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Grand opening for HVCB office Saturday at Hopewell Crossing
New office will mark the bank’s entry into seven-day-a-week banking Hopewell Valley Community Bank will celebrate the grand opening of its Hopewell Crossing full-service banking office on Saturday, Jan. 21. As part of the celebration, the bank will present one family of four with a vacation to Disney World. Located in the new Hopewell Crossing…
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Man kidnapped, robbed at gunpoint
Victim tells police he recognized one suspect because he had stolen cocaine from her. By: Melissa Edmond Middlesex resident Danielle M. Thompson, 30, was charged with armed robbery, kidnapping and weapons offenses Tuesday at her residence, according to local officials. Chief Robert Gazaway said the charges were filed after Hillsborough resident Jacob Beardsley, 18, was…
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Frances Gebhardt
.HILLSBOROUGH A memorial service reflecting on the life of Frances Gebhardt will be held from 10 a.m.-noon today (Thursday) at Fucillo and Warren Funeral Home, 205 South Main Street in Manville. A religious service will begin at 11 a.m. Mrs. Gebhardt died Jan. 1 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. She was 87.
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‘Space tourist’ inspires with dream-come-true story
Dr. Greg Olsen speaks at Upper Freehold Elementary/Middle School (Jan. 19) By: Lauren Burgoon UPPER FREEHOLD Greg Olsen’s dream of shooting into space began five decades ago as the young boy watched Sputnik launch and the first Russian cosmonaut orbit Earth. Last October, Dr. Olsen’s ultimate fantasy to accompany a space crew to the…
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Wrestlers blow out Manville
Hopewell Valley wrestling By: Mike Molaro When everything goes a team’s way as it did for the Hopewell Valley Central High School wrestling squad in its 69-9 domination of visiting Manville on Jan. 11 a coach can sit back for a brief moment, as all the hard work becomes worthwhile. "A lot of…
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Book Notes for the week of Jan. 19
Didion’s revelatory ‘Year of Magical Thinking’ By: Dr. Joan Ruddiman Much has been written and discussed about Joan Didion’s memoir "The Year of Magical Thinking." This is a book that will continue to be discussed, long after we forget that Didion and John Gregory Dunne were famous writers, long married, at the center of the…
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Track team prepped for state meet
Lawrence indoor track By: Jim Green Coming into this season, Lawrence High School indoor track coach Dave O’Neal decided the best way to foster improvement among his athletes would be to give them individual goals to shoot for. Since the LHS school records on file mostly are relatively recent records prior to O’Neal’s arrival…
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Monica Carman
MANVILLE Monica L. (Koshinski) Carman died Jan. 10 in Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. She was 77. Born in Scranton, Pa., she had been a resident of Manville for many years. Mrs. Carman was a homemaker. She was a communicant of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Manville and was active with church activities…
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Letters to the Editor, Jan. 19, 2006
Our lives count! To the editor: Unfortunately, the attempt to stop exigent eavesdropping on a "limited number" of people without a proper warrant is an example of history repeating itself. Particularly since, eavesdropping is already limited to those in contact with suspected terrorists. In 1929, we intercepted a Japanese coded message. Maj. Herbert Yardley’s…
