Category: archives
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The School House in the Triangle, Letter No. 1 of 8
HISTORICALLY SPEAKING From the Allentown Messenger dated June 2, 1932, Mrs. James West’s story of the old school house saved, relocated three times, and since restored near the Washington Township Library. [To Mr. Josiah S. Robbins I owe all I know concerning this first Union School, north of Allentown. Mr. Robbins was a pupil…
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OBITUARIES: Joseph Scales
Joseph Scales Joseph Scales, 94, passed away April 25 at Princeton Medical Center in Princeton. Mr. Scales was born in Spring Valley, N.Y. He lived in Florida before moving to Kendall Park a year ago. Mr. Scales was a retired plumber. His wife, Vera Scales, died in 1988. He is survived by his two sons,…
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Anacan, Zytko, Chaudhry earn state berths
By: Sean Moylan After graduating his entire singles lineup from a year ago and losing additional players this season to minor injuries and other such unforeseen events, it would appear on the surface that Larry Young has his Northern Burlington County Regional High School boys’ varsity tennis team at 9-3 by using "smoke and mirrors".…
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DISPATCHES: Thrill of the grass meets thrill of math
DISPATCHES By Hank Kalet Fantasy baseball league used as a tool to teach math. Derrek Lee is off to a fast start. The Cubs first baseman is among the league leaders in batting average, home runs, runs batted in and nearly every other offensive category in baseball. And while the Cubs are not exactly off…
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Nurse finds meaning helping AIDS patients
Debbie Winters named outstanding nurse by advocacy group By:Melissa Edmond Debbie Winters, 52, a HIV clinical nurse specialist in Hillsborough, has dedicated 18 years of her 32-year career in nursing to HIV treatment, prevention and education. Ms. Winters was recently named a winner of the Outstanding Nurses awards given by TheBody.com, an award-winning HIV/AIDS resource…
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Smith wins second straight
Lawrence baseball By: Jim Green The Lawrence High School baseball team simply took care of business Friday. The Cardinals, coming off back-to-back losses to two of the better teams in the Colonial Valley Conference, hammered Trenton 14-1 in five innings at LHS. Sophomore Taylor Smith had an outstanding performance, allowing one run on one hit…
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Letters to the editor
For the May 5 issue. Thanks to many cleanup volunteers To the editor: Last Saturday, local volunteers braved stormy weather to clean up an area along Thorntown Creek in Bordentown City. This waterway, which wends its way through the city and empties into Crosswicks Creek, has been identified on the recently adopted Open Space…
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POLICE BLOTTER
By: A North 9th Avenue resident reported that his unlocked vehicle was broken into sometime between 8 p.m. and 6:50 a.m. April 28, while parked in his driveway. The unknown person opened the glove box and popped the trunk but nothing was taken. At 7:08 a.m. the same day, another caller reported an attempted theft…
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Bristol part of state champion
The Arena Gymnastics’ Level 8 Girls team won the New Jersey State Championship with a score of 112.875. This is the third State Championship won by the girls. The girls won the Level 5 State Championships in 2003 and Level 7 State Championships in January. Representing Arena in the 8 to 11 age group Jaine’…
