Category: archives
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Dow Jones workers watch buy out bid
Bid by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. to buy publisher leaves workers worried about their jobs. By: Paul Koepp A $5 billion bid by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. to buy publisher Dow Jones & Co. may have added to local employees’ uncertainty about their job security, a union official there said. The company’s South Brunswick campus,…
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South faces steady dose of fearsome foes
By: Rich Fisher If the South Brunswick High tennis team were located in another county in another part of the state, it too, might be recognized throughout New Jersey as a tennis power. Unfortunately for the Vikings, they play in the same Greater Middlesex Conference Red Division as state power East Brunswick, and the same…
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MHS softballers look to finish strong
Team undaunted by three-game skid By: John E. Powers Nine games remain on the schedule for the Manville High School softball team. With a 3-10 record, the Lady Mustangs won’t be chasing a Skyland Conference Valley Division title or a spot in the Central Jersey Group 1playoff field. The MHS girls are playing for…
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BRHS golf battles way into playoffs
By: Sean Moylan Two weeks ago the Bordentown Regional High coed varsity golf team was playing well, but it was still in serious danger of falling out of the playoff hunt. On April 25 the Scotties hosted the Cinnaminson Pirates at Hanover and defeated them by an amazing 159-185 final score. That tremendous victory set…
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Town budget still on hold
Council says there is no rush to introduce and adopt the budget. By: Paul Koepp The Township Council missed a March 12 deadline to formally introduce the municipal budget and an April 24 deadline to adopt it, but officials say there is still no rush. "There’s no real penalty," said Joe Monzo, the township finance…
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Town plans meetings on Route 1
Township officials take steps toward confronting Department of Transportation. By: Paul Koepp Township officials who vowed to fight the state Department of Transportation’s decision not to widen Route 1 say they are taking steps to make their case. Township Councilman Joe Camarota said on Tuesday that meetings have since been scheduled between local officials and…
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Cold hands and warm hearts
Local lacrosse players raise $1,500 for friend fighting leukemia By: Kyle Moylan ALLENTOWN Don’t ever underestimate the power of a group of teenage girls with an ice cream cone in one hand and a bucket in the other. Jeff Hanford certainly never will after seeing his Allentown High School girls lacrosse team in action…
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Obituaries
Week of May 10 Gheorghe Tomutiu SICKLERVILLE Gheorghe Tomutiu, 67, of Sicklerville, died May 4 in Samaritan Hospice, Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly. Mr. Tomutiu was born in Cozma, Romania, the second son of the late Ioan and Maria Man Tomutiu. He resided in Bordentown before moving to Sicklerville in 2004. He was a…
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Letters to the Editor, May 10, 2007
Calling all veterans! To the editor: Time sure seems to fly like a rocket! It feels like we just celebrated Memorial Day a couple of weeks ago. This will be the second year that we will have three commemoration services on Memorial Day in the Hopewell Valley area. All veterans, including active duty…
