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  • A hair-raising experience at the salon

    CRIMSON COMMENTS by Rose McGlew    Last week, I discovered another example of how I will never fit into the glamorous lifestyle. I hadn’t had my hair cut for about five years and, judging by last week’s adventure, it will be at least that long before I go to a salon for another cut. I am…

  • Letters to the Editor, Aug. 7, 2003

    A lasting impression To the editor:     On July 12, I went to Sansone’s restaurant to pick up a pizza order when it began to rain heavily. It was a refreshing summer shower lasting about 30 minutes, and several patrons continued to eat outside to see the rainbow over the town.    But most impressive about…

  • Band boosters build budget for musical

    Florence Band Booster Association seeks funds for high school musical. By: Scott Morgan    FLORENCE — For Terri Southerland, the spring high school musical is just too important to lose. Unfortunately for the program, the Florence Township school board cut the funds that pay for the musical from its 2003-04 budget.    So Ms. Southerland, president of…

  • Letters to the Editor

    For the Aug. 7 issue City resident urges support for chief To the editor:     Let’s support our chief of police, Phil Castagna. Some might not like him; some might not always agree with him. But we need to know that Phil Castagna was and is an integral part of making Bordentown City what it…

  • WW extends property tax grace period

       WEST WINDSOR — Due to a delay in sending out third-quarter tax bills, the township has extended the grace period for bill payment until Aug. 29.    The Township Council approved the extension Monday. The tax bills were originally due Aug. 10.    "The extension gives people a reasonable amount of time to get things in," said…

  • Letter: Car wash deemed a huge success

    To the editor:       The Monmouth Junction First Aid Squad Fund Raising Committee is proud to announce that our car wash held on July 26 was a huge success. We raised almost $300. This money will be used towards the purchase of equipment to be used for the treatment, extrication and transporting residents in the need…

  • Community policing

    Officers show how to avoid being victimized By:Alec Moore    Huntington Park residents received a lesson in neighborhood crime prevention and personal safety recently, courtesy of the Hillsborough Police Department.    Hillsborough police Lt. David Murphy, Detective Karen Hoelzel and Officer Kelly Howard met with the residents during a monthly meeting of the development’s neighborhood watch group,…

  • Richard Doyle

       HILLSBOROUGH — Richard L. Doyle died Sunday, Aug. 3, at home. He was 88.    Born on his Neshanic Farm, he worked and lived in Hillsborough his entire life.    Mr. Doyle was an Active Member of the Community, serving on the Election Board and the Historical Commission.    He was involved in the Hillsborough Township government, serving…

  • The princesses of Point Breeze

    TIME CAPSULE by Vanessa S. Holt I have always found it enchanting to think that the exiled princesses Charlotte and Zénaide Bonaparte, daughters of Joseph Bonaparte, once lived in Bordentown. I have a lingering image in my mind of the two 19th century daughters of European nobility running hand-in-hand on a stormy night through the…