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It’s a little like trying to herd cats
ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH I opened my mailbox last week and saw the first Christmas card of the season. I panicked at the sight of it as I realized that I needed to find a family picture to send out with our own Christmas greetings. All of the memories of pictures past ran…
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Nothing says the holidays like bars on the cell door
CODA GREG BEAN I don’t know what Peter F. Burnham — the larcenous ex-president of Brookdale Community College in Lincroft — will be doing this holiday season, or the one after, but it’s a sure bet he won’t be throwing a lavish party for friends and colleagues at the Navesink Country Club with looted college…
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datebook
The Millstone Township Democratic Organization will meet at the Millstone Community Center, 463 Stagecoach Road, Millstone, on Dec. 19. All Millstone Democrats are invited to attend the meeting and become active participants in the local and national political processes. Details: Marlene, 732-792-9755, or Roz, 609-259-9744. “The Way I Lived It, the Art of…
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Guests to tour site of battle
On Jan. 1, the Princeton Battlefield Society will be sponsoring a real-time tour of the Battle of Princeton, which occurred on Jan. 3, 1777. Attendees will join William P. Tatum III, society trustee and noted British Army historian, to trace the steps of American and British units at the same time of day as the…
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LAWRENCE: Schools receive safety award
Lawrence Board of Education members received the NJSBA Safety Award Oct. 23. From left are Jo Ann Groeger, Leon Kaplan and President Laura Waters; Marty Kalbach, director of NJSPAIG; board members Vice President Kevin Van Hise and Mike Horan.
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POLICE BLOTTER: Dec. 13
Someone slashed two tires on a 2006 Chrysler Pacifica belonging to a Town Court North resident while it was parked in the parking lot between 7 a.m. Dec. 8 and 7 p.m. Dec. 9. Damage was estimated at $160. Vandals knocked down a mailbox belonging to a Berwyn Place resident and also pulled a stop…
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MANVILLE: Citizen wants ‘real issues’ on 2013 agenda
By Mary Ellen Day, Special Writer Resident Sharon Krebs gave borough leaders a list of her frustrations at Monday night’s Borough Council meeting Ms. Krebs read a statement imploring the leaders, “as we begin a new year, please, let’s start off and address the real issues facing Manville.” Ms Krebs gave a list of issues…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Alumna Foley ready for new challenge
Girls’ basketball has new coach By Bob Nuse, Packet Media Group Barrie Foley is no stranger to the Hillsborough High girls basketball program. A 2002 graduate of the high school, Foley has coached in the program for the last five years. This year she takes the biggest step yet in the program as the new…
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MANVILLE: Pearl Harbor survivor applauded at VFW ceremony
Pearl Harbor survivor Nicholas Alimecco, left, returns the salute of past Commander Andy Henkel at the VFW’s remembrance ceremony Friday, 71 years after the attack that brought the United States into World War II. (Photo by Mary Ellen Day)
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