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Chidley chosen township mayor
Hill, Boyer are sworn in By:Michael Maugeri BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP More than 100 residents packed the township’s municipal building to hear the sound of bagpipes and watch George Chidley become the township’s new mayor during the committee’s Jan. 1 reorganization meeting. The crowd also saw new committee members Bruce Hill and Jerry Boyer get sworn…
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01/09 OBITUARIES, pt. 3
From Jan. 9 By: Rudolph Rostash HAMILTON Rudolph Rostash, 82, died Jan. 4 at home. Born in Trenton, he resided in Hamilton area his entire life. Mr. Rostash retired in 1980 after 33 years with Public Service Electric & Gas. He served in the US Marine Corp during World War II. Mr. Rostash was…
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR 01/09
From the Jan. 9 edition of the Register-News By: Casino trip The Knights of Columbus 570 is sponsoring a bus trip to the Showboat Casino in Atlantic City on Sunday, Jan. 12. Bus leaves for a four-hour stay at the casino from St. Mary’s Church parking lot. Cost is $15 per person with $15 back…
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Poor Clare nuns see a bright future in new monastery
Religous order continues to thrive after almost 100 years in the area By:Michael Maugeri CHESTERFIELD It was 1909 when five Poor Clare nuns came from Boston to the city of Bordentown to reside at the former Motherhouse of the Sisters of Mercy on Crosswicks Street. And for almost 100 years, the sisters were a…
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Panel extends EMS contract
Township mulls purchase of second ambulance By:Eve Collins BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP The Township Committee has approved a 90-day extension of its emergency medical services contract with Fire District 2 while it continues negotiations with the district on a new EMS contract. The committee extended its contract at its Dec. 30 meeting because of time…
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Police Blotter
Lambertville Wednesday, Dec. 25, police were called to 92 Swan St. for an unresponsive male, possibly having a heart attack. The resident, Joseph Paradowski, received a call from Joel Laux, 22, of Philadelphia earlier and invited him to share Christmas dinner. Mr. Paradowski said Mr. Laux went downstairs, presumably to use a bathroom. After not…
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10-year-old takes part in Draw Attention to Hunger program
Mary Hamilton featured in special calendar By:Vanessa S. Holt BORDENTOWN CITY In a watermelon boat with a shish kabob mast, tiny figures hand out food beneath the caring messages, "Be Giving" and "Feed the Hungry." The image drawn by Mary Hamilton, a 10-year-old fifth-grade student at St. Mary’s School in Bordentown City, graces the…
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Special deliveries by Santa
Tom Musinsky hit the streets Christmas Day to deliver last-minute holiday packages. By: Linda Seida LAMBERTVILLE A visit from Santa just ain’t what it used to be. There was no sleigh packed with goodies. No flying reindeer, not even one with a red nose. What Santa did employ this year to get him from…
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Hlubik chosen as mayor
Kelly elected deputy mayor By:Vanessa S. Holt CHESTERFIELD According to township tradition, Michael Hlubik was chosen by the Township Committee to serve as mayor in the third year of his committee term and sworn in on Jan. 2. Last year’s mayor, Lawrence Durr, also took an oath of office at the reorganization meeting for…
