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      October 25, 2007  RSS feed

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      PHOTO BY JEFF GRANIT staff Allentown's Rachel Scheuerman gets a shot on goal but is kick-blocked by Nottingham goalie Aja Carter in the first round of the Mercer County Tournament in Allentown on Saturday. Allentown won the game, 4-2. More...
      Millstone's most dangerous roadways
      Twp. tries to improve high-crash areas and dangerous intersections
      BY JANE MEGGITT & JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writers

      Although rural Millstone Township may not have the police muscle necessary to stop all who carelessly drive its long and winding country routes, it is trying other methods of making hazardous roadway and intersection conditions safer. More...

      Rocking the final stretch
      The After Effect band helps runners finish Tunnel to Towers Run
      BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer

      MILLSTONE - A local band honored a hero Sept. 30 and in exchange experienced a day that they will never forget. New York City firefighter Steven Siller reportedly had the day off Sept. 11, 2001, and was on his way to play a round of golf with his brothers when he heard the news that planes had hit the World Trade Center. More...


      Haunted prison a place of sadness and despair
      Travel Channel show features Brick woman
      BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer

      PHILADELPHIA - Even the weather cooperated when the Garden State Ghost Hunters Society visited the abandoned Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia in June. Thunder boomed. Lightning flickered eerily from the skylights and across the stone walls of the medievallooking prison built back in 1829. More...


      Boni Bates' gift came early in life
      BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer

      The visions began when Boni Bates turned five. The first grader had gone to get something out of her bedroom closet. When she looked up, she saw the ghostly faces of an elderly man and woman staring down at her. Then she did what most little girls her age would do. More...


       Letters
      • Protecting wildlife should be council's focus
      Despite the fact that the number of hunters in New Jersey is only 1 percent of the population over 16 years of age, as reported by ABC News on Sept. 2, 2007, hunting has escalated into a booming business. Over 100 years ago, the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife's purpose and priorities were wildlife and habitat preservation. More...
      • Eerie contact lenses could harm youths' eyes
      • Coffey pulls out of race in support of Fleischacker and Moslowski
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       Editorials
      • article has image Will the last person in N.J. turn out the lights?
      There was an interesting poll released last week that found 49 percent of the people in New Jersey would like to leave the state and move someplace where they can afford to live. More...
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       Obituaries
      • Obituaries
      Felix Sgroi Mr. Sgroi, 84, of Jackson, died Oct. 7, 2007, at Geraldine L. Thompson Care Center, Wall Township. He was born in New Brunswick and had lived in Wall Township before moving to Jackson in 1998. Prior to retiring in 1985, Mr. Sgroi was a mason and bricklayer with union Local No. 15, New Brunswick, for more than 50 years. He was a U.S. More...
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       Schools
      • UFRSD tight on time for school's preconstruction
      Superintendent: Permit process could make or break 2010 opening
      ALLENTOWN - The Upper Freehold Regional School District continues to make progress on the preconstruction phase of the new middle school project and to worry about the facility opening on time. More...
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       Sports
      • article has image Going after the ball
      PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Left, Allentown's Lauren Saalage looks to knock the ball down in the first round of the Mercer County Tournament in Allentown on Saturday. Right, Allentown's Kasi Nurco smacks the ball past Nottingham's Megan Budden during the game, which was won by Allentown, 4-2. More...
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