Category: archives
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Steffe remains district leader
FLORENCE Gerard Steffe will be kept on as the district superintendent for three years, the Township Board of Education announced Monday. By:Vanessa S. Holt FLORENCE Gerard Steffe will be kept on as the district superintendent for three years, the Township Board of Education announced Monday. The school board voted 9-0 to…
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Township officials OK open space blueprint
Having plan in place could bring more state funding for land buys By: John Tredrea The Hopewell Township Committee voted unanimously Jan. 18 to approve an open space and recreation plan that can make the township eligible for increased state funding for purchases of land to be preserved in its natural state. If the plan…
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NUTRITION PROGRAM HAS ANNIVERSARY
Celebrating third year of existence on Feb. 2"For some people, this is their life," said Susan Molnar, who runs the township’s Senior Center. By: Mark Moffa WASHINGTON "For some people, this is their life," said Susan Molnar, who runs the township’s Senior Center. Ms. Molnar was speaking of the township’s nutrition program, which will…
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Lachance has no plans to slow down
By: Ken Weingartner For four straight years in the mid-1980s, nobody won more harness races than Mike Lachance. In fact, in 1986, he set a then-world record by driving to 770 victories in a single season. But he found that tearing up the Roosevelt/Yonkers circuit in upstate New York wasn’t as satisfying as he imagined.…
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Candidates set another spending record
Campaign costs for township election almost $160,000 By: Matthew Armstrong Candidates once again have broken records for campaign spending in the township, with the six council hopefuls spending nearly $160,000 total for the 2000 election. The three Democrats incumbents Carol Barrett and Edmund Luciano and challenger Charles Carley cracked the $100,000 mark, while…
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Dorothy Rahl
Dorothy A. Oakey Rahl, 65, died Saturday, Jan. 20, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton. Born in Trenton, she was a lifelong resident. She retired after 15 years from the Trenton Housing Authority. Daughter of the late John and Dorothy Jaruszewski Oakey and sister of the late Joseph Oakey, she is survived by…
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Township Committee election will be held March 6
Thirteen votes of questionable legality behind judge’s decision By: John Tredrea It’s hi-ho, hi-ho, back to the campaign trail we go for John Hart and Francesca Bartlett. Ordered by state Superior Court Judge Linda Feinberg in Trenton Jan. 18 was a new election, to be held March 6, for the Hopewell Township Committee seat vied…
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From kitchen to canvas
The first exhibit of the 2001 season at The Gallery at Bristol-Myers Squibb in Lawrenceville features the contemporary still life work of artists from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York. By: Susan Van Dongen "Red Peppers" by Roslyn Hollander. Outside the art gallery at Bristol-Myers Squibb, it is a monochromatic, sleety January afternoon gray…
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PENNINGTON PLANNING UPDATE
By:Marianne Hooker At its Jan. 10 meeting, the Pennington Planning Board approved bulk variances and a parking variance that will allow the Pennington First Aid Squad to expand its building at 110 Broemel Place. The board also re-elected Win Thompson as chairman and Jeanne Donlon as vice chairman. James Lytle, a member of Pennington Borough…
