Category: archives
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POLICE BEAT 10/26
From the Oct. 26 edition of the Register-News By: BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP At 9:08 a.m. Oct. 7, Henry Jakowski Jr., of Trenton, was issued a summons for obstructing traffic, police said. According to police, Steven R. Chambliss of Yardley, Pa. said he was traveling east on Farnsworth Avenue in his Volkswagen Jetta, when Mr. Jakowski’s GMC…
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Parents help improve playground
Ben Franklin schoolyard safer now Nailing down a loose board once in a while. This is what Nancy McInerney was told when she asked what kinds of things she and her husband, Jim, would be doing if they signed up for the Benjamin Franklin School PTO Playground Committee. By: Kristy Klaus "I was looking to…
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Bush can’t form coherent policies
Letter to the editor To the editor: Dubya speaks of fuzzy math. Surely something doesn’t add up. That is, how in the world could the Republican Party have a presidential candidate with such a fuzzy brain? It should be frightening to think that a man who seems incapable of speaking in anything but sound bites…
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Weekend climb up the family tree turns up a lot of monkeys
MOST THINGS CONSIDERED By:Minx McCloud My father’s cousin Jean, the matriarch of the family, recently turned 90, so on Sunday, 115 family members and friends gathered at a banquet hall in Connecticut. I have not seen these folks since I was in college, so most of them were complete strangers to me. My cousin-twice-removed, LeeAnn,…
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Violence hits us hardest when it hits home
With the local economy growing, most families in the area have much to celebrate. Jobs are plentiful, prices stable and crime is down. In fact, with one exception, we all are far safer than we’ve been for many years. But that lingering exception is perhaps the most difficult crime of all to reduce – domestic…
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Weekend trip up the family tree turns up lots of monkeys
MOST THINGS CONSIDERED By:Minx McCloud My father’s cousin Jean, the matriarch of the family, recently turned 90, so on Sunday, 115 family members and friends gathered at a banquet hall in Connecticut. I have not seen these folks since I was in college, so most of them were complete strangers to me. My cousin-twice-removed, LeeAnn,…
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Have yourself a scary, safe Halloween
BEACON EDITORIAL — OCT. 26, 2000 By:Hillsborough Beacon In just five more days, it will be Halloween. As children and adults alike break out their costumes this year and prepare to celebrate the holiday, take time to remember some important safety precautions. One of the more radical suggestions we have is to consider abstaining completely…
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Second man killed at historic site identified
One-car accident, Oct. 18 By:Sue Kramer The second of two men killed early Oct. 18 when a vehicle veered off Route 32 and plowed into a stone barn on the historic Thompson-Neely House property in Washington Crossing Historic Park, Pennsylvania, has been identified as James A. Langan, 31, of Perth Amboy. Solebury Township Police Chief…
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Boys take out Knights, 7-0
HoVal soccer ups record to 12-2-2The Hopewell Valley boys soccer team had a light week, playing only once in preparation for the state tournament. By: Matt Nalbone The boys traveled to West Windsor-Plainsboro North and beat up on their hosts, 7-0. Joe Bonacci and Andrew Gavin scored twice each to led the very powerful Hopewell…
