Category: archives
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Freshmen skate off with key HHS hockey roles
By: Sean Moylan While there is little doubt that veteran defensemen Corey Pinney and Jeff Scott are the best players on the Hightstown High varsity ice hockey team, the key to the Rams’ future may be in two freshmen, Jay Ketkar and John Von Ahnen. "We have 24 kids on our team and for our…
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The making of a monument
The story behind Princeton’s Battle of Princeton memorial By: William Myers During Princeton’s celebrations of the centennial of the United States in 1876, an informal committee was organized to commemorate the battle fought there on Jan. 3, 1777. The intention was to have an appropriate monument built to celebrate Washington’s victory, memorialize General Hugh Mercer,…
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Patricia Romanella
Patricia (Lombardo) Romanella, 63, of Monroe, died Sunday, Dec. 31, due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she lived in Old Bridge for 25 years before moving to Clearbrook in 1999. She was a judicial secretary for the Middlesex County Courthouse for 20 years before her retirement in 2000. She…
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Committee eyes a big 2007
Budgeting to take priority By: Lacey Korevec It’s only a few days into January, but Township Committee members can already name a handful of challenges Cranbury will face in 2007. The biggest, they say, will be keeping spending to a minimum. "There will be no easy decisions regarding the budget," Mayor David Stout said, adding…
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PHASE THREE by Arnold Bornstein: Everybody talks about the weather
Global warming and other environmental issues at the heart of seemingly idle chatter By: Arnold Bornstein As the unusually mild weather continues here, we banter about the weather with our snowbird friends in Florida. But the playful remarks are underscored by thoughts of global warming. Time magazine’s April 3, 2006 issue ran the following headline…
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Falcon girls’ basketball team 2-2 at Jamboree
By: Sean Moylan Facing some of the stiffest competition America has to offer, the Peddie girls’ varsity basketball team book added a pair of glorious victories around two tough defeats in last week’s West Coast Jamboree. Peddie opened the tourney with a hard-fought 55-49 win over Fairfield on December 27th. "After the first half we…
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Richard Cummins
Richard Williamson Cummins, Ph.D., 86, formerly of Monroe, died Thursday, Dec. 28, after struggling with Type 1 diabetes for most of his life. He was born on May 10, 1920 and grew up on a farm in Allen Michigan. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Dr. Cummins received his masters and Ph.D. degrees in…
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Louis Rose
Louis Rose, 85, of Monroe, died Wednesday, Dec. 27, at the University Medical Center at Princeton. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he resided in Livingston before moving to Monroe 30 years ago. Prior to retiring, he was a proprietor of a manufacturing company. Mr. Rose was an Army veteran of World War II. He attended St.…
