Category: archives
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Beloved teacher remembered with memorial garden
Mary Jo Young honored by students, teachers By:David Koch BORDENTOWN CITY Mary Jo Young would have been 41 on Monday. A health and physical education teacher at MacFarland for 13 years, Ms. Young was diagnosed with breast cancer over three years ago. She died in June of this year. In lieu of a birthday…
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Fatal crash snarls traffic
The accident shut down all three northbound lanes of the Turnpike for four hours and caused major delays for surrounding roadways, including Route 130. By: Melissa Morgan An Alloway man died after his 2001 Ford Ranger pickup truck ran into the back of a tractor-trailer parked on the shoulder of the New Jersey Turnpike, just…
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Evans Ross
Evans M. "Lil" Ross, 71, died Thursday, Nov. 15, at Tandem Health Care of Lawrenceville. Born in Bennettsville, S.C., he lived in Trenton more than 37 years. He retired from Kingsbury Corp. and Acme-Hamilton Rubber Co. Son of the late Deacon and Mrs. Crusoe Robinson and Rebecca Ross, and father of the late Eric Ross…
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Panel considers reconfiguration of grade schools
The subcommittee, which is made up of township residents, will meet Tuesday to develop the presentation it will make to the Lawrence Township Board of Education in December. By: Lea Kahn To reconfigure or not to reconfigure. That is the question before the school district’s Facilities Advisory Committee. A subcommittee of the group has been…
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‘Amelie’
Wacky director Jean-Pierre Jeunet delivers a highly stylized farce. [R] By: Kam Williams Every now and again, along comes that insubstantial foreign film, sufficiently adorned with superficial pretense, as to appease the palates of the masses of would-be sophisticates. The Red Violin (1998) leaps to mind when I think of such emotionally eviscerated offerings that have…
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Hindus celebrate Diwali amid sorrow for Sept. 11
Hundreds of local families enjoyed a day of being close to their families at home and celebrated a fresh start for a new year within the brightly colored hall of the Durga Temple. By: Brian Shappell Members of the local Hindu community flocked to the Durga Temple on Route 27 and enjoyed time with their…
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Greenbrook celebrates 40 years
Students get a glimpse of their school’s long history. By: Nick D’Amore Generations of alumni, staff and current students gathered at Greenbrook School to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their alma mater. Alumni from decades past spoke to the current K-4 students about their experiences in the Greenbrook School they once called home. Principal Pat…
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OBITUARIES 11/22
From the Nov. 22 edition of the Register-News By: Chester J. Zima BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP Chester J. Zima, 77, died Nov. 13 at Silver Care Nursing Center, Cherry Hill. Born in Trenton, he was a lifelong Trenton and Hamilton resident before recently moving to Bordentown. An Army veteran of World War II and Purple Heart…
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Board rejects plans for Circle-area parcel
Since the planned Shop-Rite supermarket at the Brunswick Circle property has been scrapped, the developer is considering brining in a chain pet supply store. By: Lea Kahn The Planning Board sent Brunswick Circle Associates, LLC back to the drawing board Monday night to revise its proposal to subdivide a 9.6-acre tract into two lots. Brunswick…
