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  • Community gathers to celebrate troops

    Veterans, seniors gathered at Bordentown Township Municipal Building on Saturday By: Eve Collins    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Accompanied by the Bordentown Regional High School Band and members of the local senior center, officials praised the nation’s troops in a rally Saturday.    "We are here to recognize those in the military who serve to protect, defend, and…

  • Watershed association gets big bucks from federal environmental agency

    The watershed association will divide the grant with the New Jersey Water Supply Authority and the South Branch Watershed Association. By David Campbell    The Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association accepted a $1 million grant from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christie Whitman Friday that will go to protect the water supply in the Raritan River Basin.…

  • Bear suspected of killing sheep in Hopewell Township

    Residents urged to exercise caution in woods. By Ruth Luse    A dead, partially eaten sheep was found on the property of Joel and Arleta Ferrette of 321 Pennington-Harbourton Road at 9 a.m. Thursday.    Hopewell Township Police Chief Michael Chipowsky said Thursday afternoon that N.J. Fish and Game has confirmed that a sheep was killed by…

  • ‘Tongue in cheek’ sites offer more information

    To the editor    I want to thank Dr. Kindfield for reminding us once again (in the May 1 Beacon) about the need to educate ourselves on the issues of the day.    Some people might find Dr. Kindfield condescending when she apparently assumes most Americans are empty-headed blood relatives of Homer Simpson, drawing their naive opinions…

  • Samaritans helped in two ways

    To the editor    I had just gotten home from work. I jumped out of my car with a folder with some papers from work. Instead of going into the house I decided to go and get the mail first. I put down the folder on the back of my car and went to get the…

  • May 8, 2003

    Maria Gagliardi D’Ambrosio    Maria Gagliardi D’Ambrosio, 88, of Pennington, died May 7 at Tandem Health Care of Lawrenceville.    Born in Italy, she resided in the Trenton area for 53 years before moving to Pennington to live with her daughter.    Mrs. D’Ambrosio retired in 1987 after 19 years with Donuts Galore, Ewing Township. She was a…

  • Disabilities advocates criticize ‘flawed’ bill

    Last in a series on inclusion in special education and how it affects students, parents, educators and lawmakers. By: Cynthia Koons    Incorporating special education students into the general education curriculum is not done hastily.    Beyond being monitored by parents, disabilities advocates and school districts, it is a practice that is governed by federal law.    That…

  • May 8, 1:58 p.m.: The moral hypocrisy of Bill Bennett

    Bill Bennett plays America’s moral czar on television, but appears to have some trouble of his own. By: Hank Kalet    There are few things around that beat the fall of a slimy hypocrite.    That’s what lends the obsequious pleas from William Bennett, exemplar of public virtues, that his gambling does not represent a moral failing…

  • ‘Tis the season for teacher to retire

    Holy Assumption School kindergarten teacher has taught at school for 35 years By:Chris Sturgis    ROEBLING — After 35 years as a kindergarten teacher at Holy Assumption School, Eleanor Barraclough is trading in reading, writing and arithmetic for relaxing, traveling and rose gardening.    "We will miss Eleanor, but we wish her well in her retirement," said…