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  • Boomer brings joy to Pond Road

    By: Ken Weingartner    WASHINGTON – Mighty Casey struck out, but Boomer and his friends from the Trenton Thunder hit a home run when they visited fourth- and fifth-graders at Pond Road Middle School.    Boomer, the large blue mascot for minor league baseball’s Trenton Thunder, visited last week with fourth-graders at the school to promote reading.…

  • Chit-Chat: Block party ‘foot-stomping’ good time

    By: Merle Citron    A few weeks ago the residents of Coryell Street threw a mean block party.    The neighbors and the neighbors of neighbors got together. Everyone pitched in and provided lots of delicious food and some fine foot-stomping music by Jim Fry, his son, Bob, Simi Agin and others.    The musicians sang, played the…

  • Many pay homage to beloved farmer

    More than 1,000 attend funeral of Larry Hunt By: Cynthia Williamson    WEST AMWELL – From the farmers he stopped to converse with while on family vacations to the members of the Mt. Airy 4-H Dairy Club he led with his wife to the students he drove on the school bus, Larry Hunt touched many hundreds…

  • PLANNERS APPROVE TOWN CENTER HOUSES

    Two more residential components receive nodOne phase will consist of 28 units and the other phase will be for 99 units. The two phases will feature a mix of single-family houses, duplexes and townhouses. By: Frank C. D’Amico    WASHINGTON – Another two residential components in the Town Center have been approved by the Planning Board.…

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  • Editorial: Larry Hunt epitome of family man

       Larry Hunt was the epitome of the small-town, family-oriented farmer.    Just plain simple folk, he was. He loved his family, children, his church, all the simple things in life. And those are the type of people who make the community what it is.    These are the quiet but dedicated type of people who can be…

  • School Menus

    Delaware    Assorted sandwiches, hot dog, bag lunch, cereal, milk and fresh-made pizza are available daily.    Monday, Nov. 6 – Barbecued chicken, wheat bread, mashed potatoes, chilled pineapples and milk.    Tuesday, Nov. 7 – Italian meatball sandwich, French fries, chilled fruit and milk.    Wednesday, Nov. 8 – Maria Rosa pizza, salad, peaches and milk.    Thursday, Nov.…

  • Child abuse topic of county conference

    By: Sue Kramer    FLEMINGTON – Child abuse was the main topic at the Hunterdon County Department of Human Services and Hunterdon County Child Abuse and Missing Children Commission’s semi-annual conference Oct. 26.    Silvie Eisenberg, program social worker at the Dorothy B. Hersh Regional Child Protection Center at St. Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick, was…

  • Boys soccer finishing strong

    By: Neil Hay    As the season winds down, the Allentown High School boys’ soccer team is trying hard to add wins wherever possible.    In one game last week, a win was very much attainable; in another, highly unlikely. When it was over, both games had gone according to form.    On Oct. 25, the Redbirds were…