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  • In conclusion, mayor-council-administrator form is best for township

    GUEST COLUMN By Pat Tieman    At the Charter Study Commission’s last public hearing we answered questions concerning our recommendation to change the form of government in Hopewell Township to the mayor-council-administrator form. For those of you who missed the meeting, we would like to recap the most common questions and answers:    What problems did you…

  • Obituaries for the week of Nov. 3

    Aldo j. Gabaccia, Thomas J. Jacknowitz, Clara A. Pellicore, Anna K. Nurko, Edward Fleming, Ann Brown, Samuel Morris Waln, Gerald Wayne Foulks By: Aldo J. Gabaccia    MANSFIELD — Aldo J. Gabaccia, 90, died Monday at Virtua Memorial Hospital in Mount Holly.    Born in Torino, Italy, he grew up in Woodcliff Lake. He and his wife…

  • Police Beat for the week of Nov. 3

    By: FLORENCE    Police charged a 17-year-old township boy with a string of vehicular offenses after a two-car accident on Cedar Lane last week.    According to police, the boy had been following closely behind another 17-year-old driver, whom he then passed. Once in front of the other driver, the boy slammed on his brakes, causing the…

  • Flag flies again at City Hall

    Mayor says a tree once interfered with the flying flag By: Scott Morgan    BORDENTOWN CITY — It has been several years, but Old Glory is back in front of City Hall.    The flagpole that stood in front of City Hall on Farnsworth Avenue had gone bare for a number of years, mainly because of a…

  • Improved girls team falls in state tourney

    Lawrence girls soccer By: Mike Molaro    The Lawrence High School girls soccer squad saw its season end with Monday’s 2-0 loss to Steinert in the opening round of the Central Jersey Group IV section of the state tournament.    But the Cardinals (9-11) made sure they went out in style, playing perhaps their finest all-around game…

  • Louis Tamburini

       MANVILLE — Louis J. Tamburini died Oct. 24. He was 74.    Surviving are his wife, Virginia Tamburini; one son-in-law; and a grandchild.    Funeral services were held Oct. 27 from Bruce C. Van Arsdale Funeral Home in Somerville, followed by a Mass in Christ the King Church.

  • A full table

    Thanksgiving baskets sought for homeless, low-income families. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer Thanksgiving would be very bleak for Natasha Conway and her two children, if it were not for the baskets of food prepared for families like her own by the volunteers of HomeFront.    For the past five years, Ms. Conway, 31, has depended on Lawrence-based…

  • Letters to the Editor, Nov. 3, 2005

    A street for Stewart To the editor:     Growing up in Pennington in the 50s and 60s, Newt (Stewart) was a man (mailman) who was part of the fabric that made up the town. He was always there with a smile and a kind word. He took his lunch break at the drop box at…

  • ‘Move It and It’s Yours’

    Passage Theatre Company revisits this musical comedy. By: Stuart Duncan    Seven years ago, Passage Theatre Company staged a gentle, charming musical, Move It and It’s Yours!, at Kelsey Theatre on the campus of Mercer County Community College. It was a funny, heart-warming tale of a young man, living on the Upper West Side of Manhattan,…