Category: archives
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Lambertville librarian retiring for second time
By: Carl Reader LAMBERTVILLE Anything worth doing once is certainly worth doing twice, so Lambertville Public Library Director Helen Koslowski is retiring for a second time. Mrs. Koslowski, 65, of Lawrenceville, came to the Lambertville library after a buyout from Bristol-Myers Squibb left her with an early retirement January 1994. She started with the…
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School Menus
Delaware A la carte items, bagel bag, chef salad and fruit choice available daily. All meals served with choice of white, 2-percent or low-fat chocolate milk. Monday, Dec. 10 Cheeseburger, potato puff smiles, pickles and apple cake. Tuesday, Dec. 11 Chicken tenders, dinner roll, broccoli and bow ties and fruit. Wednesday, Dec. 12…
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‘The Night Before Christmas’
Headley Manor Dinner Theatre stages its last production. By: Stuart Duncan It has been a difficult three years for the Headley Manor Dinner Theatre in Edgely, Pa. It has tried big musicals and small comedies. The meals have been served buffet and sit-down. The runs have been scheduled for several weeks or a few days.…
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Statement explains Dubay’s departure
Letter cites ‘distinct and different views’ By:David Koch MANSFIELD A letter written by Ernest Dubay cited "distinct and different views" that "have become so polarized that they have become irreconcilable" as the reason for his resignation from the Township Committee. Mr. Dubay, a Democrat, handed his resignation to Township Clerk Donna Snyder on Nov.…
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Let’s keep deer-hunting debate civil
PACKET EDITORIAL, Dec. 4 By: Packet Editorial Last Friday in this space, we criticized the process by which Phyllis Marchand and her colleagues on the Princeton Township Committee amended the township’s deer-management plan to include the so-called "net-and-bolt" strategy for thinning the deer herd. Our complaint, it bears repeating, is not with the strategy itself…
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Elsie Adelene Foster Freda
Elsie Adelene Foster Freda, 84, died Saturday. Born in Seymour, Ind., she and her family lived on Army bases in Washington D.C., Japan, and London before moving to Hopewell Township. She graduated from Indianapolis College and was a pioneering computer technician for State Farm Mutual Insurance Co. in Bloomington, Ill. She wrote for a local…
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Rose LaBrutte
Rose LaBrutte, 95, died Monday, Dec. 3, at home. Born in Pittston, Pa., she was a longtime area resident and a member of St. James R.C. Church and its Senior Citizens Club. Daughter of the late Angelo and Concetta Puma Sperrazza and wife of the late Salvatore LaBrutte, she is survived by two sons and…
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Arts Council set for neighborhood talks
Community-wide meetings are expected to be held in January. By: Jennifer Potash The Arts Council of Princeton and residents of the adjacent neighborhood are preparing for a series of meetings focusing on the organization’s controversial expansion plans. Last month The Arts Council withdrew its application for reconsideration by the Princeton Regional Planning Board in order…
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Montgomery middle school to put wireless to the test
Company to install wireless telephone network By: Steve Rauscher MONTGOMERY A Boulder, Colo.-based wireless communication company has chosen to test a new application of its network in the Montgomery School District. In exchange for a $2,500 investment from the district, the SpectraLink Corp. will build a $100,000 wireless telephone network in the middle school,…
