Siberia in 1940. In 1942 they were released from Soviet captivity, making their way from Siberia to…
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Police seize drugs in Washington
; A Harriet Court man is facing drug charges after police said they found $100,000 worth of cocaine and more than 2 pounds of marijuana at his residence Saturday By Cara Latham, Staff Writer WASHINGTON — A Harriet Court man is facing drug charges after police said they found $100,000 worth of cocaine and more…
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Cardinals bounce back quickly
GIRLS SOCCER By Mike Molaro, Sports Writer Turning what started out as a negative into a positive, the Lawrence High School girls soccer squad quickly got into the win column and set the stage for what could be an exciting season. The Cardinals, who dropped their season opener 5-0 at Princeton last Friday, regrouped, reloaded,…
