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Eric Hernandez removed from life support, dies
MIKES for Manville and the Manville Police Department have organized a Feb. 20 blood drive in his honor. By: Donna Lukiw Manville High School graduate Eric Hernandez, who was shot by a fellow police officer on Jan. 28, died at 1:03 p.m. Wednesday. "He had a couple MRIs which found no brain activity," said Fred…
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Special recreation programs expanding
Special-needs children will be able to participate in soccer and swimming, two new "inclusive" programs, beginning in April. By: Melissa Edmond Bolstered by six months of success, a recreation program that offers special-needs children the chance to play sports with children who don’t have disabilities, is expanding to include more activities. Children will be able…
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Boys go down swinging in GMCT
By: James McKeever Despite losing to Edison in the GMC Tournament last Thursday, South Brunswick boys bowling coach Brian Burniston is extremely proud of his kids, who went down with a fight. "We pushed them to three games. They were all close games, all decided in the 10th frame," said Burniston. "I thought the kids…
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School board hopefuls must file by Feb. 27
More information about school board candidacy can be obtained by calling the Valley schools Business Office at 737-4000, ext. 2201 Hopewell Township and Pennington Borough residents who are thinking about running for seats on the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education have until 4 p.m. on Feb. 27 the deadline for filing nomination petitions…
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Escapee recaptured in borough
Plumsted canine officer tracked down suspect (Feb.9) By: Lauren Burgoon ALLENTOWN A frenzied search for an escaped prisoner brought a brief period of chaos to the borough last week as police officers and a search helicopter converged to locate the man. A Plumsted canine officer tracked down Peter McClellan, 23, of Edison in an…
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Josephine Cercatore
MANVILLE Josephine T. Cercatore died Feb. 1 at Integrated Health Services in Bridgewater. She was 90. Born in Allison, Pa., she lived in Jamesburg for 27 years and Somerset for 34 years before moving to Manville in 2004. Mrs. Cercatore was the founder and owner of Gaslight Card and Gift Shop in Somerset for…
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A new order in the court as Lawrenceville knocks off LHS in mock trial
LHS won the county mock trial title 11 times in 13 years. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer The Lawrenceville School’s mock trial team knocked off Lawrence High School’s mock trial team the 2005 Mercer County champions but lost to Princeton Day School’s team in the county finals last week. The PDS mock trial team…
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Three proposed by Pennington GOP to take Loper’s place as mayor
They are James Benton,Tom Timperman and Rachel Donington Torpey By John Tredrea The Pennington Republican Organization has given Pennington Borough Council a list of three names for council to use when deciding who should fill the vacancy created by the Feb. 1 resignation of Mayor James Loper, who has moved to Lawrence Township. They are…
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Hopewell Township revaluation notices are in the mail
Township homeowners who do not receive their revaluation notice this week should contact Certified Valuations at 818-0058 By John Tredrea All Hopewell Township property revaluation notices were scheduled to be mailed by Feb. 3, township Deputy Mayor David Sandahl said Tuesday. Homeowners should receive their notices sometime this week. The notices state the fair market…
