Category: archives
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Following the Muse
Monkey Hill Antiques, Crafts and Gifts, located just south of New Hope, Pa., features painted furniture, folk art and pottery. By: Jodi Thompson Around the turn of the 19th century, the owners of a quaint stone farmhouse just south of New Hope, Pa., left town in such a rush, they left behind their pet monkey.…
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Help our schools shine by voting ‘yes’ on budget
LEDGER FORUM We send our children a vital message about how we value them by the schools we provide. I urge all to vote in the annual school board election on April 16. We need to support the necessary funds to maintain our schools in good condition with well planned curriculum and respected, competent staff.…
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Mustangs set to play on new field of dreams
Backstop ready, dugouts almost set By: Rudy Brandl Manville High skipper Steve Venuto continues to upgrade his baseball program year after year, making little improvements every season. Venuto has added a scoreboard, an indoor batting cage and new uniforms during his 10-year tenure as head coach. This spring, the Mustangs will play their home games…
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State fishing champion’s seminarhopes to lure novices of all ages
Friday event at Hillsborough Outdoor Sports Center first to address beginners’ questions By:Krzysztof Scibiorski There’s more to fishing these days than dangling a worm on a hook. A seminar schedule for Friday night will help beginning fishers young and old learn their ways around the water. "This is the first seminar of its…
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Mary Chernesky
WHEATON, Ill. Mary (Kerzic) Chernesky died Friday, March 29,at Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, Ill. She was 88. She lived in Manville most of her life, moving to Toms River in 1979. After her late husband, Watts, died, she moved to to Wheaton, Ill. Surviving are a son, Patrick Kerzic of Morganville; three…
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Working on the transition to two middle schools
By: Nick D’Amore Middle School officials are reviewing proposals and recommendations made by the middle school committees for the transition from one to two middle schools next school year. The committees on March 21 discussed how sixth-graders will be transitioned into the middle schools next year. The committees decided that world language classes will be…
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Writer thankfulfor ‘well-trained’ police
To the editor Until I read the article in the March 21 edition of the Beacon, I did not know the name of the two officers, Russell Wilde and Robert Meszaras who responded to my husband’s cardiac arrest. My neighbor Bob Smith just "happened" to be at his home across the street from mine and…
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Putting faith to the test
Lawrence clergy to challenge congregations to fight homelessness. By: Lea Kahn Lawrence Township’s religious leaders may differ on the finer points of theology, but on one thing they have agreed the need to provide adequate housing for the homeless. Next weekend, the religious leaders of nine Christian and Jewish congregations, Baha’i Faith of Lawrence…
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SCHOOL BOARD CAMPAIGN CORNER
Edition of April 4, 2002 Main is ideal candidate To the editor: I am writing in support of Lisa Marin Main, candidate for Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education. Hopewell is a unique school district. As a community and a school district, we have experienced unprecedented growth. At the same time, our community and…
