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  • Towns plan holiday festivities

    Santa, caroling on tap this weekend. By: Cynthia Koons and Scott Morgan    The holidays are here again and area towns are set to spread some cheer.    In Allentown this weekend, Main and Church Street merchants will be offering free refreshments at many shops as part of the Christmas Open House Weekend.    Starting Saturday at 10…

  • Educators back state graduation proposal

    Local school officials support a nascent state initiative to free qualified students of certain high school graduation requirements and allow them more time to study their fields of choice. By:Sally Goldenberg    Local school officials support a nascent state initiative to free qualified students of certain high school graduation requirements and allow them more time to…

  • D. Irene Trout

    Memorial Saturday    D. Irene Trout, 85, of Titusville died suddenly Tuesday at the Capital Health System at Mercer.    Born in Trenton, she was a lifelong area resident.    She was a graduate of Trenton High School, Class of 1936. She was a telephone operator at the Hotel Hildebreck and Mercer Hospital in Trenton.    She was a…

  • Manville parent asks: Where are the textbooks?

    Gary Cortelyou said he was embarrassed to learn his son’s sixth-grade science class at the Alexander Batcho Intermediate School does not use textbooks. By:Sally Goldenberg    Gary Cortelyou said he was embarrassed to learn his son’s sixth-grade science class at the Alexander Batcho Intermediate School does not use textbooks. He recently voiced his concern to the…

  • Lucky lady wins a chance at a new car

    Manville resident Donna DeMonte pulled into Quick Chek in her red 1994 Saturn late Monday morning. Though she left in the same car, she departed with an extra set of car keys that may win her the new vehicle she said she was planning on buying sooner or later. By:Sally Goldenberg    Manville resident Donna DeMonte…

  • Santa will visit Dec. 6

    Hillsborough residents are invited to kick off the holiday season during the township’s annual tree-lighting ceremony. By:    Hillsborough residents are invited to kick off the holiday season during the township’s annual tree-lighting ceremony.    The festivities will take place at 7 p.m. Friday on the front lawn of the municipal complex. Before the tree lighting, residents…

  • Teachers stay impartial when topic is the Middle East

    Hillsborough social studies supervisor Mike Rossi said teachers should teach students the facts without imposing their own views, which can often influence younger students. By:Sally Goldenberg    Toby Kansagor’s enriched United States History I class reflected on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by writing papers about heroism. One American student used Osama bin…

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  • ‘Talk to Her’

    Director Pedro Almodóvar elicits superb performances in a film best enjoyed in the company of loved ones.   [R] By: Bob Brown    Talk to Her is the latest and perhaps most brilliant offering yet from Spain’s celebrated director Pedro Almodóvar. As in his other films, this one dwells on the difficult but necessary act of connecting with…