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  • Historically Speaking

    For Dec. 14 By: Information provided by Allentown resident Ann Garrison, Allentown-Upper Freehold Historical Society President John Fabiano and society member Alice Wikoff from their draft abstract, "Allen’s Town, New Jersey: A Crossroads of the American Revolution, 1775-1783." Background    Colonial Allentown was a bustling, established agrarian village. There were approximately 80 buildings (unconfirmed), farms and…

  • Footprints: Sturdy Durham boats used for crossing

    By: Iris Naylor    Another Christmas is almost here and, with it, another reenactment of the boat ride General George Washington took across the Delaware on that stormy Christmas night 224 years ago.    It was a crossing that changed the face of history.    It also was a crossing that made Durham boats famous. Not that they…

  • Chit-Chat: Toad owners to sail seven seas

    By: Merle Citron    After almost 24 years in the restaurant business, David Duthie of the Yellow Brick Toad will close his doors forever as of Jan. 1, 2001.    David has sold the property to Oxford Communications.    This is sad news for all of us who have enjoyed dining at the "Toad." The really good news…

  • Wrestling hopes to add depth

    By: Kyle Moylan    The Allentown High School wrestling team may be opening the season this Saturday in the Ewing Invitation, but Coach Ed Dunkley isn’t sure who will be wrestling at any weight class.    "It’ll be a long, hard working year," Dunckley said. "It’s too early to tell about anything."    Allentown does have some good…

  • Buzz in the halls

    By: Pam Koharchik    The other day I was having lunch in the teachers’ lunchroom and a colleague of mine brought in some buffalo wings. I asked Phil Magazzo where he got them, and he told me that his class at the Alternative School made them.    Let me tell you, Chuck’s in Hamilton would do good…

  • Building a new career

    By: Ken Weingartner    As a former construction worker, John Pillitteri knows a lot about building.    But in this case, instead of handling roofing or siding, Mr. Pillitteri is building a new career.    The longtime Washington Township resident recently opened a secondhand store called Johnsbargains at 2113 Nottingham Way in Hamilton.    "Last summer I decided to…

  • County chamber to honor three locals

    By: Sue Kramer    CLINTON – Members of the Hunterdon County Chamber of Commerce were scheduled to gather today (Dec. 14) to honor their own at the annual fall awards breakfast held at the Beaver Brook Country Club.    The awards are given to chamber members "who serve as models by their contributions to the Hunterdon County…

  • Travel agency robbed

    Police seeking three suspects in morning robbery By: Staff    Hightstown police are searching for three men who held up the L and G Travel agency on Main Street at about 11:20 a.m. Wednesday morning.    According to a statement issued late Wednesday evening by Hightstown police, the men entered the business and demanded cash from a…

  • Edition of Dec. 14, 2000

    Harold W. Hansen    Harold W. "Pete" Hansen, 83, died Monday at Princeton Nursing Home.    Born in New York, he was a longtime Lawrenceville resident before moving to Pennington.    A chemical engineer at Pennwalt Corp., Philadelphia, he was an Air Force veteran of World War II, a member of the Chemical Engineering Society and Lawrenceville Presbyterian…