Category: archives
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Harpel is new coach of HoVal wrestling
Hopewell Valley wrestling By: Jim Green The Hopewell Valley Central High School wrestling program is going through yet another makeover, but the Bulldogs’ solid mix of veterans and talented freshmen should allow them to hit the ground running. Mario Harpel, the former head coach at Trenton Catholic, is taking over as the Bulldogs’ third coach…
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Obituaries for the week of Dec. 15
Seymour D. Selzer Seymour D. Selzer of Lawrence died Dec. 6 in the University Medical Center at Princeton. He was 82. Born in Jersey City, Mr. Selzer was a resident of the Trenton area for the past 45 years. A graduate of Newark College of Engineering and New York University, Mr. Selzer earned degrees…
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Council accepts 40 acres
The open-space parcel includes about 20 acres of wetlands and 20 acres of uplands that could be used for passive recreation. By: Joseph Harvie The township’s open space inventory could soon include 40 acres on the western end of Major Road near the intersection of Route 1. The Township Council unanimously introduced an ordinance Tuesday…
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Woodlands resolution corrected
The resolution for West Amwell’s Community Forestry Committee did not include private land as part of its preservation efforts. By: Linda Seida WEST AMWELL A committee charged with protecting woodlands almost lost its muscle because of the wording of a resolution, but after two committee members voiced complaints, the wording was changed with the…
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Stories of Spirit
Grief counselor Susan Barbara Apollon tells the stories of her patients’ encounters with deceased loved ones in a new book. By:Susan Van Dongen (Susan Barbara Apollon, author of Touched by the Extraordinary: An Intuitive Psychologist Shares Insights, Lessons and True Stories of Spirit and Love to Transform and Heal the Soul, will appear at Barnes…
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Mill Street plan needs canal group’s OK
Mayor Gregg Rackin vows the drainage project will go forward, with or without the Delaware and Raritan Canal Commission approval. By: Linda Seida STOCKTON Confusion and uncertainty surround the status of plans to upgrade Mill Street and repair the road’s decades-old drainage problems. But the mayor has vowed the problems will be fixed. The…
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‘Once Upon a December’
Bristol Riverside Theatre presents their third annual winter musicale. By: Stuart Duncan Quietly, unobtrusively, amidst the stagings of Dickens in all his seasonal variations, comes Bristol Riverside’s third annual winter musicale, this year focusing on December and its traditional holidays. The title is Once Upon a December, the songs and carols are familiar, the performers…
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Police Blotter-Dec. 15, 2005
Lambertville Nicholas Durastanti, 57, of Lambertville was charged with drunken driving and aggravated assault on a police officer Dec. 8 at about 8 p.m. Police said they got a cellphone call from a motorist reporting an erratic drive near Route 179. When police arrived, they saw a truck swerve into the slow lane of traffic,…
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ALS patient slated for courage award
Shelbie Oppenheimer of New Hope, who was diagnosed with the disease in 1996, was scheduled to receive the Hope and Courage Award Tuesday from the Greater Philadelphia Chapter of the ALS Association. By: Linda Seida NEW HOPE Approximately every 90 minutes in the United States, someone is diagnosed with the fatal neurological condition ALS,…
