Category: archives
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Board talks contract for new school chief candidate
West Amwell wants Dr. Todd Fay to replace retiring Superintendent Anthony DeCanzio By: Linda Seida WEST AMWELL The Board of Education recently entered contract negotiations with the educator it tapped to take over as district superintendent. Eight board members voted unanimously Oct. 30 to begin negotiations with Todd Fay, said Business Administrator Karen Grayson…
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‘The Tempest’
The New Jersey Shakespeare Festival finds the romantic core of the Bard’s play. By: Stuart Duncan Jennifer Ikeda, John Curless (in rear) and Clark Carmichael star in the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival’s The Tempest. We have become accustomed to Shakespeare productions shifting locations to New York City subway stations or Brazilian rainforests or changing…
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BRHS football team records first win of the year
BRHS defeats Palmyra, 21-14 By:Sean Moylan On Monday morning, Larry Carthan woke up to rediscover he had a strange shade of honey-blonde hair. But Carthan didn’t seem to mind. No he was all too happy to have paid off a recent bet he made with his players by dying his hair blond following the team’s…
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Obituaries
James Kintzel Sr. ROSEMONT James Kintzel Sr., 75, died Monday, Oct. 28, at home. Born in Lambertville, he lived in Delaware Township since 1950. He worked at Cane Farm 25 years and was a custodian at South Hunterdon High School five years, retiring in 1992. He was a Navy veteran of World War II.…
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11/07 OBITUARIES, pt. 1
From the Nov. 7 edition of the Register-News By: Stephen Baranyi FLORENCE Stephen Baranyi, 88, died Nov. 1 at Marcella Center, Burlington Township. Born in Roebling, he was a lifelong area resident. Mr. Baranyi retired after 43 years as a tractor mechanic with John A. Roebling’s Sons Co. (CF&I), Roebling. He was a member…
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Oct. 2 to Oct. 29, 2002
Hank Kalet The "Short" season Oct. 29 "You can’t teach height" is one of those tired cliches that make my skin itch. Like all cliches, it’s used too much. But like all cliches, it also has a basis in truth. Basketball is about height. Teams that do not have large men patrolling the paint rarely…
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Township transfers sole liquor license
Former Yellow Brick Road license sold to couple seeking to open establishment in West Amwell By: Concetta Benuzzi Volpe WEST AMWELL The township’s only liquor license has been transferred to a couple seeking to open a new business. The Township Committee unanimously approved the transfer Oct. 16. The license was reassigned from the previous…
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Parenting Pearls: Teach children to march to own drummer
By: Mae Sakharov Traci Turnblau, the vivacious, chub-sized Baltimore teen brought to life in director John Waters’ film, "Hairspray," has been transported to Broadway and is lighting up the Great White Way. Members of the Turnblau family are broadly etched; satirical caricatures of working class families in the traditions of Bunkers from the television show…
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Township seeks $96,000 for trail
By:Concetta Benuzzi Volpe WEST AMWELL Township officials are seeking a $96,000 state grant to create a walking trail along Alexauken Creek, hoping to eventually join the meandering trail to the Delaware and Raritan Canal. The township voted Oct. 16 to apply for a Livable Communities Grant sponsored by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.…
