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City spending plan includes $1 million in grant money
Bordentown City’s proposed $4.9 million budget includes a 6-cent tax increase per $100 of assessed property value. By: Scott Morgan BORDENTOWN CITY The City Commission Monday introduced its 2005 budget plan, which if approved would add an additional $63 to the tax bill for a property assessed at the city average. The $4.9 million…
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HoVal grad directs award-winning film
Amanda Spalinski’s film will be screened at the 2005 Trenton Film Festival, April 29-May 1. "Skippy" an animated short film created, directed and produced by Amanda Spalinski will be screened at the 2005 Trenton Film Festival, to be held April 29-May 1. Born in Trenton, Ms. Spalinski is a graduate of Hopewell Valley…
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FBI nabs bank robbery suspects
Couple who allegedly robbed Lawrence bank arrested in Philadelphia. By: Lea Kahn Two bank robbers who tricked an elderly Slack Avenue woman into driving them to the Wachovia Bank at the Lawrence Shopping Center and used her as their unwitting getaway driver, were arrested in Philadelphia on Monday, police said. Michael Giamblavo, 36, has been…
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‘Hungarian Home’ eyed for condos
Vacant Roebling building, once used to teach English to Hungarian immigrants, may be turned into condominiums. By: Scott Morgan ROEBLING The echoes of the past are too tempting to pass up a Trenton boy looking to expand his business and develop a town heads 12 miles south and comes across the ideal place…
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‘Run for Dad’ to spotlight fight against prostate cancer
This year an estimated 232,090 men in the United States will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. An estimated 30,350 will die from the disease. New Jersey has the third highest incidence of prostate cancer in the nation, behind the District of Columbia and Michigan. Fortunately, the survival rate for prostate cancer is 100 percent if…
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Letters for week of April 28
By: New BOE members offer thanks to voters To the editor: During the past few months, we set out to tell you about ourselves. During debates, forums, walks through town and neighborhood coffees, we had opportunities to let you know what we want for the Lawrence Township school district. We thank you for believing in…
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Obituaries for week of April 28
By: Frederick K. Bentley PENNINGTON Frederick A. Bentley Jr., 93, died Thursday at the University Medical Center at Princeton. Born in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England, his father Fred Bentley Sr. immigrated to America in 1920 to work in the Trenton Potteries. Mr. Bentley, and his mother and siblings, joined his father in Trenton in 1922…
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Adam’s girls battle back to .500
By: Sean Moylan Dave Adam knew coming into the season that his Northern Burlington County Regional High School girls’ varsity lacrosse would contend for a playoff spot if it could win most of its "toss up" games. So when his club dropped a tough 3-2 decision to New Egypt a couple of weeks ago, it…
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EDITORIAL: Put an end to sham of budget vote
EDITORIAL Defeated budgets rarely result in a tax decrease. South Brunswick voters are likely to end up being disappointed in a couple of weeks. A hair more than half those that voted against the $119 million school spending plan last week are probably hoping for significant tax relief. The other half, however, were…
