Category: archives
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A good beginning
Chabad Jewish Center of Hillsborough is celebrating four years of service to area residents. By: Donna Lukiw In the past four years, Chabad Jewish Center of Hillsborough has established a center and grown into an organization offering religious classes, women’s groups and adult education. On Dec. 20, Chabad Jewish Center will be celebrating its four…
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Boys bowling team eyes next step
By: James McKeever In Brian Burniston’s first season as coach of the South Brunswick boys bowling team, the Vikings finished with a 15-10-1 record, a nice jump up from the 11-13-14 mark the previous season. Now the Vikings want to take the next step, and they may have the people to make it happen. South…
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Jazz, poetry and painting on the horizon
Arts Commission to unveil series By: Joseph Harvie Painting, pictures, poetry and the popular sounds of jazz are on the December menu for the township, courtesy of the South Brunswick Arts Commission. The commission is sponsoring several events in the coming weeks that will cater to fans and artists of many mediums. On Tuesday, the…
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Borough challenges parking changes
Resurfacing project could cost Main Street 36 parking places. By: John Patten The resurfacing of Manville’s Main Street could result in the elimination of 36 parking spaces, if an effort by the Borough Council and Manville Business and Professional Association can’t block it. Borough officials learned this week of the elimination of the parking spaces…
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Community Calendar
Flu shots Thursday, Nov. 30 A flu clinic will be held at the Rutgers Eco-Complex, 1200 Florence-Columbus Road, Mansfield, from 9 a.m. to noon. Flu shots are offered to senior citizens and chronically ill adult residents and pneumonia shots are available to those over 65. For more information, call Deanna Adkins in Burlington County…
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Aging Gracefully
The Lawrence branch of the Mercer County Library System turns forty-five. By: Lea Kahn Fifty years ago, borrowing a book from the Mercer County Library System meant waiting for the bookmobile a library on wheels to visit Lawrence Township. Readers would enter the bookmobile and choose a book or two from the few…
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HHS gymnasts soared to historic heights
Team finished third in state By: Rudy Brandl The Hillsborough High gymnastics team continued its climb up the state ladder with its finest season in school history this fall. It certainly wasn’t an easy campaign for the Raiders, who excelled despite injuries to almost every key gymnast on the squad. The HHS girls stuck…
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Obituaries
John P. Bracoloni ROBBINSVILLE John P. Bracoloni, 65, died Friday at his residence. Born in Trenton, he was a lifelong area resident. Mr. Bracoloni was a graduate of Trenton Catholic Boy’s High School and Villanova University in Philadelphia. He was the only MBNA certified memorialist in Mercer County and South Jersey and the proprietor…
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Toy drive aiming for more
Hillsborough Volunteer Fire Company No. 2’s annual drive collects toys, new and unwrapped, for needy local children. By: Donna Lukiw Last year, the holiday season was brightened for 73 families by the annual toy drive for needy children organized by Hillsborough Volunteer Fire Company No. 2. During the ninth annual toy drive, the fire company…
