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  • ‘What the Butler Saw’

    Circle Players take on Joe Orton’s comic masterpiece. By: Stuart Duncan Jon Heron (left) and John Correll in Circle Players’ What the Butler Saw.    There is no imagining what British playwright Joe Orton might have accomplished had not his skull been crushed by a hammer wielded by his elder (by 7 years) lover. The two…

  • Stockton gets $2,500 DEP grant

    The grant means the borough can do its environmental resources inventory at no cost to taxpayers. By: Linda Seida    STOCKTON — The borough was one of four municipalities in Hunterdon County to win a $2,500 environmental planning grant from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.    The Environmental Services Grant will be used by the…

  • Arleen Poinsett Holcombe Moore

       Arleen Poinsett Holcombe Moore of Hopewell Township died at her home on Tuesday.    Born in Zenda, Kan., she lived most of her life in Lawrence and Hopewell townships.    She was a former teacher in Hopewell and Lawrence Township.    Ms. Moore was a member of numerous local, state and national education associations and had been closely…

  • Federal aid available for flood victims

    President Bush declared Hunterdon, as well as eight other New Jersey counties, a major disaster area. By: Linda Seida    Residents and businesses now are eligible for federal aid to help them recover from the losses incurred during the major flooding April 1-3.    President George Bush has declared nine New Jersey counties major disaster areas, including…

  • ‘Sweet Charity’

    Pierrot Productions tells the story of Charity Hope Valentine at Kelsey Theatre. By: Stuart Duncan Pierrot Productions is staging Sweet Charity in West Windsor through May 1, with Melissa Marschner (third from right) in the title role.    Neil Simon had a real challenge in adapting The Nights of Cabiria from the motion picture by Federico…

  • South still seeks first win

    By: John Powers    The struggles continue for the South Hunterdon Regional High School baseball team.    So does the quest for improvement and the Eagles’ first win of the season.    The Eagles, who fell to 0-9 after a doubleheader loss to Skyland Conference Raritan Division-leading Hackettstown Friday night, got bad news when sophomore pitcher Lucas Rinz…

  • Candidate’s 2004 arrest focus of inquiry

    An internal inquiry concerning the arrest and prosecution for alleged drunken driving of a Washington Township mayoral candidate is being conducted. By: Lauren Burgoon    WASHINGTON — With just 12 days to go before voters pick a new mayor, candidate Steve McPhillips finds himself the focus of an internal inquiry in a neighboring municipality concerned that…

  • Solebury man kills wife, self

    Police said Jon Czarny, 48, and his wife, Susan Czarny, 50, had a history of domestic violence. By: Linda Seida    SOLEBURY — A township man severely beat and stabbed his wife to death inside their home Friday, and then committed suicide in a shopping center parking lot, police said.    The woman’s throat had been cut…

  • Obituaries-April 28, 2005

    Karl Pettit    LAMBERTVILLE — Karl D. Pettit Jr. of Lambertville died Thursday, April 14, at University Medical Center at Princeton. He was 89.    Born in Brooklyn, he was the son of the late Karl D. Pettit and Estelle Fitch Pettit and widower of Ruth Aten Pettit.    He moved to Princeton in 1922 where he attended…