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  • Family get-togethers then and now

    FROM ROOSEVELT by Linda Schuster    When I was growing up our family had a holiday get-together every year. It included extended family members from my mother’s side. All of the adults showed anticipation for the event.    There was a significant amount of discussion at Thanksgiving and Christmas about the hosting location and who would be…

  • The Princeton Arts Council offers literary program

       People have been making — and breaking — New Year’s Resolutions for thousands of years. Improvements in health are perennial favorites: losing weight, quitting smoking, exercising more, and taking time for relaxation, are likely to top many people’s lists.    Unfortunately, research and surveys show that a small minority of resolutions last even one month. According…

  • For the Jan. 1 issue

    Delores Lamson, Norman Campbell, Edith M. Shuler, Nicole Bellaran, Mildred P. Tota, Glenn W. Ford, Mary J. Cyples, Grace E. Kellert. Delores Lamson    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Delores Lamson, 69, died Sunday, Dec. 21 at home.    Born in Scranton, Pa., she had lived in the Bordentown-Fieldsboro area all her life. She was a life member of…

  • New town park project moving forward

    Plans are in the works for active and passive recreational facilities at Charlie Abate Park in Millstone Township. By: Sarah Winkelman    MILLSTONE — Residents may get a new place in town to play some one-on-one basketball or sit and read a book. According to the township’s Recreation Commissioner Jim Kronenthal, plans are in the works…

  • Police Blotter-Jan. 1, 2004

    New Hope    Dec. 16, Bryanna Parr, 24, of Eden Roe VII, New Hope, called police at 5:47 p.m. to report a burglary to her home, which occurred a day earlier.    Several pieces of jewelry were taken after someone entered through an unsecured front sliding door to the kitchen.    The homeowner told police she saw two…

  • PERCEPTIONS: 2003: A (sort of) year in review

    PERCEPTIONS By Steve Feitl: 2003 was year like any other filled with technology, tragedy and celebrity. By: Steve Feitl    It’s that time where many people across the nation look back at the events of the past year, in hopes of gaining some perspective on whether it was a "good year" or a "bad year."    Lost…

  • Washington due for youth football

    Washington Township Police Athletic League of Robbinsville will host a youth football program starting in August. By: Sarah Winkelman    WASHINGTON — "Five, nine, four…hut, hut, hut!"    Township residents soon will be hearing a lot more of that when Robbinsville’s first youth football program comes to town next August.    Seeing the need for such a program,…

  • Charles M. Martinette

       Charles M. Martinette, 83, of Lawrenceville died Dec. 29 at Tandem Health Care Center, Lawrenceville.    Born in Trenton, Mr. Martinette lived most of his life in Hopewell Township prior to moving to Lawrenceville three years ago.    He served in the U.S. Navy from 1939 to 1946 and re-entered the service in 1951 during the Korean…

  • Pair remain critical of pay-to-play in South Brunswick

    Township councilmen oppose ordinance that would have limited campaign contributions from professional firms doing business with the township. By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    Local officials say a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding a federal ban on soft money contributions will not affect their opposition to an ordinance that would have limited campaign contributions from professional…