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Hopewell begins search for new athletic director
Murphy plans to leave for new job in September By: Steve Feitl The Hopewell Valley school district as started the process of finding a new supervisor of health, physical education and athletics. Superintendent Robert Sopko confirmed Tuesday that a search was on for a new athletic director the district’s second such search in as…
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OBITUARIES, August 2, 2002
Marion E. McKeever, Claudia Tate, Stephen L. King, Margaret E. Weeks. Marion McKeever Former YWCA director Marion F. McKeever died Monday. She was 83. Born in Easton, Pa., she was a Princeton resident from 1960 to 1980. She was the executive director of the Princeton YWCA from 1969 to 1980 when she retired. Under…
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Purslane: If you can’t beat it, eat it in all kinds of dishes
IN THE KITCHEN by Pat Tanner: At one time a staple of English kitchen gardens, purslane is a nutritional powerhouse, containing more beta-carotene than an equivalent serving of spinach. Purslane is recognizable for its oval, paddle-shaped leaves, round stems tinged with brownish red, and tiny yellow flowers. Several years ago I accompanied a naturalist on…
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Editorial: Have fun and support city, too
By:Mae Rhine There are two great opportunities coming up to support the city and have fun, too. Tuesday night, Town Watch will be having a block party in honor of National Night Out. It will be held 6 to 9 p.m. on South Union Street (at the old Acme) between Ferry and Swan streets. There…
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POST FORUM: Campaign finance
Should local political parties put a voluntary limit on campaign spending? Should local political parties put a voluntary limit on campaign spending?
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08/01 OBITUARIES, pt. 1
From the Aug. 1 edition of the Register-News By: Helen Tangney Lynch BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP Helen Tangney Lynch, 80, died July 28 at Compassionate Care Hospice at St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton. Born in Jamesburg, she lived in Skillman before moving to Bordentown many years ago. Daughter of the late Patrick and Helen O’Connor Tangney…
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Audit: Stockton has serious financial problems
Surplus slashed $27,000; resales considerably higher than assessed values By:Carl Reader STOCKTON The Borough Council voted to approve accountant Bill Colantano’s financial report Monday night, but there wasn’t very much good news. "We’re going to face some serious, serious problems next year," Councilwoman Joan Haberle said. In its current account, Mr. Colantano reported the…
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Footprints: Dangerous work late 1800s at area quarries
By:Iris Naylor This area of the Delaware Valley was not always as peaceful as it is today. Once it was filled with quarries, working quarries. There were quarries on Goat Hill, on Galboa between Lambertville and Stockton, at Brookville, Prallsville, Raven Rock and Byram. In 1868, there were five stone quarries in Lambertville and Prallsville.…
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More problems loom in zoning request for building, driveway
By:Carl Reader LAMBERTVILLE For the Board of Adjustment, things weren’t as they appeared at what was to be the public hearing on the application of Rolf Van Ishem to build a driveway and a house on a lot on a paper street. Mr. Van Ishem has been before the board several times now attempting…
