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  • Thefts in Allentown become a concern

    Police are searching for suspects after three burglaries in three weeks in the borough. By: Mark Moffa    ALLENTOWN — Police are searching for suspects after three burglaries in three weeks in the borough.    Two houses on Lakeview Drive were burglarized March 20, according to Patrol Officer Dan Panckeri.    The culprits forced their way through rear…

  • Elsie Pinto

       Elsie Rose Pinto, 88, of Lawrenceville, died Tuesday, March 27, at home.    Born in Orange, she lived in Lawrenceville 40 years.    Daughter of the late Salvatore and Angelina Monetti Carolonza and wife of the late Anthony R. Pinto, she is survived by two daughters and a son-in-law, Eleanor J. Salvadore and Lois and John Summers,…

  • Women made important military contributions

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    March has been designated as Women’s History Month. From the early beginnings, women have played a vital role in the development of this nation. Enduring the hardships of settlement in a new country through the painful and often abuse-filled struggle to gain a simple right we take for…

  • Sonia Wilczek

       WEST HAZELTON, Pa. — Sonia B.(Kosynsky) Wilczek died March 21 at home.    Born in New York City, N.Y., she lived in Somerville most of her life and spent many years on the Duke Gardens Estate in Hillsborough, before moving to West Hazelton two years ago.    For many years she owned and operated Bradley Manor Inn,…

  • NBC baseball young but talented

    One quick look at the names — Nice, Vieira, Archer, Roman and McMullen — and one knows that the Northern Burlington County Regional High School boys’ varsity baseball team should have a great season this year. By:Sean Moylan    Many of the Greyhounds not only played high school baseball last year, they also were stars in…

  • Richard Raible

       TRENTON — Richard A. Raible, 55, died Wednesday, March 22, at home.    Born in Trenton, he was a longtime area resident.    Mr. Raible had been an electronics engineer with White Westinghouse, Owens Mills, Md.    He was an Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War.    Son of the late Joseph, he is survived by his mother,…

  • Residents raise questions about Washington budget

    Voice concerns about the potential loss of guidance programs and proposed spending on plans for a high school during a discussion of the district’s school budget for 2001-02. By: Frank C. D’Amico    WASHINGTON — Residents on Tuesday night voiced concerns about the potential loss of guidance programs and proposed spending on plans for a high…

  • Drinking ordinance includes penalties

           FLORENCE — An ordinance introduced last week that prohibits underage drinking on private and public property could extend the penalties to the owners of property where underage drinking occurs. By:Vanessa S. Holt    The ordinance takes aim at underage drinking in private homes where minors are unsupervised or are gathered in large numbers.    Penalties apply…

  • NiE 5K Fun Run

    Download your NiE 5k Fun Run Registration here! If your children want to run please go to For Kids only to download a pledge sheet. Online registration at www.active.com NiE Download your NiE 5k Fun Run Registration here! If your children want to run please go to For Kids only to download a pledge sheet.…