Category: archives
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Noor-Ul-Iman students receive honors
Two prestigious awards won By: Emily Holody In the small, close-knit Noor-Ul-Iman School in Monmouth Junction, two students were recently honored for very different yet singularly special awards. Sixth-grader Amjad Shaikh, 11, recently became a Wallenberg honoree. The Wallenberg Honors Program recognizes students who act "with courage and compassion in their service to others, in…
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Flynn wins C.J. I Mile
By: Sean Moylan  Although the Robbinsville High girls’ varsity track and field team took some lumps against some of the Colonial Valley Conference’s larger schools this past season, Ravens’ head coach Rick Smith knew his first-year varsity squad’s time would come. Robbinsville’s "time" came this past Friday at the Central Jersey Group I Sectional Meet…
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Only the Rich can afford GMC title
Viking senior Rich Stewart rallies to win individual county golf crown By: David Gurney One of the first things he’ll tell you is that he didn’t expect to win it. But asking him if he thought he could win it is another story. Senior Rich Stewart fought back from three bogeys on the first three…
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Letters to the editor
From the May 31 edition Police should target phone-using drivers To the editor: Just read the article "Motorists warned: Click it or Ticket," on Page 4A of the Register-News, dated May 24, 2007. Burlington County Sheriff Jean Stanfield and Mansfield Public Safety Director Richard Bendel are to be commended for their sincere efforts to…
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Raising riches in stitches
Comedy Night to benefit education foundation By: Rebecca Weltmann Rebecca WeltmannStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD Where laughter is the best medicine, the Upper Freehold Regional Education Foundation hopes to have people calling for extra doses at its first Comedy Night on Friday. The night will help raise funds for the UFREF’s fall grant cycle. Money…
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FHS softball playing for C.J. I crown
By: Sean Moylan If George Chwastyk, the head coach of the Florence High girls’ varsity softball team, were to come up with a brand new saying, it would probably be "the sixth time is the charm." Because over the last decade his Flashes have done everything possible but win a Group I Sectional title. "We’ve…
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Dabas trial begins; Kendall Park man accused of killing wife with van
By: Paul Koepp The prosecution began presenting its evidence last week at the opening of the murder trial of a Kendall Park man accused of running down his wife with the couple’s minivan in the South Brunswick Square Mall in 2004. Meanwhile, lawyers for Samander Dabas, 40, tried to poke holes in the case made…
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Crime Stoppers offers reward for information on bomb threat
The investigation continues, but no arrests yet. By: Eileen Oldfield The police investigation into a May 17 bomb threat at the Alexander Batcho Intermediate School is ongoing, but no arrests had been made as of Wednesday, according to the Somerset County prosecutor’s office. The staff informed police about the threat at 11:20 a.m. May 17,…
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Hoyer ‘The Goalie Destroyer’ takes talents to Wildcats
By: Sean Moylan When she played soccer at Northern Burlington High School, Amy Hoyer was known as "The Goalie Destroyer" because of her propensity to score goals almost at will. Those skills came into play this past Sunday in the USL Women’s League opener played at Mercer County Community Park as Hoyer scored the New…
