Category: archives
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Mansfield seeks independence from state police coverage
By: Stephanie Prokop MANSFIELD The township Police Department is looking to assume full responsibility for township police coverage and phase out the help it has been receiving from the state police. According to a written statement prepared by Director of Public Safety Richard Bendel, the Mansfield Police Department is a full-time, full-service police agency…
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Florence 42 straight and counting
By: Sean Moylan While few were surprised to see the Florence High School football team beat Bordentown, 61-0, on Saturday afternoon at The Pit to bring its winning streak to 42, the sheer speed and power of the Flashes’ onslaught on both sides of the ball was disarming to say the least. On their first…
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Redbirds get revenge
FIELD HOCKEY By: Tim Falls Scoring 30 seconds into the game, it looked the Hopewell Valley Central High School field hockey team would fare just as well as it did in the team’s previous game against Allentown. The Bulldogs edged the Redbirds, 3-2, last Wednesday, but Allentown got its revenge with a 3-2 victory on…
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Planners pave way for mall expansion
The board unanimously approved a change to the 1995 Master Plan that nearly doubles the amount of development allowed at the Quaker Bridge Mall. By: Lea Kahn The township Planning Board unanimously approved a change to the 1995 Master Plan Monday night that increases by nearly double the amount of development allowed at the Quaker…
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Police Beat
BORDENTOWN CITY Police said James Hatcher, 24, of Crosswicks, was seen on the corner of Second and Crosswicks streets at 8:15 a.m. on Oct. 17, by a member of the Bordentown City Crime Watch who knew that he had an outstanding warrant. Police said he had a warrant out of Beverly City for obstruction, and…
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Avanti owner makes Shrimp Gorgonzola
A CHEF’S CREATION By John Tredrea Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of stories about local chefs and their original recipes. Vincenzo Severino, owner and chef of Avanti restaurant on West Delaware Avenue in Pennington, got his start in the restaurant business at age 16, at the old Italian-American Sportsman’s Club on…
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Class furthers students’ auto repair skills
Hands-on shop experience offered to kids By: Joseph Harvie Most South Brunswick High School classrooms have a blackboard, some desks and a television set, and most of them are in the high school building. But one of the classrooms is in Crossroads North Middle School on Georges Road, and in it are a few desks,…
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Cardinals rule Colonial Division again
FOOTBALL By: Tim Falls The Lawrence High School football team went head over heals with a win over Hamilton. Brian Mills went head over heals to give Lawrence that win last Saturday. Generally, at least outside of practice, Lawrence High School Football players don’t tackle each other, but an exception can be made when the…
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Iwanna Mackiw
PISCATAWAY Iwanna Mackiw died Oct. 17 at St. Peter’s Hospital, New Brunswick. She was 87. Born in Ukraine and a former resident of Newark, she moved to Piscataway in 1979. Mrs. Mackiw was a homemaker and a member of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church in New Brunswick. Predeceased by…
