Category: archives
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New business in old building
HIGHTSTOWN – More than 70 years after it was built for The Hightstown Gazette, the one-story building at 114 Rogers Ave. now has new occupants. Jeff Bond purchased the building after Kathryn Dennis, publisher of the Gazette, moved operations to her home. By: Mark Moffa, HIGHTSTOWN – More than 70 years after it was built…
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Albert Michael Punk
PLUMSTED Albert Michael Punk, 49, died Saturday at home. Born in Elizabeth, he lived his entire life in the Allentown area on or near the family farm in Imlaystown. He taught in the East Windsor Regional School District for over 25 years. He was a graduate of Allentown High School in 1969, Bloomfield College…
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Summer concert series to open
A band-a-week program, starting with the Pocono Mountain Men July 6, will be presented by the Monroe Township Cultural Arts Commission next month. By:Al Wicklund MONROE A band-a-week program, starting with the Pocono Mountain Men July 6, will be presented by the Monroe Township Cultural Arts Commission next month. The commission’s Music in the…
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Retail life not so grand after supermarket closes
Princeton North Shopping Center merchants feel the loss. By: Helen Pettigrew MONTGOMERY The recent closures of the Grand Union, once one of just two large grocery stores in the township, along with the Montgomery Diner and the Hit or Miss clothing store, have left many smaller businesses in the Princeton North Shopping Center without…
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Morgan Hanley Lidle
VALATIE, N.Y. Morgan Hanley Lidle, 56, died Thursday, June 14, in Albany Memorial Hospital. Born in Hightstown, she lived there until moving to Philadelphia in 1975, then to Valatie in 1999. Mother of the late Alix Christina, and daughter of the late Harold Hanley, she is survived by her husband, David Lidle of Valatie;…
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School board hires new football coach
MONROE The Board of Education voted Wednesday to hire Jim Griffin as the district’s new high school football coach. By: Nick D’Amore MONROE The Board of Education voted Wednesday to hire Jim Griffin as the district’s new high school football coach. Mr. Griffin will replace Milt Theodosatos, whose contract was not renewed Wednesday.…
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New business in old building
The former Hightstown Gazette building is now home to a new business an exhibit design company. By: Mark Moffa HIGHTSTOWN More than 70 years after it was built for The Hightstown Gazette, the one-story building at 114 Rogers Ave. now has new occupants. For the first time in its history, the two-room concrete…
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Church starts summer school
For the first time that anyone at the church can recall, the First Baptist Church of Hightstown will be offering Sunday school lessons during the summer months. By: Michael Arges HIGHTSTOWN The First Baptist Church of Hightstown is responding to resurgent interest in Bible study by extending its Sunday school program for children and…
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Parade the work of many helping hands
Letter to the editor To the editor: This past Memorial Day in the Borough of Hightstown was one day not only to memorialialize the past veterans of our country, but the best of the best that gave their lives for our country’s security, dignity, and honor. And also not to forget all men and women…
