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  • John George Feldenzer

    Washington By:    WASHINGTON — John George Feldenzer, 68, died Monday, June 12, at home.    Born in Trenton, he was a lifelong area resident.    He retired in 1989 after 35 years as a chief switchman from Bell Atlantic.    Mr. Feldenzer was an Army veteran of the Korean War, serving on Enewetok in the Marshall Islands.    Son…

  • Hydock students have green thumbs

    Garden Club popular with kids By:Jeff Mikalaitis        MANSFIELD — In an effort to beautify their school, a group of students in grades kindergarten through six at the John Hydock Elementary School have been getting their hands dirty pulling weeds and planting flowers around the building.    The youngsters belong to the school’s Garden Club, which…

  • Council adopts municipal budget

    Overall tax hike for average home: $145 By: Eric Schwarz    The Borough Council this week adopted a budget including a municipal tax rate of 62.6 cents per $100 of assessed value of property.    That would mean an increase of $13 to $15 on an average home worth $135,000.    The tax, along with increases approved by…

  • Titusville postmaster suspended

    Allegations of misuse of funds being investigated By:John Tredrea        Zenon Fedorowycz, Titusville postmaster for 11 years and a U.S. Postal Service employee since 1977, has been suspended with pay since June 7 while the Postal Service investigates charges that he misused funds at the office.    The Titusville office is on state Route 29 near…

  • Chicken Run

    Claymation puts poultry in motion in this film with a ‘Chicken Impossible’ plot.   [G] By: Kam Williams    It’s Hogan’s Heroes meets The Great Escape in a feature-length cartoon modeled after the popular BBC cartoon series Wallace and Gromit.    Creators Nick Park and Peter Lord, who won three Academy Awards for Best Animated Short (for episodes titled…

  • ‘Badgie’ Miller gives valedictory address

    One of two CHS commencement speakers    On June 20 (Tuesday), Class of 2000 valedictorian, “Badgie” Miller, made the following remarks to his classmates, school officials and visitors at commencement:    “Classmates, parents, friends, family, faculty, Mr. Bach, Dr. Sopko, and board members: I would like to begin by thanking you for coming to this ceremony to…

  • Recalling Lawrence’s Korean War veterans

    VETERAN PROFILE by Nicholas R. Loveless    Sunday, June 25, marks the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean conflict. This story recalls the conflict and the part that Lawrence residents played in it.    It was a hot Saturday afternoon in Washington, D.C., June 24, 1950, when halfway around the world the armies of North…

  • The edition of June 22, 2000

       STEPHEN C. GALLE    Stephen C. Galle, 50 of Pennington, died Monday at his residence.    Born in Bronx, N.Y., he was a former resident of East Windsor and had resided in Pennington for the past seven years.    He was the applications manager at the New York Blood Center for the past 10 years.    Mr. Galle was…

  • School consultant keeps job in split vote

    Board also approves new attorney By: Eric Schwarz    The Board of Education this week voted to save a consultant’s job and to replace the school district’s attorney.    The consultant, occupational therapist Mary Samad, made an impassioned plea to be retained, which she was when a motion to “discontinue” her employment, was defeated.    Ms. Samad was…