Category: archives
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Seniors helped Vikings establish solid program
By: Rich Fisher For the seniors on the South Brunswick High girls lacrosse team, it’s not really fair just to do a season wrap. It’s more about a career wrap, especially in their case. For in the past four years, the group of laxers who graduate tonight (Thursday), helped take the Vikings to places no…
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AHS, LHS celebrate graduation
Following is only an encapsulation of the Allentown and Lawrence high school graduations. For complete coverage, see the June 28 edition of The Messenger-Press By:Cara Latham, Staff Writer, and Leah Kahn, The Packet Group ALLENTOWN HIGH In the first commencement ceremony to take place off campus, nearly 280 Allentown high school redbirds marched into The…
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Greubel pitches in a save to help Post 148
By: Sean Moylan A starting pitcher for much of the season for the Robbinsville High varsity baseball squad, junior Brian Greubel wasted no time adjusting to his new role as a relief pitcher for the Hightstown Post 148 American Legion baseball squad. "I’m used to starting, but closing fits me just fine," said Greubel, who…
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EDITORIAL
Half-a-loaf bill best to expect from legislators. One assemblyman referred to it as a "half-baked" measure. Then he voted for it. Another termed it "half a loaf" of reform. Then he, too, voted for it. However you slice it, the ban or, perhaps more appropriately, the half-ban on dual office-holding approved by the…
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Borough’s small businesses didn’t wait for assistance
Now business owners are hoping there are ways to prevent themselves from having to deal in the future with the destruction they saw in the April nor’easter. By: Audrey Levine Some closed for a few days, others for a few weeks. Some dealt with damaged supplies, others with no electricity. But now, businesses in Manville…
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OBITUARIES
By: Charlotte Misiolek Charlotte (Kaziemiera) Misiolek, of Lawrence, died June 12 at home. She was 94. Born in Trenton, she lived most of her life in Lawrence. Ms. Misiolek was a self-employed beautician and owner of Charlotte’s Beauty Salon in Lawrence. She retired in 2003 after 76 years. She was a member and Rosarian of…
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HISTORICALLY SPEAKING
Allentown, N.J. – its Rise and Progress (Part 42) From the NJ Historical Society’s C.R. Hutchinson collection, the following Jackson property deeds along Province Line Road in Upper Freehold and S. Main St., Allentown. James Jackson was elected an elder of the Presbyterian Church at Allentown in 1793. The Jacksons are first found in…
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SBA to talk regulations
Small business owners can air grievances next week. By: Paul Koepp Small business owners will have a chance next week to tell the federal government whether it has been too heavy-handed in regulating them. They can air any grievances they have about the enforcement of federal rules and regulations Thursday at the Middlesex County Regional…
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Revenge is Sweet
Or, at least, making a film about revenge proves sweet for director John Hunt. By: Jessica Loughery Blanche Baker as Polly, a character who seeks revenge after the deaths of her husband and son in Jersey Justice. Three years ago, making a movie was just one of those things Federal Express truck driver John Hunt…
