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Wildlife Center seeks volunteers
Volunteer support is needed to assist the efforts of the Mercer County Wildlife Center. The center cares for wild birds and animals who become injured, ill, orphaned or displaced, providing medical treatment and a temporary refuge prior to release back into an appropriate wild habitat. The center is staffed 365 days a year by one…
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Obituaries
For week of March 1. By: Edith May Schuchardt MANCHESTER Edith May Schuchardt, 81, died Sunday, Feb. 25, at Whiting Health Care. Born in Trenton, she lived in Ewing and Trenton before moving to Whiting. She worked five years as a secretary and previously worked 12 years as a secretary for Ewing Township School…
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Hopewell Township Committee special election March 6
Hart and Bartlett answer League’s question The special election to determine the winner of the one open seat on the Hopewell Township Committee will be held Tuesday, March 6, from 7 a.m.-8 p.m. This election is a re-match between two candidates John Hart (Republican)and Francesca Bartlett (Democrat) contesting one of the five seats…
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Recreation groups set Back Timberlane open house
Event slated for March 8 The Recreation Foundation of Hopewell Valley and the Recreation Roundtable will host an open house on March 8 between 7 and 9 p.m. in the Activity Room of the Hopewell Township Branch, Mercer Library. The library is located on Pennington-Titusville Road (West Delaware Avenue), just east of Hopewell Valley Central…
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Council eyes mixed use for senior housing
A proposed ordinance would provide for the creation of a higher density senior housing community than is currently allowed in South Brunswick. By: Matthew Armstrong People over 55 years old may be able to move into a community filled with friends and activities in the future, without having to leave the township. Formative plans for…
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Washington PTA marks Founder’s Day
Awards presented to Florence Gange and Sharon DeVito for volunteerism. By: WASHINGTON "The National PTA grew from a seed … the seed of an idea planted over 100 years ago in the mind of American motherhood. It was organized as the National Congress of Mothers, but since 1924 it has been known as the…
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Residents want monument in memory of beloved doctor
ROEBLING Any visitor who has passed through Roebling has probably traveled on Hornberger Avenue for at least part of the journey. But it’s the longtime residents who warmly remember the kind doctor who took care of the village’s families for 40 years and gave the road its name. By:Vanessa S. Holt A local…
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‘Sharing Day’ brings history’s best to life
MANSFIELD Bob Marley, Joan of Arc and John Wayne were all in the gymnasium of the John Hydock Elementary School on Friday. It was the elementary school’s second annual Sharing Day, where sixth-graders dressed up as historical figures for the other school kids. By:David Koch "This is a culmination of a research project,"…
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Party seeks to endproperty tax funding for schools
By: Dr. Michael Munley To the editor: I just wanted to respond to Ron Kavchok’s letter last week about how his property taxes have risen sequentially over the past four years and his anger about what to do about it. There is now something that Ron and everyone else in his situation can do about…
