Category: archives
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Arthur Gafencu
Arthur A. Gafencu, 77, died Monday, May 8, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. He was born and raised in Saskatchewan, Canada, before moving to Detroit in the early 1950s, then to Boca Raton, Fla., in 1978, and then to Kendall Park in 1989. He was the owner-operator of the Boca Raton…
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Breese, Chromey untouchable in big games
By: James McKeever Talk about a 1-2 punch. On back-to-back days last week South Brunswick showed why it has one of the best baseball pitching staffs around, as Kyle Breese and Tyler Chromey shut down teams with dominant performances. Last Friday, in their opening game of the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament, the Vikings defeated Metuchen,…
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LNSC helps youth find and keep jobs
The Lawrence Neighborhood Service Center launched a new hands-on program this week to help teenagers prepare for employment. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer Sometimes, all it takes to help a high school student find a summer job or part-time job is to show a little caring and that’s what the Lawrence Neighborhood Service Center intends…
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Learning a lesson from a South African youth
GUEST OPINION By Werner Graf On May 9, I attended the "Cross Cultural Connections" video conference between students in Hopewell Valley and South Africa. It was a collaborative project to promote cultural understanding and proved to be absolutely wonderful. This innovative learning experience was sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb and the Hopewell Valley Foundation and involved…
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Back to Roots
Rock/jazz fusion band MJ Project will round out the groove at the Dancing Wu Li Festival in Morrisville, Pa. See related story: Behind the Kit By: Jillian Kalonick Watching Ian McGuire lose himself playing keyboards in his band MJ Project, you’d never guess he once had a piano teacher who made him cry. "I started…
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POLICE BLOTTER
By: South 15th Avenue resident Jason M. Glatzer, 32, was charged with driving while suspended after he was stopped on North Main Street at 7:56 p.m. May 8, police said. He was processed and released. *** A Whalen Street resident reported the front driver and passenger side windows of his 2005 Nissan were broken sometime…
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Viking girls team specializes in winning a GMC track title
Boynton leads a plethora of heroes By: Redd E. Patrick With Greater Middlesex Conference powers South Brunswick, Old Bridge and Piscataway all poised to win the prestigious Greater Middlesex Conference Track & Field Championships last Saturday with high-profile athletes and strong supporting casts, the winner was going to have to do something special. That something…
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Council, school board cut $85,000 from budget
Funds for benefits, some repairs to be reduced By:Donna Lukiw The Borough Council cut $85,000 from the defeated 2006-2007 school budget at a special meeting, Monday. Manville voters turned down the school budget in April, defeating the proposed $15.3 million tally by a vote of 477-411. With the budget cuts, $11,330,109 will now have to…
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Attend Hopewell session to learn about facility update
EDITORIAL By Ruth Luse The people of Hopewell Borough have been waiting well over a decade to find out what their officials plan to do about updating municipal facilities. Hopewell officials have known for years that they should address the issues of barrier-free access in public buildings and the inadequacy of those buildings to accommodate…
