Category: archives
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Holiday Tradition
It’s beginning to look a lot like snowflakes, sugar plums and ‘The Nutcracker.’ By: Anthony Stoeckert Graham Lustig enjoyed an illustrious career as a ballet dancer in Europe. The London native trained at the Royal Ballet School, danced with the Dutch National Ballet as a soloist, and won numerous honors for choreography, including a Laurence…
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Community Calendar
Free tutoring Thursday, Nov. 16 Mt. Zion AME Church at 36 E. Burlington St., Bordentown, is offering homework and tutorial assistance for children in pre-K to 12th grade. Assistance is available on Tuesday and Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. until May 2007. To register or for additional information please call Mt. Zion AME…
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DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Some lessons of the local vote
Election results should give local Democrats something to think about By: Hank Kalet By any estimate, the South Brunswick Democrats enjoyed a banner year. Both of the party’s candidates Mayor Frank Gambatese and Councilman Chris Killmurray won landslide victories, running well ahead of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Robert Menendez in the process. But…
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Hopewell loses final in OT to golden goal
GIRLS SOCCER By: Tim Falls Kim Fearnbach would have needed superpowers to stop the shot that won the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III Final. Hopewell Valley Central High School’s junior goalie dove to her right after a sudden shot in overtime, but the ball arced away from her and into the net for the golden…
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Hopewell Borough planners adopt housing scheme
Public hearing slated Dec. 6 By Aleen Crispino The Hopewell Borough Planning Board has proposed that three affordable apartments be added and another five units be rehabilitated for low- and moderate-income households during the next eight years, in the 2006 Housing Plan adopted at the board’s Nov. 1 meeting. In updating the borough’s 2000 Housing…
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Holiday-inspired gifts boost food pantries
Donations accepted year-round at area pantries By: Cara Latham Thanksgiving dinner may only come once a year, but the need for donations to local food pantries is a yearlong necessity. Still, local groups are organizing drives to stock up additional items for the holidays and others are preparing for those in need of help at…
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James Bercik
MANVILLE James J. "Jimmy" Bercik died Nov. 6 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. He was 61. Born in Elizabeth, he was raised in North Plainfield and lived in Ohio for many years before moving back to Manville in 1983. Mr. Bercik was employed by Bristol-Myers Squibb as a painter/maintenance worker for many years.…
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Mannix leaves HHS courts as best ever
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK By: Rudy Brandl Emily Mannix experienced many different emotions during her final high school tennis match against Watchung Hills. The Hillsborough High senior, a four-year standout at first singles, felt proud of what she had accomplished during a career that ranks as the finest in school history. Mannix was sad because…
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Think of ways to preserve St. Michael’s
EDITORIAL By Ruth Luse The D&R Greenway Land Trust, according to an Oct. 10 account in this paper, expects to receive about $8 million in state, county and municipal funding to help it purchase most of the 337-acre St. Michael’s tract for the purpose of open space preservation and related uses. The nonprofit organization began…
