Category: archives
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EDITORIAL: Added patrols are paying off
Less speeding has resulted in safer roads Sometimes statistics do tell the story. According to the township Police Department, 2006 saw a drop in the number of accidents on South Brunswick roads even as Middlesex County’s numbers were on the rise. The reason, according to police, is increased enforcement. During the months of November and…
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Dayton’s song and laugh man
Teen tweaks audiences with musical parodies By: Bill Greenwood For Josiah DeAndrea, a sophomore at Mercer County Community College who lives in Dayton, it’s all about the laughs. A theater major who has performed as an understudy in an off-Broadway showing of "To Be Loved," Mr. DeAndrea also is a musical and stand-up comedian known…
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On Point
On the mind, out the mouth By: Linda McCarthy I come from along line of people who are totally unaware of the term politically correct. That’s bad enough, but what is worse is their complete inability to whisper. From the very young to the very old I’m constantly apologizing for the people I’m with. If…
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Stephen Galle Jr.
Stephen E. Galle Jr., 87, of South Brunswick, died Thursday, Jan. 11, at home. Born in Bronx, N.Y., he also lived in East Brunswick, Edison and South Brunswick. Mr. Galle worked as a mailer for the New York Daily News for 38 years. He served four and a half years in the U.S. Army during…
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Events slated to help save St. Michael’s
Private donations needed by D&R Greenway Land Trust St. Michael’s exhibit opens Sunday The D&R Greenway Land Trust and the St. Michael’s Preservation Committee invite Valley residents to the opening of "Save Hopewell/Save St. Michael’s: An Exhibition on the History & Future of the St. Michael’s Land in Hopewell, NJ" on Jan. 28. The…
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Booknotes
Rebound resounds with truths By: Joan Ruddiman When a friend writes a book, we rejoice. Our inclination is to like the book. How wonderful, then, to read it and realize we love the book independent of our association with the author. "Rebound" (Marshall Cavendish, 2006) by Bob Krech, a teacher in West Windsor-Plainsboro and…
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Fern L. Solomon
HILLSBOROUGH Fern L. Solomon died Jan. 14 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. She was 74. Born in Elizabeth, she lived in Elizabeth and Westfield before moving to Hillsborough 35 years ago. Mrs. was a secretary for the Elizabeth Board of Education for 35 years, retiring in 1988. She was a member of N.J.E.A.…
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County foots bill for Y pool
Fundraising and grant to lead to new pool at local YMCA By: Joseph Harvie "Aquatics is what the Y does best," Tom Libassi, executive director of the South Brunswick Family YMCA, said Monday. And, the Culver Road facility will soon have the ability to do what Y’s do best, Mr. Libassi said. The Middlesex County…
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Science added to test needed for graduation
Superintendent says students are ready for requirements. By: Donna Lukiw Manville High School juniors will be tested on their science skills on the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA) exam beginning in March. The new science test includes questions on environmental science, chemistry and physics that have been added to the test, and Superintendent Donald Burkhardt…
