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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Kimberlin is the ultimate Jersey Girl
Junior becomes the first Viking to win individual state bowling title By Rich Fisher, Sports Editor When Kayleigh Kimberlin was a little girl, her parents would take her to Carolier Lanes while they enjoyed a night of bowling. A lot of kids in that situation tend to run amok through the building as they play…
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MANVILLE: Police blotter
Police received a call from an alarm company at 7:59 a.m. Feb. 16, reporting a fire alarm at the McDonald’s Restaurant on North Main Street. Upon arriving at the scene with the rescue squad and the Fire Department, patrols reported a short-circuit in a microwave tripped the alarm. The Fire Department confirmed that the building…
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MANVILLE: A study in marshmallow modeling
By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer Students experiment to make strongest structures using candy and toothpicks Building with toothpicks and marshmallows doesn’t make for the strongest of structures, but Weston School third-graders experimented with combinations of toothpick-and-marshmallow configurations to find the most stable during the school’s annual Math and Science Day on Friday. Students tweaked their…
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HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Historic bridge might move to Alliger tract
Plan is to place bridge, now over Jacob’s Creek, over Woolsey Creek as part of a trail running between the Delaware River and Pennington Borough By John Tredrea, Staff Writer A 125-year-old steel truss bridge over Jacob’s Creek in southwestern Hopewell Township would be moved a few miles to a tract of open space and…
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Library continues to serve community
Edward Hoag, Hillsborough ”Your library is your portrait.” These are the words of the British journalist, writer and publisher Holbrook Jackson. I would like to share with the community of Hillsborough some of the salient statistics and significant events that occurred during the past year at the Hillsborough Public Library. These events and statistics are…
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MANVILLE: Community calendar
Tell us about you. If your local nonprofit organization plans a special event and you would like to have the information published in The Manville News, send a note to Manville News Calendar, P.O. Box 350, Princeton, NJ 08542. All items should be typed and must be mailed, faxed (609-924-3842) or e-mailed to: [email protected] before…
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HILLSBOROUGH: New relevance in stage classic
Daniel Katzman, Zack McKenna, Greg Mako, Trevor Nalepka, Kyle Kravette and Stephen Cochran rehearse the famous “rumble” scene from “West Side Story,” Monday. Staff photo by Eileen Oldfield
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CELEBRATE PURIM WITH BEATLES AND CARNIVAL AT HAR SINAI
By Har Sinai PENNINGTON The joyous Purim holiday is called Jewish Mardi Gras or Jewish Halloween. At Har Sinai Temple, 2421 Pennington Rd., in Pennington, the holiday that commemorates the Jews being saved from extermination in Persia, will be celebrated with a carnival and a Beatles "purimshpiel.” musical show March 8 and 9. You don’t have to belong to the congregation to attend…
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HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: State park neighbors dispute family cabin plan
Proposed: To build an eight-bunk family cabin, with four parking spaces, in the park about 500 feet from the Church Road entrance By John Tredrea, Staff Writer Strong local opposition to a proposal to construct a family cabin in Washington Crossing State Park has sent the state back to the drawing board. More than 70…
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