Day: March 8, 2001

       The blizzard expected to sweep over New Jersey this week didn’t live up to its potential, with local forecast amounts dropping from a "snowstorm of the century" to light drizzle and icy rain over the weekend. By:Vanessa S. Holt and David Koch    Area Public Works crews expected the worse and prepared accordingly, said local…

ON THE JOB IN HOPEWELL VALLEY By:John Tredrea    When the coming May turns to June, Lorraine Rabel will retire from the job she’s held for 25 years, at the Little Leisure preschool in St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Pennington.    "I’m going to miss them," Ms. Rabel said of her young charges. "I enjoy being with…

AROUND TOWN: Jean Richardson, a local psychotherapist, has seen her fair share of tragedy during her lifetime. By: Mae Rhine    LAMBERTVILLE — The city’s newest psychotherapist, Jean Richardson, is no stranger to pain.    Her 3½-year-old son drowned. She saw her brother mauled and killed by a bear in the wilds of Colorado.    She grew up…

By: Martha Sexton    UPPER FREEHOLD — Martha M. Sexton, 71, died Friday, March 2, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold.    Born in Upper Freehold, she lived in Cream Ridge most of her life.    She enjoyed cooking.    Sister of the late Edward, Richard and Joan Johnson, she is survived by her husband of 51 years, Kenneth O.…

From the March 8 edition of the Register-News By: Wallace W. Kane    FLORENCE — Wallace W. Kane, 72, died Feb. 27 at Rancocas Hospital, Willingboro.    He was a lifelong Florence resident.    Mr. Kane worked with Griffin Pipe Products Corp. for 48 years and had been a shop steward and union president. He previously worked with…

       School tax rates in Springfield and Chesterfield will increase this year if the proposed school budget introduced by the Northern Burlington Regional Board of Education is approved.    The $21 million proposed budget introduced Feb. 28 by the school board also would stabilize the school tax rate in North Hanover, and decrease taxes in Mansfield.…

The district will pay about $2,000 for a review of the results of the state ESPA test that Lawrence students took in the spring of 2000.    Hoping to uncover elementary school students’ weaknesses, the Lawrence Township Board of Education has hired a consultant to review the results of the state Elementary School Proficiency Assessment. By:…

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   TRENTON — Karen M. Parsons, 44, died Saturday, March 3, at home.    Born in Trenton, she was a lifelong resident.    She graduated from Trenton Central High School in 1974.    She worked for Wegman’s Food Markets, West Windsor.    She was a member of Capital Assembly of God Church, Hamilton.    She enjoyed cooking and music.    Daughter of…