Category: archives
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Hillsborough needs new government form
LETTER TO THE EDITOR To the editor: Oles! Kudos! Bravos! Encores! Standing ovations! Twenty-one-gun salutes! George Ostergren has hit the bulls-eye on Hillsborough’s governmental problems (Letters, "Change Hillsborough’s form of government," Dec. 14). We need executive authority and even more so, accountability. When our mayor was in the minority on the committee, he was a…
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Have a heart after holidays are all over
BEACON EDITORIAL By:Hillsborough Beacon The winter holidays are especially rich in traditions this year, as Ramadan joins Christmas, Hannukah and Kwanzaa in the hearts of Central Jerseyans. But as you celebrate your holiday of choice this year, we urge you to stop and think about the meaning at the heart of the holiday, encrusted as…
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OBITUARIES, Dec. 22, 2000
Richard A. Tindall, Barry A. Omilinsky, Evelyn Lilienthal, Harold E. Wertz, Aaron J. Soroker. Richard A. Tindall West Windsor farmer WEST WINDSOR – Richard A. Tindall died Tuesday at home. He was 56. Born in Princeton, he was a West Windsor resident his entire life. Mr. Tindall was a partner with his brother Doug in…
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A loving look at Christmases past in the Register-News
Christmastime always makes me think of Victorian England. I expect to hear horse hooves ringing on cobblestones, and sometimes I think I see men in tall hats walking briskly down the street, twirling a cane. Women in bonnets and capes should be out caroling, moving from one candlelit window to the next, trailed by a…
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Hearty Soups
Ratatouille soup with croutes, Chicken Garlic Vegetable Chowder, Pureed Zucchini Basil Soup, Princeton Packet ‘CREAM’ OF RATATOUILLE SOUP WITH LARGE SAVORY CROUTES (Adapted from Georgianne Bren nan, "Potager") Even though this is called a cream soup, there is just one half tablespoon of cream per portion. The name refers more to the pureed, creamy texture…
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Students gratefully express thanks
Upper Elementary School By: Venecia A. Thompson Upper Elementary School students have a lot to be thankful for. Thanks to teachers Diane Campbell and Kelly Kerwick, fifth- and sixth-grade students not only got the chance to thank some of the people who have had a positive impact on their lives, but they also managed to…
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Manville girls play hard but drop opener
Second-half rally fall short at Bound Brook By: John E. Powers BOUND BROOK – For a time in Friday night’s season-opener at Bound Brook, the young Manville High girls’ basketball team was reeling, on the verge of being blown out before halftime by a team not much more experienced than themselves. Then came the…
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A holiday eating survival guide
By:Hopewell Township Health Department Do holiday eating temptations have you down? Uptight? Feeling guilty? Just because the holiday season is here and you have many celebrations to attend, doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice fun and food when you go out. Remember you have choices about the foods you eat and you are in charge…
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Hanukkah a celebration of pride
By: Mark Moffa ROOSEVELT – Is Hanukkah a holiday of diversity or a holiday of national pride? That’s the question Shalom Gittler, religious director of the Congregation Anshei Roosevelt posed to a group of approximately a dozen people during a talk last week at the synagogue. "Hanukkah and Christmas, coming at the same time of…
