Category: archives
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Open Gates
Bucks County B&Bs and New Hope gardeners open their bucolic retreats to tourgoers. By: Ilene Dube TIMEOFF PHOTOS/FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI A stone path leads to the original front door of the Tattersall Inn The best way to experience a place may be to get lost in it. Relaxing one’s stands about knowing the exact point on…
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Richard Eaton
By: HILLSBOROUGH Richard Allen Eaton died May 26 in the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. He was 75. Born in Florida, he lived in Irvington and Union moving to Hillsborough 47 years ago. Mr. Eaton retired from American Can Company in Hillside 47 years ago. He was a US Marine, serving his country…
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Students to perform first musical in new high school
The musical "Once Upon a Mattress," will be performed at Robbinsville High School this weekend, beginning on June 2. By: Lauren Burgoon WASHINGTON It may have been a long year of firsts for the first Robbinsville High School class, but so far none of those firsts has happened at the actual high school. The…
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Primary election voters to pick candidates on Tuesday
Polls will be open between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. Tuesday. By Ruth Luse There will be no primary election contests in Hopewell Valley on Tuesday, but local political party supporters in addition to casting ballots for local favorites anyhow will help choose their party’s county and state candidates for spots on Nov.…
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The fundamental things apply
In the third grade, Mrs. Henike showed slide photographs of the Constitution to my class. In the second row from the back, I half-heartedly listened to her sermon on natural rights. Half-heartedly, because my classmate Lila Paty was in the throes of a boy problem and boy problems are way more important than boring American…
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More district staff changes
Washington School administrator, Chris Mullins, announces resignation. By: Lauren Burgoon WASHINGTON The school business administrator may not be the most public face of the district, but Chris Mullins has had some of the most significant responsibilities fashioning a budget, facilitating contract negotiations, staying on top of education laws and advising the school board.…
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Mistakes cost Mustangs in CJ 1 baseball tourney
New Providence takes advantage By: Rudy Brandl NEW PROVIDENCE The combination of many mistakes cost the Manville High baseball team in Friday’s Central Jersey Group 1 quarterfinal game at New Providence. MHS senior Steve Anderson certainly deserved a better fate than a 3-0 loss in his final scholastic outing. Anderson pitched brilliantly, holding the…
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Raider girls ousted in lacrosse playoffs
Team’s 20-game streak ends in North A semis By: Rudy Brandl There’s not much a lacrosse team can do without the ball. The Hillsborough High girls learned that painful lesson in Tuesday’s North A semifinals at West Morris Central. Second-ranked West Morris dominated possession, winning 12 of 15 face-offs in the first half, and…
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Suspect linked to heist
Police: PNC robber hit Edison bank. By: Joseph Harvie Authorities said a man wanted for robbing banks in Dayton and Rocky Hill struck again Tuesday, holding up the Wachovia Bank on Route 27 in Edison at 1:19 p.m. FBI spokesman Steve Siegel said Wednesday that surveillance tape from Tuesday’s heist showed the same unidentified man…
