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EDITORIAL: Community can help build skate park
EDITORIAL: Jamesburg could benefit from fund-raiser. If Jamesburg residents have their way, skateboarders won’t have to look far for a place to in-line skate and skateboard in safety. A group of skaters and their parents, with a little help from the Borough Recreation Department, have started a communitywide fund-raising effort to build a skate park.…
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Muse and master
"The Photography of Alfred Stieglitz: Georgia O’Keeffe’s Enduring Legacy," an exhibit on view at Doylestown’s James A. Michener Art Museum, provides a new glimpse into the work of this complex, creative photographer. By: Susan Van Dongen "The Terminal (New York), 1893," a print by Alfred Stieglitz. DOYLESTOWN, Pa. Alfred Stieglitz, a curmudgeonly crusader for…
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Obituaries
Martin Teffenhart EAST AMWELL Martin Teffenhart, 86, died Sunday, Feb. 11, at Foothills Acres Nursing Home. Born in Linden, he was a longtime Elizabeth resident until moving to Ringoes four years ago. He retired from a moving and storage business in Linden. Son of the late Martin and Clara Shimpf Teffenhart, he is survived…
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New cable TV firm may give Montgomery the turnoff
Cablevision may pull the plug on becoming the township’s second franchise. By: Helen Pettigrew MONTGOMERY Cablevision may pull the plug on becoming the township’s second cable franchise. And some township officials are none too happy about that prospect. A Cablevision representative contacted attorney Trishka Waterbury, who has been working with the township Cable Television…
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Editor’s Notebook: Race fans witnessed sad moment
By: Mae Rhine Proud. Driven. Loyal. Determined. All these words could be used to describe Dale Earnhardt Sr., killed in turn four on the last lap of the Daytona 500 Sunday, the opening race of the 2001 Winston Cup season. The legendary race car driver inspired strong emotions; most fans either loved him or hated…
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Anne Booton
Anne H. Booton, 79, died Friday Feb. 17, at her home in Monroe. She was born in Hamburg, Germany and came to the United States as a young girl, settling in Newark. She married Glen H. Booton in 1946, and they resided in Florham Park and later in Chester. She moved to Monroe after her…
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Chit-Chat: Local jewelry eats everything he kills!
By: Merle Citron At first glance, Tom Castor, who owns Castor Jewelry on Union Street, appears to be your basic, likable, ordinary guy who makes, repairs and sells jewelry. But, look again. This man is not your everyday jeweler. This guy just happens to have hunted grizzly bears in Siberia. Without skipping a beat, Tom…
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Ivy hoops hosts crucial Ivy weekend
Halftime honors former players, coaches By: Justin Feil For Princeton University men’s basketball fans, this weekend’s games are the beginning of the end of an intense Ivy League race that will play out over the final two weeks of the season. The Tigers sit in a three-way tie for first place with Pennsylvania and Yale,…
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MHS track teams finish with a flurry
Monroe High’s boys and girls track teams hosted three GMC Blue Division rivals, and both Falcon squads scored triple victories to end the season with a bang. By:Carolyn M. Hartko With the Monroe Township High School track finally cleared of snow, requested buses showing up on time at the right schools, and the stars aligned…
