Category: archives
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She’ll kill the food herself before letting Dad buy it
MOST THINGS CONSIDERED By:Minx McCloud This is it! Next Christmas, Jim and I will go out into the fields of Connecticut with a sledgehammer and slaughter our own Christmas dinner. I’ll go to great lengths to get a decent prime rib of beef, but going to the butcher shop with Dad is no longer one…
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Where the wild things are
Whether it’s in his front yard, the African bush or Arctic tundra, Montgomery photographer Ricahrd Demler captures the wild side of life. A collection of his photos are on display in Lambertville. By: Susan Van Dongen Lions and tigers and bears, oh my Richard Demler has photographed them all. Well, not tigers. Not yet…
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Opera singer returns home to perform
By: Frank C. D’Amico ROOSEVELT Opera singer Cheri Rose Katz’s next performance will bring her home. Ms. Katz, a mezzo-soprano who is a Roosevelt native, will perform a variety of songs at 8 p.m. Saturday in the borough hall at 33 N. Rochdale Ave. (Route 571). The Roosevelt Arts Project has invited Ms. Katz…
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Senior complex is progressing
Organizers preparing to accept applications for those who wish to live in development By: Matthew Armstrong Construction is moving along on a new low-cost senior housing development, and organizers are gearing up to accept applications from seniors who want to live there. Oak Woods, a 74-unit federally subsidized senior housing facility, is expected to be…
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Vikes psyched for 2001
Boys basketball By: Redd E. Patrick The South Brunswick High School boys basketball team took a 3-2 record into the 2001 portion of the 2000-01 season Wednesday night at Edison (4-1). That may not sound earth-shattering, but playing a tough schedule early on with just one returning starter from last year, the Vikings should enter…
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Brearley bonfire set for Saturday
The Brearley House will also be open for tours from 10 a.m. to noon. The New Year’s Eve bonfire at the 1761 Brearley House has been postponed to 6 p.m. Saturday because of the winter storm that hit the area Dec. 30. Following the bonfire, free hot cocoa will be served inside the Brearley House…
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Planners to mull subdivision
The Planning Board’s first meeting of 2001 will be Monday. Three veteran members of the Planning Board will be sworn into office and new officers elected when the board holds its annual reorganization meeting next week. By: Lea Kahn The Planning Board will meet Monday at 8 p.m. in the Lower Level Conference Room at…
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Bookseller Wyckoff likes being around ‘book people’
On the job in Hopewell Valley By:John Tredrea Editor’s Note: This is the 15th in a series of portraits of people at work. Jan Wyckoff and selling books are as suited to one another as a person and trade can be. But they were joined by happenstance, 10 years ago. "The owner of the Family…
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Elizabeth Holcomb
Elizabeth M. Holcomb, 95, died Dec. 29 at Lower Bucks Hospital, Bristol, Pa. Born in Trenton, she was a longtime Lawrence resident. Wife of the late E. Ralph Holcomb, she is survived by a daughter, Dorothy E. Holcombe of Morrisville, Pa.; a granddaughter, Jeanne James of Holland, Pa.; three great-grandchildren; and three nieces. The funeral…
