Category: archives
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Workshop shares ideas for regaining memories
Author and Manville resident Irene Peterson led the ‘Written Scrapbooking’ workshop at the library. By: Donna Lukiw West Camplain Road resident Antoinette Terry wanted to find a way to preserve her cherished memories and found some ideas at a recent workshop at the Manville Public Library. Led by author and Manville resident Irene Peterson, the…
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Running With a Purpose
Race for Missy is raising money to help an avid runner recover from a brain aneurysm. By: Anthony Stoeckert Two days before last Christmas, Missy Flynn’s life changed from being about relationships, work and athletics to being about survival. That was the day she suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm, and she hasn’t been home since.…
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High school welcomes Class of 2010
LHS holds annual Freshman Agenda program. By: Lea Kahn Brigid vonVorys-Norton is the first to admit she is a little hesitant about the transition from a Lawrence Middle School Cardinal to a Lawrence High School Cardinal. "I’m a little nervous," she said. "It’s a new chapter in my life. It’s a new school and I…
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Police charge teens in theft
Pair arrested in Dayton while fleeing on bicycles By: Joseph Harvie Two 15-year-old boys were charged with juvenile delinquency Aug. 10 forbreaking into the Stop Buy Food Store on Ridge Road in Monmouth Junction at about 1 a.m. Aug. 9, and stealing several cartons of cigarettes, police said. Police said the boys, one from South…
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HHS girls fall behind schedule
Lack of regular summer attendance may hurt By: Rudy Brandl Although the season doesn’t start until the middle of December, the Hillsborough High girls’ basketball team is already behind schedule. Veteran head coach Jim Reese had hoped to implement a healthy chunk of his new motion offense during the summer, but low participation numbers from…
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Tello children help change others’ lives
Hopewell sister and brother are participants in Operation Smile By Rosalie Ann LaGrutta What does it take to make a child with a facial deformity smile again? According to 16-year-old Hopewell Borough resident Jonathan Tello, "It takes only $240 and 45 minutes of surgery to make a child smile. "Any money in excess of surgical…
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Week of Aug. 17
By: Ceil Frankel Ceil Frankel died Aug. 7. She was 92. Born in Wilkes Barre, Pa., she was a former resident of Brooklyn, N.Y., Elizabeth and Monroe Township. She graduated from Pratt Institute in New York in 1935 and later at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York, and…
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Hillsborough Legion ball club builds for future
Team successful despite record By: John E. Powers Make no mistake, Hillsborough American Legion baseball team coach Jim Schwalje said, the idea is to win during the summer. But, more importantly, the team’s top priority is to groom Hillsborough High School Raiders for head coach Norm Hewitt. Hillsborough’s season ended with a 9-7 loss…
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Responding first to special needs
Priority to be given to aiding disabled persons By: Audrey Levine South Brunswick wants its first responders to be able to help disabled residents at a moment’s notice during a township emergency. That’s the goal of a new program being run by the township’s Office of Emergency Management. The office wants residents who are disabled…
