Category: archives
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Scam artists prey on elderly victims
Several pulled off recently in Lawrence By: Lea Kahn Three men stopped to talk to an 80-year-old Princeton Pike resident about paving her driveway Saturday. The men and the elderly woman walked to the rear of her home and discussed the project. One of the men asked the victim’s 78-year-old sister to write down what…
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Audubon center coming to Plainsboro
Building to feature amphitheater for classes and seminars, and an 18-by-30-foot observation window overlooking the lake By: David M. Campbell PLAINSBORO – The Plainsboro Preserve, scheduled to open to the public this month, is expected to be the site of an Audubon Society-run nature center next year. Mayor Peter A. Cantu unveiled plans Tuesday for…
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MOST THINGS CONSIDERED
Whoever knew weight loss could be so life-threatening? By:Minx McCloud Of course, I knew the summer was going to get hot again. I knew it as soon as bought a nice shiny new bicycle last month to help me with my exercise program. What kind of bike is it? I have no idea. Let’s just…
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Seniors should have their picnic
EDITORIAL By:Ruth Luse Several Hopewell Valley senior residents pointed out in a letter to the editor last week that they had heard nothing about the Hopewell Township-sponsored picnic for seniors that had been held every summer for 15 years. Indeed, the Hopewell Valley News also has received no news releases about this traditional summer event…
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B-MS to pick up tab for schools’ Internet services
As part of its ongoing support of education in the Hopewell Valley, Bristol-Myers Squibb will be picking up the Internet services tab for this community’s school district. The Hopewell Valley Regional School District’s technical team has been working with Bristol-Myers Squibb’s telecommunications engineers and information technology specialists to maximize the schools’ Internet capabilities, while maintaining…
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OBITUARIES, Aug. 11, 2000
Lucille E. Grieves, Mel Robert Coakley, James J. Moran Jr., Dr. Michael Seth Burnhill Lucille E. Grieves Retired bank supervisor WEST WINDSOR – Lucille E. Grieves of the Princeton Junction section of West Windsor died Tuesday at The Medical Center at Princeton. She was 94. Born in Montandon, Pa., she lived in Milton, Pa., for…
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Medicare, Social Security must be preserved
By: Rush Holt Recently, I voted to end the 1993 tax on Social Security benefits. It is not the first time I have crossed party lines to vote for what I think was good public policy. Since coming to Congress, I have stood for targeted and reasonable tax reductions, crossing party lines to phase out…
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Washington slept here
Historic Rockingham moves again By:Ilene Dube Yes, Rockingham is moving again. And perhaps it is fitting that Gen. George Washington’s last headquarters has not staid put. For in those last months of the Revolutionary War when the general lived at Rockingham, he – and indeed the American government – seemed always to be on the…
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Ruth A. Yetman
Ruth A. Parsons Yetman, 78, of Monroe died Aug. 2 at her home. Born in Bangor, Pa., she lived in Jamesburg before moving to Monroe in 1993. She had been employed as a nurse’s aid at Applegarth Care Center in Monroe from 1977 to 1983. She was a communicant of Immaculate Conception R.C. Church, Spotswood.…
