Category: archives
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YEAR IN IMAGES
Celebrating the best and most improtant photographs from 2006 — in a way you’ve never seen them.
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2006 in review
Mansfield wrestles with legislative issues By: Stephanie Prokop MANSFIELD From legislation on portable housing storage units to road repairs, to hopes of completing a new Municipal Building shortly, Mayor Arthur Puglia of Mansfield said the township has covered a lot of ground in 2006. Optimistic about the new year, Mayor Puglia said this week…
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‘The opposite of ambiguous’
Friends, family, colleagues, remember life of Roosevelt’s first female mayor By: Cara Latham ROOSEVELT Former Mayor Freda Hepner was scrupulously intent on having an honest government in Roosevelt so much so that she was even ridiculed by her peers for once refusing coffee from one of the borough’s vendors. Ms. Hepner, who died…
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Hopewell Borough Master Plan hearing is set for Jan. 10
Two separate plans for redevelopment on East Broad Street discussed this month By Aleen Crispino A public hearing on the 2006 Hopewell Borough Master Plan, slated for Dec. 6, was postponed by unanimous vote of the Planning Board. The hearing, followed by a board vote, was rescheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 10, when the…
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Officer accused of smuggling cell phones
By: Cara Latham FORT DIX A Fort Dix corrections officer was charged last week with conspiring to smuggle and sell cellular phones and tobacco products at the federal prison at Fort Dix. Samuel Bethea, 41, was arrested Dec. 21 at his home in Ocean City, on a criminal complaint issued by special agents of…
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Obituaries
Frank L Collura Sr. BORDENTOWN CITY Frank L. Collura Sr., 93, of Bordentown died Sunday at the home of his son and daughter-in-law in Browns Mills. Born in New York City, Mr. Collura lived in the Bordentown area for over 55 years. He retired as plant manager of the Quartermaster Laundry at Fort Dix…
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Police Chief looks ahead to 2007
SBPD sets goals for upcoming year By: Joseph Harvie South Brunswick Police Chief Raymond Hayducka said that the township police force hopes to reduce the number of motor vehicle accidents and improve the quality of life for residents in 2007. Chief Hayducka said Wednesday that there were 1,934 motor vehicle accidents in the township this…
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Woman indicted in Rutgers theft
Ms. Buckner could face over 50 years in prison By: Joseph Harvie A state grand jury empanelled in New Brunswick indicted a 43-year-old Monmouth Junction woman Dec. 20 on charges that she stole money from the personal account of Rutgers women’s basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer, Brian Gillet, Middlesex County assistant prosecutor, said Wednesday. Dawn…
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Its own reward
Santa volunteer recognized by family, newspaper. By: John Dunphy While many people last week were finishing up their Christmas shopping, Ed DeLoca, of Holly Lane, was donning an itchy beard, a scratchy red suit and an oversized cap. It was nothing new for a man who has been playing the role of Santa Claus for…
