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Earnestine Montigue
Earnestine Montigue, 54, of Lawrenceville died Tuesday, May 22, at home. Born in Columbus, Ga., she was a longtime Trenton area resident. Mrs. Montigue was a member of Lord Jesus Love Temple, Trenton. Wife of the late Herbert Montigue, brother of the late Oscar, Michael and Tony Benning and stepmother of the late Troy Montigue,…
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Candidates spar over taxes
Tobias, Calcagno set to battle for Washington GOP nod in June 26 primary. By: Mark Moffa WASHINGTON Republican Township Committee candidate Mark Tobias said this week the municipality is not doing all that it can to keep taxes from increasing, while incumbent Vince Calcagno defended the governing body’s efforts. Mr. Tobias, seeking to defeat…
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Schools mull hike in fast food prices
High school seniors opposed the proposal and called it ‘outrageous’ to increase prices. By: Amanda Bok The school board is looking to increase the price of fast food products served during lunch at the high school in an effort to foster a more nutritional diet among students. Board members discussed a proposal during the board…
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For one who gave his last full measure of devotion
"Missing in action" read the telegram to Stephen and Mary Wenczel regarding their son, Stephen, an Army Air Corps bombardier stationed on Guam. It was the first of a series of correspondence from the War Department that began when the letters Stephen faithfully wrote home abruptly stopped. It was also the beginning of an agonizing…
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Neighbors petition school board for screening from parking lot
The following is a copy of the presented to the school board Monday by residents concerned about buffering the proposed school parking lot from residential property: Dear Hopewell Valley Regional School Board Members: We are seven families residing on Pennington-Harbourton Road and we share a property line with the Hopewell Valley Regional High School. Most…
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Seniors take the stage one last time
Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days. This guy began to stink before he made it through the door. By: Steve Bates This would be one way to describe the sharp-tongued prima donna Sheridan Whiteside, the character at the center of the Lawrence High School senior class production of "The Man Who Came…
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Earthly delights
Garden tours at Drumthwacket: Italianate gardens at Drumthwacket re-create the era of railroad baron Moses Taylor Pyne. They are maintained by the Division of Parks and Forestry and are open year-round for docent-led tours By: Ilene Dube If the gardens at Drumthwacket were music, they might, in all their grandiosity, be a Beethoven symphony. The…
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Cellco looks to overturn judge’s ruling
The Cellco Partnership, which sought to build a cell tower at Peterson’s Nursery and Garden Market on Route 206, is appealing a Mercer County Superior Court judge’s ruling that threw out its case against Lawrence Township and the Zoning Board of Adjustment. By: Lea Kahn On May 3, the Cellco Partnership filed a notice of…
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Zoning board rulings could be appealed
BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP People who disagree with zoning board decisions would be able to appeal them to the Township Committee under an ordinance introduced by the governing body May 21. By:David Koch Currently, those who wish to challenge a Zoning Board of Adjustment ruling must go to court. Committee member George Chidley said allowing appeals…
