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Letters for the week of Dec. 1
Wal-Mart is no deal for Lawrence area To the editor: At 4 p.m. Dec. 1, a rally sponsored by LETS. Stop Wal-Mart, will take place in front of the Lawrence Township Municipal Building to oppose construction of a new Wal-Mart. At 5 p.m., the Screening Committee of the Lawrence Township Planning Board will review…
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Defending champs loaded with deserving all-stars
Florence players dominate BCSL Freedom Division First and Second Team All-Star squads By: Sean Moylan When you win 35 games in a row, as the Florence Flashes varsity football team has done, you’re bound to have a whole lot of all-star players. One could even say Florence players dominate the BCSL Freedom Division First and…
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Township, Hopewell police pact talks deadlocked
Township Administrator Bruce Hilling said "all the paperwork is done" to apply for a $6,600 state grant that would pay an outside consultant to study interlocal agreement and report by spring By John Tredrea Hopewell Township and Hopewell Borough have not, come to an agreement as 2006 budget-preparation time approaches on how much…
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Obituaries for the week of Dec. 1
Damien Dixon PRINCETON Damien Dixon of Princeton Friday at University Medical Center at Princeton after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 29. A lifelong musician, he grew up in Lawrence where his musical talents were recognized early. He began piano lessons at age 5. He won the Baldwin National Piano Competition at age…
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Shirley Marshalek
MANVILLE Shirley Ann Marshalek died Nov. 27 at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. Born in Chinchilla, Pa., she moved to Manville in 1959. Mrs. Marshalek was a homemaker. During the 1950s, she was an award winning dance instructor for the Arthur Murray School of Dance. Her husband, Martin Marshalek, died in 1995; a sister, Dorothy…
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Princeton Y Crafters’ Marketplace
Stuffed treasure Hallie Schaeffer, 11, of Hopewell holds a stuffed chicken during the Princeton YMCA Crafters’ Marketplace held at Educational Testing Service, Lawrence, just before Thanksgiving.
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Book Notes for the week of Dec. 1
A recap of reading to help with gift giving By: Dr. Joan Ruddiman Barbara called recently for titles of romance novels. She was having foot surgery and wanted to stock up before she was bound to a chair for six weeks. "I can’t find that column you did on the romance writers," she said. In…
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Charles Koroly
BRIDGEWATER Charles Koroly died Nov. 18 at Harborside Healthcare-Woods Edge in Bridgewater. He was 80. Born and raised in Freeland, Pa., he moved to Bridgewater in 1967. Mr. Koroly worked as a pipe fitter for John’s Manville Corporation for over 40 years and was a member of their Quarter Century Club. He served in…
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Chamber’s plan would penalize hybrid owners
Let’s hope nobody in New Jersey, casting about for creative ways to replenish the near-bankrupt state Transportation Trust Fund, goes down the same road the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is taking in its quest to shore up the federal Highway Trust Fund. The federal fund, it seems, is in trouble. Not as much trouble, mind…
