Category: archives
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Study makes case for Route 92, foes pan report
A study analyzing the future of traffic in central New Jersey concludes the construction of the proposed Route 92 and the Millstone Bypass would reduce congestion on east-west roads between Route 1 and Route 130, but it is unclear how significant this reduction would be. By:Matthew Armstrong A study analyzing the future of traffic…
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New commission seeks to enrichment through the arts
By:Matthew Armstrong The township wants to encourage residents to embrace the arts. To meet that end, the township is setting up an arts commission to enrich the lives of residents through the arts and to encourage community participation in the arts. “We are trying to create an artist’s community that will…
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Arthur Williams
By: Staff CAMDEN – Arthur H. Williams, 73, died Sept. 21 at Woodland Care Center. Born and educated in Hightstown, he was a longtime Camden resident. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a former member of Gloucester City Pool League. Son of the late A. Henry and Lucille Richardson-Williams, he…
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Panel set to evaluate state report on library
By: Jennifer Potash The Princeton Public Library Board of Trustees has formed an advisory committee to help the board evaluate financial recommendations made by the state Treasury Department. Princeton Borough, Princeton Township and the Princeton Regional School District agreed to a voluntary review by the state’s Local Government Budget Review office. The reports for the…
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Margaret Stock
By:Staff HIGHTSTOWN – Margaret F. Stock, 85, of Hightstown passed away Sept. 24 at the Hamilton Continuing Care Center in Hamilton Township. Born in New York City, Mrs. Stock was a former resident of East Meadow, Long Island, New York before moving to Hightstown in 1984. She was a member of the St. Paul Lutheran…
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Learning custyoms of Rosh Hoshana
By:Amanda Bok It is a day of remembrance, judgment and new beginnings for the Jewish community, which at sundown on Friday will begin Rosh Hashana celebrations and enter the year 5761. The religious school at Congregation B’nai Tikvah prepared its students this week for the occasion by planning different activities for students. According to Education…
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Veteran was member of OSS
By:Al Wicklund MONROE — Three times during World War II, Mark Flisser was “dropped” in German-occupied France to do the work of his army unit, the Office of Strategic Services. The work of the OSS was worldwide and super secret. Even today, 55 years after the end of the war, there’s much of the OSS…
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Township sets one-way section of Quaker Road
By: David Weinstein An ordinance that establishes a one-way section of Quaker Road was approved Monday by the Township Committee. At the same meeting, the committee agreed to introduce two other ordinances establishing 35-mph speed limits on two township roads. The section of Quaker Road between Parkside Drive and Route 206 will become a one-way…
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Trenton woman killed in collision with truck
By: John Tredrea HOPEWELL – A 36-year-old Trenton woman was killed instantly at 7:14 a.m. Thursday when, according to witnesses, she drifted across the center line of state Route 31 and was hit head-on by a northbound tractor-trailer. The victim, Anastasia Ellis of Centre Street, was driving a Hyundai, heading south on Route 31 about…
