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Bordentown City receives NJDOT funds to improve Park Avenue walkability
State funding will help improve walkability on Park Street in Bordentown City. Sen. Troy Singleton (D-7) highlighted a $475,000 New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) grant awarded to the city through a release over the summer. “This grant is a crucial step in our continued investment into the City of Bordentown,” said Singleton, chair of…
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Issam Ahmad-Izzat Taha
Issam Ahmad-Izzat Taha passed away on September 8, 2023. He was born July 18, 1933, in Haifa, Palestine, the eldest son of Ahmed Izzat Taha and Badrieh Taha. He had eight younger siblings. Issam and his family became refugees in 1948. In 1957, he graduated from Syrian University and came to the United States to…
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Monthly Column: National POW/MIA Recognition Day
POW/MIA stands for prisoner of war and missing in action. In the United States, National POW/MIA Recognition Day is observed on the third Friday of September each year. On this day, we remember all the servicemen and women who were prisoners of war (POWs) and those who are still missing in action (MIA), as well…
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Mercer County begins deer hunting at parks to curb population growth
The white-tail deer population density within Hopewell Valley was 109 deer per square mile in 2021 The Mercer County Park Commission began conducting deer management at Mercer County Park, Mercer Meadows and Baldpate Mountain on Sept. 9 in efforts to reduce the overabundant deer herd in the greater Mercer County region. The Mercer County Park…
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Oysters at work: Cleaning water, preventing erosion, helping marine life
by Jay Watson, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation When you think of “mighty” animals, a few that may come to mind are lions, tigers and bears (oh my!). The oyster is probably at the bottom of the list. But did you know that one adult oyster can clean 50 gallons of contaminated water a…
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Mary Lucia Damiano Pinney
Mary Lucia Damiano Pinney died September 4th at Princeton Medical Center. Mary received her Bachelor of Arts from Smith College as a returning Ada Comstock Graduate. She Received her master’s degree from the Wharton School of Business. Mary spent her professional life as an Administrator in the School of Continuing studies at Ryder University retiring…
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Dorothy Harweger Sams
Dorothy Harweger Sams, a resident of Princeton for over 50 years and a co-founder of the Lamplighter Bookstore (Nassau St.), peacefully went on to be with our Lord on March 20, 2023, at the age of 91 surrounded by family. She was born in Cisna Park, IL in 1931. The day Japan attacked Pearl Harbor,…
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Ralph Erskine Blakely, Jr
Ralph Erskine Blakely, Jr., died of lymphoma on August 31, 2023, in Mount Pleasant, SC. Ralph was born on May 7, 1945, in Rock Hill, SC, to Ralph Erskine Blakely and Ollie Mae Freeman Blakely. Ralph grew up in Rock Hill in a close-knit family. From childhood he was fascinated by the sounds and structure…
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Setsuko Faith Yim, 90
Setsuko Faith Yim, of Princeton, NJ, passed away peacefully on August 20, 2023, at age 90. Faith was born in Raymond, Alberta (Canada), on February 10, 1933, to Ishimatsu and Mitsue Sugimoto, who had emigrated from Nagoya, Japan. Growing up on her parents’ wheat farm, she attended the Bonnie View School, a one-room schoolhouse, and…
