Category: archives
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Chit-Chat: The love of a woman saved this man’s life
By: Merle Citron This is the love story of Bruce Blackburn and Marie Izzo of Doylestown. He’s from Virginia. She’s from Brooklyn. They met at the University of South Florida in a photo lab workshop. Both were barely 20 years old. "I saw her and went ‘boinggggg,’" Bruce told me. "I fell madly in love…
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Lambertville not interested in joint court
City agrees unless savings evident, joint court not feasible By: Concetta Benuzzi Volpe Hunterdon County municipalities are scrambling to fill several soon-to-be-vacant positions held by Judge Jeffrey Martin, a 30-year civil service veteran, who is retiring Dec. 31. Judge Martin’s imminent departure prompted officials to consider a joint municipal court system. But all agreed that…
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‘Buried Child’
Westwind Rep offers a satisfying revival of Sam Shepard’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play. By: Stuart Duncan Thomas Wolfe said: "You can’t go home again." Playwright Sam Shepard suggests more threateningly: "You may not want to." Shepard’s Pulitzer-Prize winning play Buried Child is being given a most satisfying revival by Westwind Rep at its home base on…
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Obituaries
Deborah Balaam DELAWARE Deborah L. Balaam, 38, died Friday, Nov. 8, at Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township. Born in Trenton, she lived in Hopewell before moving to Delaware Township five years ago. She graduated from Hopewell Valley Central High School. She is survived by her parents, Robert Sr. and Patricia Balaam; two children, Melissa…
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Lambertville Inn owners want four-story addition
Project calls for 58 more guest rooms, spa and banquet facility for 175. By: Linda Seida LAMBERTVILLE Expansion plans for the Inn at the Lambertville Station call for the addition of office space, 58 more guest rooms for a total of 104, a spa for the exclusive use of the inn’s guests and a…
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Welcome: Princeton Holiday magazine
DOWNLOAD THE PDF FILE (28 Pages – 2,306KB) Click Here For The Free Acrobat Reader You will need Acrobat Reader to view the PDF files. Capture the spirit of the season in downtown Princeton DOWNTOWN Princeton will soon be bustling with holiday cheer as merchants deck their storefronts with signs of the season and…
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Old Fashioned Holiday in Princeton
Capture the spirit of the season in downtown Princeton Downtown Princeton will soon be bustling with holiday cheer as merchants deck their storefronts with signs of the season and shoppers crowd the borough’s historic streets in search of wonderful gifts and Yuletide spirit. DOWNLOAD THE PDF FILE MARKETPLACE: View All Our Display Ads
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Judge sentenced to family, travel
By: Concetta Benuzzi Volpe When Hunterdon County Municipal Court Judge Jeffrey Martin retires Dec. 31, he plans to embark on a new career solely directed to family and travel. As the busiest municipal court judge in the county prepares to retreat from judicial life, he is eager to pinpoint exactly what lured him away. "There…
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Hope company hires three paid firefighters
Unit serving Allentown and Upper Freehold seeks to overcome shortage of volunteers. By: Cynthia Koons UPPER FREEHOLD In order to strengthen its coverage in the Allentown and Upper Freehold area, the Hope Fire Company has hired three paid firefighters to join its crew. "It has come to our attention that we need more coverage,"…
