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  • OBITUARIES, Aug. 1, 2000

    John R. Martin, Arthur N. Curtiss, The Rev. John Ford, Helen M. Schwoerer, Steven Gross, Frederick H. Wandelt Jr., Rose Chibbaro, Marissa A. Fabian, Lili Zweig Nott, Roslyn M. Krauss, Stephanie Weeks-Blount, Patricia F. Butterworth, Ethel Peresett, Vincent Lambrecht Sr. John R. Martin Princeton art professor     John Rupert Martin, an emeritus professor of art…

  • Washington Township Committeeman dies

    Richard Folsom, 71, involved in many community endeavors By:    WASHINGTON – Township Committeeman Richard Folsom died Saturday at St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton, after a battle with cancer. He was 71.    Mr. Folsom and Doug Tindall, both Republicans, were elected to the Township Committee last November in an uncontested race. In addition to serving on…

  • Chester Huff, 68

       MANVILLE — Chester S. Huff died Friday, July 28, 2000 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. He was 68.    Born in Freehold, he lived in Manville most of his life.    He was a carpenter for Local No. 155 of Plainfield, retiring in 1990.    His first wife, Frances Georgianna Huff, died in 1987.…

  • Washington Township Committeeman dies

    Richard Folsom, 71, involved in many community endeavors By:    WASHINGTON – Township Committeeman Richard Folsom died Saturday at St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton, after a battle with cancer. He was 71.    Mr. Folsom and Doug Tindall, both Republicans, were elected to the Township Committee last November in an uncontested race. In addition to serving on…

  • Autopsy results inconclusive on man found in creek

    UPDATE By: Cynthia Williamson    Authorities are waiting for the results of toxicology tests to determine the exact cause of death of a 31-year-old Delaware Township man.    David C. Anderson was found dead in the Swan Creek near the Delaware and Raritan Canal early last Monday morning (July 24) by a city resident who was walking…

  • Josephine Di Benedetto, 81

       BELLE MEAD — Josephine (Pugliese) Di Benedetto died Friday, July 28 at home. She was 81.    Born in the Bronx, N.Y. she lived in Irvington before moving to Hillsborough Township in 1965.    She was a seamstress in New York City and Newark for many years.    Mrs. DiBendetto was a homemaker.    Her husband, Filippo DiBenedetto, died…

  • Government at the county level is unnecessary

    PACKET EDITORIAL, July 28 By: Packet Editorial    Why does New Jersey need county government?    This heretical thought came to us recently when we received the umpteenth copy of the agenda of an upcoming meeting of the Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders. Glancing through it, we wondered whether there is a single service performed by…

  • Crossing the border to protect drinking water

    THE STATE WE’RE IN by Michele S. Byers    The ongoing preservation effort in the Highlands’ Sterling Forest illustrates the importance of developing partnerships and approaching the protection of natural resources from a regional perspective.    Sterling Forest is a spectacular wilderness that straddles the New York/New Jersey border in northern Passaic County and is a major…

  • Town reconsiders Church ban proposal

    The Planning Board and Township Committee are backing off a proposal to eliminate houses of worship from a list of acceptable uses in the township’s agricultural zone, west of the village. By:Brian Shappell    The Planning Board and Township Committee are backing off a proposal to eliminate houses of worship from a list of acceptable uses…