Category: archives
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Celebrating the Fourth in style
CRIMSON COMMENTS by Rose McGlew The Fourth of July is our country’s birth date and boy, are we celebrating! For the second year, we’re having about 35 people over. Most of them are family. Some of them are staying for the whole weekend. This is a sleepover birthday party that really stretches the limits. As…
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PERSPECTIVES: Celebrate with family and remember the message
PERSPECTIVES by Steve Feitl: Putting the "independence" back in the Fourth of July. By: Steve Feitl This Friday is Independence Day. Perhaps you know it a little better as the Fourth of July. While they are the same holiday and the same date on the calendar, they seem to represent two very different things. In…
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Graduating seniors bid 2003 goodbye
The Northern Burlington County Regional High School Class of 2003 held commencement exercises on June 25. By: Eve Collins MANSFIELD Sitting in the sunlight on the football field at Northern Burlington County Regional High School on June 25, the graduates of 2003, many of them wearing sunglasses to shield their eyes from the bright…
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Biselli da Baldassari
Veal Saltimbocca, Penne Carbonara and other Italian specialties top the offerings at Chambersburg’s Baldassari Regency. By: Faith Bahadurian Biselli da Baldassari In the Baldassari Regency 145 Morris Ave. Trenton (609) 392-1280 www.baldassari.com Food: Very good Service: In-training Prices: Moderate to expensive Cuisine: Italian-American Ambiance: Over-the-top ornate Hours: Lunch: Wed.-Fri. Noon-2 p.m.; Dinner: Sat.-Sun. 5-10 p.m.…
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Letters to the Herald
Mother Nature is PAL’s toughest foe To the editor: To all parents and players involved with the Little League’s baseball and softball program, as well as the Spring Soccer League: As you are well aware, this has not been a good season for outdoor sports. We, along with other organizations, have faced the same situations…
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Princetons grapple for credit for senior units
Affordable apartments at expanded Elm Court senior-housing project a point of contention. By: Jennifer Potash A special presentation of $50,000 from Princeton Borough to Princeton Community Housing for the Elm Court senior-housing expansion turned into a debate Tuesday over whether the borough or Princeton Township should get credit for some affordable units there. Princeton Community…
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Shedding light on a legend
East Windsor historian’s new book examines Molly Pitcher. By: Sarah Winkelman EAST WINDSOR Who was Molly Pitcher? Did she really exist or was she the personification of the collective memory of soldiers who fought in the American Revolution? The answer to this question has been debated by scholars and historians for years. In his…
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News of Other Days
From the July 3 edition of the Register-News 100 years ago One of the worst features of the smallpox affliction to this city is the fact that the first case came here from an employee of a Trenton rubber factory. Business, with very few exceptions, is going right on, people are attending to their vocations…
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Police Beat
From the July 3 edition of the Register-News BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP Harold Rumph, 18, of Trenton was charged with two counts of possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute, possession of the drug Ecstasy and possession of marijuana at 8:30 p.m. on June 27, police said. Officers stopped Mr. Rumph in his car…
