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HomeFront offers unique way to honor mom on Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day gives caring members of the community an opportunity to bring some joy to the homeless mothers and children that HomeFront serves. To honor the special woman in your life, consider making a tax-deductible contribution in her name to HomeFront’s Mothers’ Fund. Almost all of the homeless families HomeFront works with are headed by…
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MHS youth impresses
By: Redd E. Patrick Monroe High School girls track coach Jim Cox is looking to build his program with youth. On Tuesday, in a tri-meet rout over Carteret (126-14) and Mother Seton (108.5-31.5), youth was served. And Thursday at the Penn Relays, that youth likely grew up in a hurry. In the dual-meet triumphs, which…
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Cougar lacrosse finds reason to celebrate
MHS boys’ lax rebounds from close losses By: Justin Feil Sean Hover doesn’t need to see any more opponent celebrations. The Montgomery High senior has seen his share in the last two months, and wouldn’t mind if he never saw another in the final two months of his scholastic career. The celebrations started with the…
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LETTERS
A solution to immigration To the editor: We have been inundated with the "either-or" solution of what to do about the millions of illegal aliens in our country mostly from Mexico. One proposal is to classify them as "felons" and ship them back. The other is to grant them status of more-or-less amnesty and…
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Monroe OKs contract for classroom trailers
As per voter approval of a $1.995 million referendum on April 18, the school district accepted a bid Wednesday to rent 24 portable classrooms. By: Marisa Maldonado MONROE The school district agreed to rent 24 portable classrooms to accommodate growth, accepting a bid to rent the trailers at a cost of about $44,000 a…
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Monroe woman hurt in accident
Harriet Rector, 88, was taken to University Medical Center at Princeton after she ran the red light at Station Road and Route 130 causing her to collide with another vehicle, police said. By: Jessica Beym An 88-year-old Monroe woman was taken to University Medical Center at Princeton Sunday after she ran a red light and…
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Jeanne R. Swanton
Jeanne Ruess Swanton, 84, died Tuesday, Feb. 28, at the University Medical Center at Princeton of a cerebral hemorrhage. Born in Altoona ,Pa., she was a former resident of Redding Ridge, Conn. and Cranbury before recently moving to Montgomery. A teacher for 30 years beginning in 1958, she held faculty positions in Norwalk and Andrew…
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Monroe golfers winning, but . . .
By: Sean Richards The Monroe High School golf team is 7-2, playing well and putting together one of its better seasons. To hear coach Pete LoPresti tell it, however, it’s also a team somewhat in search of an identity. "Grant Herring has been playing well, but we’re still not sure about the rest of our…
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Monroe Board swears in three new members
Marvin Braverman, John Leary, and Rita Ostrager were sworn in during the school’s board reorganization meeting Wednesday night. By: Marisa Maldonado MONROE The Board of Education kept its leadership intact at its Wednesday reorganization meeting, where it also swore three members. Kathy Kolupanowich was re-elected president for the second year in a row, while…
