Category: archives
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Work set for last leg of Rt. 522
Project will extend highway through warehouse district By: Joseph Harvie Construction on the last phase of Route 522 is expected to begin this fall. The township has filed permits to build the road near a section of wetlands with the state Department of Environmental Protection and the Freehold Soil Conservation District, which reviews development plans…
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District set to meet goals for school year
Superintendent Donald Burkhardt reported on the district’s progress and reviewed the goals for the coming school year during Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting. By: Donna Lukiw Superintendent of Schools Donald Burkhardt ticked off his "to-do" list of goals for the district and said most are almost complete or will be completed by the end…
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Council reviews Route 206 intersection study
Draft report will be sent back to regional planning commission. By: Lea Kahn A federally funded study that examined 14 intersections along Route 206 from Province Line Road to Harney’s Corner, near Notre Dame High School was given the once-over by Township Council on Tuesday night. The study, prepared by the Delaware Valley…
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Neighbors knock mixed-use project
Planning Board postpones decision until Aug. 7 meeting. By: Lea Kahn An overflow crowd made clear its objections to a proposal to construct a mixed-use building at 150 and 154 Lawrenceville-Pennington Road at the Planning Board’s public hearing on Moriello Plaza LLC’s application Monday night. The Planning Board, meanwhile, ran out of time and postponed…
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Elaine Wert
Elaine H. Wert, 79, formerly of Kendall Park, died Wednesday, July 12, at Care One in East Brunswick. She was born and raised in Princeton. She resided in Kendall Park from 1957 to 1998, moving to Manasquan in 1998. While living in Kendall Park she had been a communicant of St. Augustine of Canterbury Church…
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May Carro
May Carro, 97, died Wednesday, July 12, at the Little Sisters of the Poor Convalescent Center, Totowa. Ms. Carro was born in Taranto, Italy. She came to the United States in 1912 and lived in Massachusetts, New York, Sparta, Concordia in Monroe from 1982-1986, then Dayton, and Florida before returning to the Little Sisters of…
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Penn Brook celebrates win
PASDA By: Tim Falls Scott Orr and many members of the Penn Brook swim team slept late last Friday. Some slept really late. For instance, Coach Orr was woken up at 2:55 p.m. The young coach had a reason to still be asleep in the middle of the afternoon. The Penn Brook swim team had…
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Kids (and parents) learn at ice-cream social
Generations come together for learning and ice cream By: Audrey Levine It could be a scene from the 19th century. Children churn a mixture of milk, cream, sugar and flavoring, desperately trying to make ice cream to cool off on a hot summer day. Others laugh with their friends as they use sticks to throw…
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Lessing tapped to fill school board vacancy
He replaces Dottie Bradley, and will serve on the board until the school election in April 2007. By: Donna Lukiw A familiar face was appointed to serve on the Manville Board of Education on Tuesday night to fill the seat vacated by Dottie Bradley in June Ken Lessing. Mr. Lessing, of Dukes Parkway, served…
