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Town center plans advance
Township eyes redevelopment By: Cara Latham BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP Township officials are hoping that initial plans presented earlier this month to redevelop two sites off Route 130 will continue the goal of promoting the town as a destination. According to Township Committeeman Mark Roselli, developers have presented ideas for a town center containing an estimated…
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Michael G. Mesco
FLAGTOWN Michael G. Mesco died June 22. He was 50. Born in Somerville, he lived in Flagtown most of his life. Mr. Mesco was employed at Johnson & Johnson at Ortho Clinical Diagnostics as a maintenance mechanic. He is survived by his wife, Janice Leisen; two stepchildren, Denise Cunningham of Flemington and Brian Cunningham…
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Elite softballers open summer season
Iaione looking for nine best players By: Rudy Brandl With a larger roster than ever, Hillsborough head coach Cheryl Iaione is taking a look at many players on this summer’s Elite softball team. Hillsborough is off to a 1-2 start in the short six-week campaign, which isn’t as much about wins and losses as…
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Stella R. Sulla
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. Stella R. Sulla died June 23 at Neshaminy Manor in Washington, Pa. She was 88. Born in Elizabeth, she had been a resident of Manville, Bridgewater and Hillsborough, moving to Doylestown six years ago. Mrs. Sulla worked as a lab technician for RCA in Bridgewater for 20 years, retiring in 1990. She…
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When a stranger calls, school district will be ready
Plumsted introduces security system aimed at tracking registered sex offenders and informing parents By: Cara Latham PLUMSTED The school district has installed a new security system that will check whether visitors to the schools are registered sex offenders. Called the Teacher-Parent Authorization Security System (T-PASS) With Sex Offender Lookup put out by Eyemetric…
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Family affair at SBHS; parent-grads look back as children graduate
By: Madeleine Johnson As the Class of 2007 made its way through the commencement ceremony June 20 at Trenton’s Sovereign Bank Arena, several of the graduating South Brunswick High School seniors were about to become second-generation alumni. "It’s awesome," said Roberta Weiss, whose last name was Buser when she graduated in 1978. "It’s just a…
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Age of economic uncertaintly
New Jersey Residents: Earnings can’t keep up with the rising cost of living in the Garden State By: Hank Kalet I’ve been feeling like a gerbil on an economic wheel lately. Month after month, the bills come in and, regardless of what we do, regardless of whether there is a bit of extra earnings from…
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Take a deep breath
Truck stop technology takes aim at pollution caused by engine idling By: Stephanie Prokop BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIPThe air just got a little easier to breathe around the Petro truck stop off Route 206, due to new technology state officials say will allow truckers to turn off idling engines at this rest stop without losing heat or…
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EDITORIAL
Independence was the goal of ‘revolution’ for our Founding Fathers. "We hold these truths to be self-evident," the Declaration of Independence declares, "that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." As we celebrate the 231st…
