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  • EDITORIAL: We are allies in pursuit of American ideal

    EDITORIAL:Forget about the panel of judges who ruled the Pledge of Alligiance unconstitutional    Do yourself a favor this week. Forget about that panel of judges in California who said the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional. It’s not worth it — not at this time anyway.    This is a time to celebrate, not only the signing…

  • BACK PORCH: This carnival fan will never grow up

    By: Melissa Morgan    Carnivals and kids go together like waffles and ice cream, french fries and vinegar and Italian sausage and peppers.    There’s something about smelling fresh funnel cake and seeing the colored, blinking lights that can make you feel like you’re still a bright-eyed, 7-year-old, even if, like me, you’re pushing 23.    I’ve always…

  • Seizing the Grandeur

    Andrew Chen finds scenic vistas in his own backyard. By: Susan Van Dongen Above, a great egret in flight, Venice, Fla.; below, autumn leaves and mushrooms in Hacklebarney State Park, Chester.    NATURE photographer Andrew Chen has found beauty in the snowy egrets and great blue herons that inhabit Florida’s Gulf Coast, the wide-open vistas of…

  • Longtime resident returning to council

    Steven Giocondo to replace Paul Steffanelli on Stockton Borough Council By:Carl Reader    STOCKTON — Steven Giocondo will return to the Borough Council.    He will replace Paul Steffanelli, who resigned from the council at its meeting in May.    Mr. Giocondo is a former longtime member of the council.    Mr. Steffanelli moved outside of the borough to…

  • Far from home

    Peace Corps volunteer in Africa recalls September’s news By: Deborah Popowski    NIAMEY, Republc of Niger — Sometimes we encounter experiences so thorough that choosing where to begin seems impossible — but when my father, in a recent phone call, commented that everything at home is being described as before or after Sept. 11, I began…

  • Bordentown struggling in Little League play

    Bordentown defeated, 13-5 By:Sean Moylan    A five-run bottom of the first by Cranbury-Plainsboro made too much of a hole for the Bordentown All-Stars to crawl out of in District 12 Little League action on Friday night.    Cranbury-Plainsboro, powered by a Clint O’Brien two-run homer, defeated Bordentown, 13-5.    Jonathan Kohler, a reliable pitcher with good stuff,…

  • Budget keeps tax rate stable

    Rate held at 43.9 cents By:David Koch    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The Township Committee has unanimously passed a $6.1 million budget that contains no increase in the municipal tax rate for the 2002 budget year.    The new municipal spending plan was approved during a special meeting Monday night.    The budget keeps the local purposes tax rate…

  • 07/04 OBITUARIES, pt. 2

    From July 4 By: Elizabeth S. Balazsi MORRISVILLE, Pa. — Elizabeth S. Balazsi, 81, died June 28 at Crestview Center, Middletown.    Born in Trenton, she was a lifelong area resident before moving to Morrisville 11 years ago.    She retired in 1976 after 25 years with Lenox China.    She was a member off The Holy Angels…

  • PU grad’s ‘brutal’ class gets an ‘A’ from police

    Israeli-style combat system taught at State Police Academy. By: David Campbell    For most of us, summer at the beach is usually a time for sun, sand and surf. But for officers training with David Kahn at the State Police Academy in Sea Girt, it means getting whooped, Israeli-style.    Mr. Kahn is a Princeton native and…