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Volunteer is recognized
Work and dedication to wheelchair athletes earns Kendall Park resident Debbie Armento a lifetime achievement award. By: Brian Shappell Kendall Park resident Debbie Armento has certainly earned the right to take a breather and enjoy one of her most recent laurels the 2001 Tri-State Wheelchair Athletic Association lifetime achievement award. She especially deserves that…
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Local Teen Enjoys Lifeguarding
Dana Sarnak, 16, works as a lifeguard at Broadmead Swim Club. By: Michael Noveck If not for her mother, Dana Sarnak of Princeton might not be able to enjoy her job as a lifeguard. Dana, 16, currently attends Princeton High School and will be a senior when school resumes in September. She is very active…
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George Pauk
There will be a funeral Mass for George L. Pauk at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, at St. Paul’s R.C. Church at 214 Nassau St., Princeton. Mr. Pauk died Thursday, July 12, while vacationing in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Born in New Brunswick to the late John and Veronica Pauk, he was a graduate…
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Jesse S. Branham
Jesse S. Branham, 82, died Wednesday at his daughter’s home. Born in Amherst, Va., he was a longtime Hopewell Township resident and also lived in Zephyrhills, Fla. He worked 40 years with Kingston Trap Rock, retiring in 1989 as superintendent. A Navy veteran, he served aboard the USS Pegasus in the South Pacific during World…
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Elizabeth Ptacnik
Elizabeth Anna Ptacnik, 89, died Friday, Aug. 3, at Tandem Health Care Center of Lawrenceville. Born in Newark, she lived in Whiting 22 years before moving to Lawrence three years ago. Mrs. Ptacnik retired after many years with the light bulb division of Westinghouse Corp. She was a member of A.A.R.P. and enjoyed gardening. Wife…
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Washington pullout will cost district
Washington Township’s decision to stop sending its students to Lawrence high school will have a negative financial impact on the Lawrence school district. By: Lea Kahn But that financial impact may be blunted at least initially if a bill proposed by Assemblymen Joseph Malone (R-Burlington, Monmouth and Ocean) and Richard Bagger (R-Middlesex, Morris,…
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It’s a Small World, but growing
A planned expansion will increase the seating capacity. An added service counter will offer simple breakfasts and lunches. By: Susan Briggs Remember the Oscar-winning movie "Casablanca?" There’s a scene in the movie where Claude Rains, the genially corrupt police chief, explains the allure of Humphrey Bogart’s nightclub to new arrivals in the North African city.…
