Category: archives
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Dayton Foodtown to close
Foodtown on Route 522 is closing its doors for good. By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi The Foodtown supermarket on Route 522 in Dayton will close its doors for the last time, leaving employees to look for other work and sending shoppers to the store’s competitors. A manager for the Georges Road market said the approximately 5-year-old…
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Tale of Two Cities
Romantic visions of Paris and New York are woven together in photocollages on view at the Brodsky Gallery. By: Ilene Dube The U.S. dollar won’t take you very far in France this summer, but a Parisian experience is just a car drive away. The Brodsky Gallery at Educational Testing Service in Lawrence is featuring Emily…
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Lawrence schools receive public relations award
Busing problems alleviated throughout past school year. By: Brooke Olster Lawrence Township Public Schools waswere awarded the 2003 Golden Achievement Award recently by the National School Public Relations Association in recognition of "exemplary public relations activity" for transportation services. The national group is a dues-paying organization offering professional development services in public relations for school…
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Police Blotter-July 3
New Hope June 17, police investigated a bicycle pedestrian traffic accident at 4:50 p.m. at the intersection of South Main and West Mechanic streets. Alicja Owczarek, 45, of Edison was crossing Mechanic Street northbound at Main Street when she was struck by a 14-year-old New Hope youth on his bike. The youth was turning left…
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City Hall may get elevator
Lambertville will apply for a grant to make the second floor more accessible to visitors. By: Linda Seida LAMBERTVILLE Although City Hall technically meets the requirements of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act because all city services are available to visitors on the first floor, the City Council will apply for a grant to…
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Obituaries for the week of July 3
Josephine Guarnieri Josephine Paparella Guarnieri, 85, of Lawrenceville, died June 24 at home. Born in Bari, Italy, she had resided in Lawrenceville for 53 years. She was a former seamstress and also worked at the Horseman Doll Factory, formerly in Trenton. She was a member of the Church of St. Ann in Lawrenceville. Daughter of…
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July 2, 5:12 p.m.: Some thoughts on intervention
If Iraq, why not Congo and Liberia? By: Hank Kalet Stuart Carlson puts the Bush administration’s foreign policy in perspective with this cartoon in today’s Washington Post. The basic gist is that all of our big talk about saving the Iraqi people from a vicious tyrant and protecting their human rights seems pretty hollow when…
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Lawrence expects to mail tax bills soon
State budget crisis delayed township’s process. By: Brooke Olster Tax bills may not be mailed to property owners as early as planned, but should be out during the first half of July, according to township officials. The current tax bills have been held up due to the state’s inability to adopt its annual budget, said…
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Concert series to open summer season
The Concert in the Park series is set to kick off tonight (Friday. By: Rebecca Tokarz Music lovers won’t have to go far to hear the sounds of rock, country, doo-wop and swing as the township’s summer concert series gets off to a sparkling start Friday with a performance by The Infernos, followed by some…
