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Fire hits Knopf Street home
No one injured, blaze contained basement By:Eric Schwarz A fire started in the laundry area of a one-family house Tuesday and was confined to the basement. No one was injured, said Fire Chief Ken Otrimski. Guy and Virginia Falcioni, husband and wife, own the gray two-story Cape Cod house at 1319 Knopf St. Chief Otrimski…
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James L. Maurer, 65
By: LAKEWOOD – James L. Maurer, 65, died Thursday, July 20, at home. Born in North Bergen, he lived in Princeton Junction before moving to Lakewood in 1998. He was a senior toy buyer with F.W. Woolworth Co. of New York, retiring in 1997 after 47 years. He then worked in the same capacity for…
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Township applies for $10M in funds
Township hopes to acquire tracts of land for open space By:Jeff Mikalaitis BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP – The township has applied for $10.6 million in Green Acres funds to acquire tracts of land for open space purposes, said Mayor R. Joseph Foster at Tuesday’s Township Committee meeting. Township Administrator John F. Mason said the township hopes…
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Margaret Capizzi
EWING – Margaret Capizzi, 86, died July 20 at St. Joseph’s Nursing Center, Lawrence. Born in Trenton, she was a lifelong area resident. Mrs. Capizzi retired after 22 years as an assembler with General Motors Corp. She was a member of Incarnation Roman Catholic Church and its Altar Rosary Society, and Hollowbrook Senior Citizens Group.…
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Oh what a circus, oh what a show
‘Evita’ has come to town By:Linda Ruetsch-Neri It is July 26, 1952. You are sitting in a cinema in Buenos Aires when the film suddenly stops to an announcement that Eva Peron, "the spiritual leader of the nation, has entered immortality." You are either in Argentina 48 years ago or at the Somerset Valley Playhouse…
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OBITUARIES 7/27
From the July 27 edition of the Register-News By: Marvin Greenhouse MANSFIELD – Marvin Greenhouse, 77, died July 18 at Virtua Health-Memorial Hospital of Burlington County, Mount Holly. Born in Perth Amboy, he moved to Homestead at Mansfield in 1988. He retired in 1987 after 34 years as a sales representative with Reliable Press Inc.…
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EDITORIAL: Change Amwell Road’s name
Loss of history less significant than increase in safety By:Hillsborough Beacon Sacrificing the piece of township history tied up in the name of Amwell Road, or making it easier to navigate central Hillsborough is a Hobson’s choice. We support the ordinance the Township Committee was expected to approve last night to change the name of…
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Country gives way to karaoke
Classic rock another staple of Sherri’s By:Eric Schwarz Sherri’s bar has adjusted with the times and expanded its musical base to include classic rock and karaoke as well as the country music on which it built some of its popularity. About a year ago, the bar, at 52 S. Main St., de-emphasized the music it…
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HOT TOPICS
Should Carson Road residents be upset about the use of a field for a parking lot? Last week, residents of Carson Road, located near the Tournament Players Club at Jasna Polana in Princeton, were upset that a field on their street was being used as a parking lot for the Instinet Classic Senior PGA golf…
