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HIGHTSTOWN: Rewarded for rebuilding history
By Amy Batista, Special Writer HIGHTSTOWN — Resident Keith White’s porch was destroyed by a falling tree limb and while he could have simply removed the porch, he took the harder path and rebuilt it, bringing it back to the original historic architectural design. The council recognized and presented him with a “Steward of Hightstown…
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HIGHTSTOWN: East Windsor PAL Travel Soccer
The East Windsor PAL U13 Storm traveled to Red Bank and managed to keep their focus throughout multiple lighting delays to pull out a 5-1 win over the Rapids. The Storm started with good offensive pressure that Red Bank managed to hold off until Grace O’Leary finally planted a cross from Ragan McKenna above the…
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HIGHTSTOWN: TCNJ inducts Balcomb into Athletic Hall of Fame
Melanie Balcomb, a 1980 Hightstown High graduate, will be one of five new inductees to The College of New Jersey Athletics Hall of Fame today (June 5). Balcomb was a standout basketball player for Lions from 1980 to 1985. A general on the floor, she ranks amongst the all-time leaders in program history in points…
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HIGHTSTOWN: Ex-Ram Sandoval an Ashe Sports Scholar
Hightstown High graduate Daniel Sandoval was one of 10 Connecticut College student-athletes to be honored as 2015 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars by Diverse Issues in Higher Education Magazine. Sandoval played for the men’s soccer team that advanced into the semifinal round of the NESCAC Championship Tournament for the first time in program- history. Sandoval…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Suddenly, field grows to five in local race for Township Committee
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Susan Gulliford didn’t vote Tuesday, but she’s still running for the Township Committee this fall. That’s because Ms. Gulliford, a longtime municipal government watcher, is registered as an unaffiliated voter — one not enrolled in any political party — and Tuesday’s election was for Republicans and Democrats to nominate their…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Lorenzetti will reprise comic-style town map
By: Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Doreen Lorenzetti wants to put you on Hillsborough’s map. Twenty years ago, longtime township resident Ms. Lorenzetti was hired to design and create and draw a comic-style map that pictured businesses, major roads and landmarks in the township. The result was a multi-colored, laminated poster-size map that was seen framed…
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HILLSBOROUGH: River cleanup, rescue work hand-in-hand
People who love, yet respect, rivers joined cause Sunday in a Raritan River awareness program at Duke’s Park in Manville. In the morning, the Central Jersey Stream Team, a volunteer group that removes hundred of tires and a lot of other junk from the river in several cleanups a year, went to work. As that…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Graduate-to-be set to achieve near-perfect school attendance
What started out as a family bet between three cousins turned into 13 years of near-perfect attendance for one Hillsborough High School senior. Brandon White plans to receive his high school diploma on June 18 on the turf of Hillsborough’s Noonan Field having missed only one full day of school during his kindergarten through 12th…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Assisted living facility proposed on Route 206
An assisted living center is proposed for Route 206 at the site where a drug treatment center was sought in late 2012. Senior Housing Development LLC, of Jericho, N.Y., 516-496-1505… wants to build a 112-bed extended care facility on 8.69 acres at 351 Route 206 and the east side of Old Somerville Road. Harding Corona…
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