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Gwendolyn Pickering Housner
Gwendolyn Pickering Housner, 83, of Roxboro, N.C., and formerly of Pennington and Ft., Pierce, Fla., died Tuesday at Sunrise Assisted Living in Raleigh, N.C. Born in Mercer County, she was daughter of the late Ernest Harrison and Florence Brown Pickering, wife of the late Richard Donald Housner and mother of the late Cheryl Dawn Housner.…
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Editorial-June 2, 2005
South needs support for referendum By: Mae Rhine A special committee has recommended South Hunterdon Regional High School present a two-part $20.9 million referendum to voters this December; $16.8 million for the main construction and upgrades and $4.1 million for a new auditorium. Two previous attempts to improve the aging facility have failed. The last…
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LPS students DARE obstacles
This year’s graduation, students went to the Stony Acres Challenge Course, designed to help them learn how to cooperate and work together as a team. By: Linda Seida LAMBERTVILLE Trying to get a committee of adults to band together for a common cause can be difficult as any manager knows. But maneuvering a classroom…
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Top 20 stories read in May 2005
Order Reads Story 1 925 href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?brd=1091&newsid=14549451&pag=461&rfi=10" target=newsindow>Brackett heads to Happy Valley 2 800 href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?brd=1091&newsid=14539492&pag=461&rfi=10" target=newsindow>Witherspoon House doors open 3 779 href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?brd=1091&newsid=14481738&pag=461&rfi=10" target=newsindow>Architect proposes mixed-use plan for hospital site 4 773 href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?brd=1091&newsid=14559065&pag=461&rfi=10" target=newsindow>Health and sports club approved in West Windsor 5 706 href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?brd=1091&newsid=14561098&pag=461&rfi=10" target=newsindow>Old friends to reunite at Reunions, P-rade 6 693 href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?brd=1091&newsid=14479579&pag=461&rfi=10" target=newsindow>Negotiations at standstill…
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Letters-June 2, 2005
Keep cats safely inside To the editor: A week or so back, I viewed a very sad scene on North Union: a white cat, someone’s pet, was struck by a car. Perhaps it was an indoor kitty who darted out to this fate or, more likely, a cat that was allowed regular passage in and…
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Stockton budget could mean hefty tax rate hike
This year’s budget, if approved by the Borough Council, has a higher tax rate because of a $1 million loan to repair the town’s aging sewer system. By: Linda Seida STOCKTON A tax rate hike of 11.5 percent coupled with higher assessed values on borough homes this year would mean a hefty property tax…
