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EDITORIAL: Vote ‘yes’ on ballot measure
EDITORIAL New Jersey voters can’t be blamed for not paying attention to this year’s gubernatorial candidates. New Jersey voters could be forgiven for tuning themselves out of this year’s gubernatorial slug-fest. After all, the two major-party candidates have not exactly played nice with each other. In fact, if we could sum up the single-minded (and…
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Marion Naglich
By: HILLSBOROUGH Marion Naglich died Oct. 14. Her husband, William Naglich, is deceased. Two brothers, August and Henry, are deceased. Survivors include three daughters, Carol Cialone, Cindy Brennan and Claudia Malik; a sister, Frances Christensen; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Oct. 18 from The Gundrum Service Home for Funerals in…
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Pennington children, bank aid Katrina victims
On Oct. 1, a big yard sale was held on the front lawn of the Garber family residence, on East Delaware Avenue. By John Tredrea Moved by the dire straits of victims of Hurricane Katrina, an enterprising group of Pennington youngsters, many of them members of Brownie Troop 1803, decided to do something to help.…
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Hopewell boys win Brown Invitational
Hopewell Valley cross country By: Jim Green The Hopewell Valley Central High School cross country team kept its fine season going Saturday with a strong performance at the Brown University Invitational in Providence, R.I. The HoVal boys placed first in the Varsity II division on the strength of top-10 finishes by Nick Jourjine and Pat…
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‘Julius Caesar’
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey sticks to the tried and true in this production. By: Stuart Duncan Julius Caesar was always considered one of Shakespeare’s "easy" plays; it often was assigned reading in English classes as low as the seventh grade. Perhaps that was the reason directors are accustomed to setting the drama in…
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‘The Squid and the Whale’
Noah Baumbach’s autobiographical film nails one family’s pain as the rules and rituals that used to hold it together fall apart. By: Elise Nakhnikian The Squid and the Whale traces the painful road to self-awareness that starts with a boy’s realization that his adored father is, not to put too fine a point on it,…
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Making Learning Fun
Holland, Pa., resident Betty Tatham is back with her latest book, the children’s tale ‘Baby Sea Otter.’ By: Megan Sullivan In a cute and snuggly children’s book, an adorable sea otter pup plays, hunts and dives in the deep blue ocean. Her mother must groom, feed and protect her from predators like bald eagles. The…
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New Hope OKs traffic light bid preparation
The work will be paid for with a $250,000 grant from the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission. By: Linda Seida NEW HOPE The Borough Council recently authorized the town’s traffic engineer to prepare plans and bid specifications for traffic light improvements at two intersections. The council agreed Oct. 11 to pay $60,000 to…
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Bucks Accents
A tour of the historic homes of Yardley, Pa., offers traces of the town’s past. By: Megan Sullivan In a historic home, little clues from the past always seem to surface, as if to remind its modern-day owners what life inside it used to be like. Bottles of liquor hidden within a stairway newel post…
