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Council introduces ordinance to allow for new fire station
Public hearing on the proposed ordinance for a new District-2 fire station will be held Feb. 6. By: Audrey Levine The Monroe Township Council unanimously introduced an ordinance Wednesday that would allow a new District 2 fire station to be built on a 1-acre parcel donated to the township by Edgewood Properties. A second reading…
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John A. Buck Sr.
John Alden Buck Sr., 77, of Monroe, died Tuesday, Jan. 3, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born and raised in Edison, Mr. Buck was one of eight children of Bernard Standish Buck and Margaret Cornell Buck, and he lived in Monroe Township since 1990, coming from East Brunswick and Spotswood. He attended…
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Marchand named mayor for ninth consecutive time
Princeton Township Committee holds reorganization session By: David Campbell Phyllis Marchand was chosen mayor for her ninth consecutive term Wednesday evening during the Princeton Township Committee’s annual reorganization meeting. The all-Democratic governing body of five members voted unanimously to name Ms. Marchand mayor for 2006, after newly elected Committeewoman Vicky Bergman took the oath of…
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Mabel A. Rasmussen
Mabel A. Fenniman Rasmussen, 87, of Monroe, died Thursday, Dec. 29, at Monroe Village Health Care Center. Ms. Rasmussen was a beloved mother, grandmother, and friend who will deeply be missed by all who knew her. She was full-time mother and then had a career as a nursery school teacher in Haledon. She was a…
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Local girls’ basketball teams place in tourneys
By: Sean Moylan When the Northern Burlington High School girls’ basketball team made out its schedule months ago, it probably didn’t realize that the Eastern States Invitational Tournament would feature two of the best teams in the area (Hun School and Trenton Catholic Academy). Nonetheless, after dropping a lopsided 70-33 decision to the Hun School…
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Local teen mugged
Two teenagers beat a 14-year-old township boy and then robbed him of $10 outside of Vinny’s Pizza. By: Joseph Harvie Township police are searching for two teenagers wanted in connection with the assault and robbery of a 14-year-old township boy on Allston Road in Kendall Park on Dec. 28. The victim suffered some facial swelling…
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Lawrence hockey wins tourney
Lawrence ice hockey By: John E. Powers Lawrence High School ice hockey coach Andy Borowsky has said throughout the early part of this season that January could be a very special month for the Cardinals. A great late December has put them in position to experience just that. The Cardinals were 4-5 after a 6-4…
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Growth, TDR top committee’s concerns
Hublik plans to continue township’s Transfer of Development Rights By: Scott Morgan CHESTERFIELD The Township Committee named Mike Hlubik the mayor for 2006 during its reorganization meeting Tuesday morning. Traditionally, the position of mayor is granted to the member of the three-person committee who is in the last year of his term. Mr. Hlubik,…
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Hillsborough opens eyes with impressive county hockey run
Raiders upset B-R, but finish second By: Rudy Brandl A combination of weary legs and missing key players were the only things that could stop the Hillsborough High ice hockey team in last week’s Somerset County Tournament at Bridgewater Sports Arena. After opening the SCT with a comfortable 5-1 triumph over Pingry, the Raiders (8-1)…
