Category: archives
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The Ghost Writer
Foster Winans is cultivating a community of wordsmiths in Doylestown. By: Amy Brummer Some say you can never go home again. Times change, people move on, and the realities of today rarely live up to the nostalgia of youth. For Doylestown, Pa., native Foster Winans, returning home not only lived up to his expectations, it…
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Rash of car burglaries plaguing residents
Unlocked vehicles targeted By:Alec Moore The loose-change thief has struck again. According to police, a total of 47 unlocked vehicles parked at apartment complexes and townhouse developments in the area of Farm Road and Triangle Road, South Triangle Road and New Amwell Road have been stripped of loose change, compact disks and other miscellaneous items…
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James C.S. Chu
James C.S Chu, 64, died Friday, Feb. 21, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Born in China, he came to the United States from Taiwan in 1981. He had been a resident of Dayton for about 20 years. A retired Port Captain, he worked for a U.S. affiliate of Evergreen International Corporation,…
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Retired borough educator to seek board seat
Panfile among three to run unopposed By:Sally Goldenberg A retired borough educational administrator said he has one last hand to play in the district’s educational system: running for the Board of Education. Louis Street resident Ned Panfile, a 41-year veteran of the school district, announced Monday he is running for an open three-year seat on…
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‘Occupation’
A documentary narrated by Ben Affleck on a sit-in at Harvard explores the living-wage issue. [Unrated] By: Elise Nakhnikian Good news about the working poor is in short supply these days, which is all the more reason to get excited by Occupation, a documentary that packs more thrills than Hollywood’s latest comic-book caper. The story of…
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Hopewell Township officers get Life Saving Award
Patrolmen Chris Kascik and Kevin Zorn lauded by Chief Michael Chipowsky. By John Tredrea Patrolmen Chris Kascik and Kevin Zorn, both eight-year veterans of the Hopewell Township Police Department, were given the township Life Saving Award by Chief Michael Chipowsky during the Feb. 20 Township Committee meeting. Many other members of the township police force…
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Bulldogs prepare for districts
Wrestling By: Mike Molaro The Hopewell Valley Central High School wrestling team last week completed one season while beginning to prepare for another. After back-to-back losses to Princeton (48-18 on Feb. 19) and Nottingham (70-8) on Friday ended their regular season, the Bulldogs (2-14 overall, 1-11 in the Colonial Valley Conference) began focusing on this…
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Day of repentance
Catholics mark beginning of Lent with Ash Wednesday By: Sharlee DiMenichi Ashes suggest both mortality and repentance to Catholics observing Ash Wednesday, the holiday marking the beginning of Lent, the 40-day period of penitence leading up to Easter. Local Catholics will observe Ash Wednesday, which falls on March 5, by fasting and attending a Mass…
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The Ghost Writer
Foster Winans is cultivating a community of wordsmiths in Doylestown. The former Wall Street Journal columnist will talk about the literary and artistic heritage of Bucks County, Pa., in New Hope. By: Amy Brummer TimeOFF/Frank Wojciechowski The Writers Room founder Foster Winans will talk about the literary and artistic heritage of Bucks County, Pa., in…
