Category: archives
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Rocky Hill holding community book sale
By: Paul Sisolak ROCKY HILL Attention bookworms: The Rocky Hill Community Group is holding its 2003 book sale. A wide selection of used books including fiction, nonfiction, gardening, cooking, children’s and collectible will be sold at the Borough Community House at 62 Washington St. for the next two weekends. Community Group President…
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News of Other Days
May 8 edition 125 years ago Samuel Sample and Sons of this county have their excellent spool cotton on exhibition in the American department of the Paris exposition. * * * A neat and handy machine is the "Buncher" for preparing asparagus for market. * * * Dr. Leo H. DeLange has removed his dental…
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State group honors Joanne Hala
Claremont Drive resident Joanne Hala received the "Adult Educator of the Year" award from the New Jersey Association for Lifelong Learning (NJALL) in recognition of her work with the county adult education program, The Jointure. Ms. Hala received the award at the NJALL annual conference in April. Ms. Hala has been a teacher of English…
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Open space committee ranks its top properties
Kendall Park tract is desired by township. By: Sharlee DiMenichi The last large parcel of open space in Kendall Park is high on the township Open Space Advisory Committee’s preliminary wish list for 2003. The 101-acre tract across from Woodlot Park on New Road, behind homes on Wheeler Road, is zoned for residential development. Last…
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Greyhound tennis team earns third seed for state tournament
By: Sean Moylan With most of its big matches behind it, the Northern Burlington County Regional High School boys’ varsity tennis squad had an extremely productive week last week. The Greyhounds started the week off with a 5-0 home win versus Willingboro last Wednesday. Scott Zanon, NBC’s first singles player, lost only one game in…
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Letter carriers sponsor food drive
Nationwide food drive set for Saturday By: Vanessa S. Holt This Saturday, many letter carriers will deliver the usual bills, letters and Mother’s Day cards, but they also will pick up bags of canned goods for area food pantries that are desperately needed at this time of year. The National Association of Letter Carriers’ (NALC)…
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Borough seeking playground grants
Equipment in Lost Valley parks will be replaced By:Alec Moore Children in the Lost Valley section of town may soon have some new playground equipment to play on. The borough has applied for a $15,000 grant from Somerset County for the purchase of new playground equipment for Lincoln Park, located in the Lost Valley. Councilwoman…
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EDITORIAL: Poritz rates new term as top judge
Editorial: Chief Justice deserves McGreevey’s vote of confidence. Tempting though it may have been for Gov. James E. McGreevey, a Democrat, to break with tradition and choose someone from his own political party to be chief justice of the state Supreme Court, the governor did the right thing in reappointing Republican Deborah Poritz. Chief Justice…
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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…
