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HILLSBOROUGH: Dukes honor fall scholar-athletes
Hillsborough Dukes honored the James Langdon award recipients at their annual banquet in December. The award is named in honor of a former Dukes player who served his country as a Marine. The students (all in grades 5-8) demonstrated academic excellence during the first marking period of 2012 while involved in the Dukes football and…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Y kicks off ‘Strong Kids’ campaign
At Tuesday night’s launch of the Strong Kids annual fundraising campaign kickoff in Hillsborough, an audience of about 100 Y families, community members and staff heard a call to support the YMCA’s mission of being there for the community. Last year, the Y gave $550,000 in assistance for camp and child care, for participation in…
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BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Native earns Air Medal
Formerly of Bordentown Township, Technical Sergeant Marguerite Hellwich (nee Sylvester) has been awarded The Air Medal for her achievements as an Aeromedical Evacuation Technician during Operations Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn by the USAF Central Command. Technical Sergeant Hellwich ia a member of the US Air Force Reserve in Maryland. She and her husband, serviceman…
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PRINCETON: Contestants compete in the annual Oyster Bowl
By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer Not even the biting cold nor the icy wind could keep hundreds of people away from watching folks slurp their way to victory at the Blue Point Grill’s 14th annual Oyster Bowl on Sunday. It was a good day for the hungry — and a bad one for oysters —…
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MANVILLE: Senior center program to recall best romantic movies
Travel back in time to remember classic Hollywood romances in a program at the Manville Senior Citizen Center in Fire Company No. 1 at 20 South Third Ave. Walter Choroszewski will look back at the Golden Age of cinema and review some of the best romantic movies and stories about on-screen celebrity couples and their…
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FLORENCE: Township police mentor students
Fifth-graders DARE before community By Amy Batista, Special Writer FLORENCE — Riverfront fifth-graders joined a longstanding community tradition of earning Drug Abuse Resistance Education certificates last week. Approximately 125 fifth-graders of the Florence Township Riverfront School graduated from the Florence Police Department’s annual DARE program. ”We want them to understand that kids that use drugs…
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NEW EGYPT: Eco Warriors receive national recognition
New Egypt Middle School Eco-Warrior Peyton Samuelson checks the progress of the acorn seedlings.
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MANSFIELD: Middle school students excel
Northern Burlington County Regional Middle School and the school district have sent congratulations to three Students-of-the-Month for January. NBC middle school has recognized seventh-grader Britney Francis, eighth-grader Paul Loos, both as January Students-of-the-Month; and seventh-grader Karsten Johnson as the Elks January Student-of-the-Month. All of these students have been recognized for representing the ideals of the…
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LAWRENCE: Health Department budget, requests under review
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer The Lawrence Township Health Department is responsible for a wide range of activities from inspecting youth camps, restaurants, wells and septic systems to providing health screenings, flu immunization clinics, child health conferences and vaccinations. Township Health Officer Carol Chamberlain outlined those responsibilities for Township Council Tuesday night, as the…
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