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For the March 11 issue
Hadessa Russell Biesecker, Rosemary (Ronnie) Fishman, Jilo Jankovic. Hadessa Russell Biesecker HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa. Hadessa Russell Biesecker of Huntingdon Valley, Pa., died at home with her family by her side on Saturday at the age of 85. Born in Harrisburg, Pa., she grew up in Shippensburg, Pa., where she graduated from Shippensburg Area High…
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Local artist with arthritis finds peace in painting
Painter overcomes adversity. By: Elaine Worden SOUTH BRUNSWICK Vimala Gade has found inner peace. Ms. Gade was born and raised in India, where she taught second- and third-grade students. Although she wasn’t an art teacher, she taught her students to draw and would draw in her free time every so often. She moved to…
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State aid figures offer few suprises
State aid figures held neutral for schools. By: Josh Appelbaum State aid figures for the township and the Cranbury School District, released last week, went nearly unchanged from 2004 and held little surprises for municipal and school officials. The school district will get $648,732 for 2005-2006, the same amount as in 2004-2005, while the township…
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Beast of Burden
Graham Lustig and the American Repertory Ballet re-create ‘Beauty and the Beast’ in 19th century New Jersey. By: Jim Boyle TIMEOFF/FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI From left, Kristin Scott rehearses as the Enchantress, Samuel Pott as the Beast and Peggy Petteway as Beauty for ARB’s upcoming Beauty and the Beast. In the rehearsal room of American Repertory Ballet’s…
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State budget offers sobering reality check
EDITORIAL You’ve got to hand it to acting Gov. Richard Codey. In office all of two and a half months and with only 10 more to go before he turns power over to someone else he has managed to cobble together the most realistic state budget in anybody’s memory. The reason we know…
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OBITUARIES: Melvina M. Oehlers
Melvina M. Oehlers Melvina M. Oehlers, 93, of Cherry Hill, died Tuesday, March 1, at Cadbury of Cherry Hill. Ms. Oehlers was a volunteer at Lyons Veterans Hospital for many years, as well as state president of the American Women’s Voluntary Services and their representative in the Veteran’s Administration Voluntary Services. She also arranged bowling…
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Presidential security demeans democracy
To the editor By: As a participant in Friday’s peaceful protest in Westfield against President George W. Bush’s proposed radical changes to Social Security, I was angered by the government’s calculated blocking of anything resembling a true "conversation" on the issues, as the administration likes to bill its latest marketing campaign. While the armory where…
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Letters to the Editor, March 11
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, March 11 No case yet made for police study To the editor: The Packet’s March 8 editorial about Princeton police department studies was well reasoned, and I’d like to expand on the editorial from a strictly borough perspective. For the record, the borough’s governing body has not approved a police…
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Students celebrate reading, writing
Read Across America events in schools, library By:Mary Ellen Zangara After cuddling up with Pat the Bunny, but before embarking on adventures with Nancy Drew or Huckleberry Finn, most young readers meet the Cat in the Hat. Last week, Dr. Seuss’s mischievous feline popped up in classrooms across the school district as students, teachers and…
