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OBITUARIES, Aug. 16, 2002
Anuita M. Blanc, Maruice A. Mather, John D. Carlson, Karl H. Behr, John L. Scott, George E. Cumberbatch, Raymond K. Ingebrand. Anuita M. Blanc Realtor, rights activist PHILADELPHIA Anuita Margolis Blanc died Saturday of complications from progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). She was 71. Born and raised in Brooklyn, she settled with her husband…
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Letters to the editor, Aug. 15, 2002
Time for resolution! To the editor: Having watched the debate over football in our school district from the sidelines, I believe that some resolution to this issue is vital. If this division in our township is not healed, our school district, schools and children will suffer. It is time to find that resolution …
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Getting to know you
Incoming freshmen from Washington and Lawrence townships prepare to start at Lawrence High School. By: Sarah Winkelman Driven by the urge to become acquainted with their future classmates, almost half of Lawrence High School’s incoming freshmen class voluntarily spent last weekend at an orientation program. Of the 375 students to enter LHS next month as…
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Cleanup at base under way
Long-awaited $9.6-million effort to clear contaminated soil starts at McGuire. By: Scott Morgan McGUIRE AFB Forty-two years and two months after a fire destroyed an Air Force missile shelter, military and civilian crews are cleaning out the contaminated soil. On June 7, 1960, a fire demolished BOMARC Missile Shelter 204 and cracked the shell…
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Ecumenical Coalition hopesto build Habitat house in Valley
Although the PEC is leaning toward the idea of building a new home, it could decide to renovate an existing structure instead By John Tredrea The Pennington Ecumenical Coalition (PEC) says it wants to work with Habitat for Humanity to build or rehabilitate an affordable home for a low-income family to buy in the Pennington…
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THE STATE WE’RE IN: Delaware Bayshore is special
THE STATE WE’RE IN by Michele S. Byers: Delaware Bayshore did not see construction until the late ’90s; it should be preserved! Conservation groups like to talk about preserving New Jersey’s "special places." But sometimes we have to explain just what it is that makes New Jersey’s special places so distinctive. For the next several…
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Locomotive Breath
Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson delivers a candid interview about 30 years in the music business. The band will perform three New Jersey shows at the end of August. By: Daniel Shearer Ian Anderson, frontman for the rock band Jethro Tull. In a genre largely comprised of imitators, Ian Anderson, the flamboyant multi-instrumentalist and frontman…
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Hillsborough summer program continues growth
Iaione’s Elite enter playoffs undefeated By: Rudy Brandl MANVILLE Last week’s Elite League softball game between Hillsborough and Manville reflected some of the changes that have taken place in both programs within the past decade. Back in the mid-1990s, Manville challenged Hillsborough for youth league titles and enjoyed its fair share of success…
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Hopewell Council hasspecial session Monday
Railroad Station Site Plan is focus of meeting By Ruth Luse Hopewell Borough Council will hold a special meeting at 7 p.m. Monday. During that session, members are expected to try to work out an estimate for the Hopewell Railroad Station parking lot reconstruction project so the borough can advertise for bids. At the Aug.…
