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  • Weekly Planner

    For week of June 22 to June 29 By: Thursday, June 22    The Allentown Garden Club will meet at 7 p.m. at the home of club president Liz Herbert in Upper Freehold Township. The meeting will feature a plant exchange and potluck dinner. Participants are asked to bring a main dish, appetizer, salad or dessert,…

  • Library starts summer reading program

    "Good Books Make Time Fly" is the theme By:Vanessa S. Holt        BORDENTOWN CITY — Time flies when you’re reading a good book. It can take you back in time, into the future, and soaring through worlds of fantasy and imagination.    The Bordentown Branch Library has let its summer reading program stretch its wings this…

  • Rosemary Hurley

    Plumsted By:    PLUMSTED — Rosemary Hurley, 48, died Tuesday, June 13, at Virtua Health-Memorial Hospital of Burlington County, Mount Holly.    Born in Trenton, she was a lifelong area resident.    She was a school bus driver with Atlantic Express, Southampton.    She was a member of American Legion Post 455 New Egypt Ladies Auxiliary.    She is survived…

  • Calling all pet counters

    Annual census needs volunteer help By: Linda J. Field    It may seem like Lawrence residents just finished filling out lengthy or short forms for Census 2000, but it’s time for another type of survey to be conducted throughout the township. This one is for those furry, four-legged residents we live with — the Pet Census…

  • John Junior Jr., 80

    John Junior Jr., 80    HILLSBOROUGH — John J. Junior Jr. died Tuesday, June 13, at Princeton Hospital in Princeton. He was 80.    Born in New Philadelphia, Pa., he lived in Newark before moving to Hillsborough 42 years ago.    He was a librarian and teacher for the Newark Board of Education in Newark for 25 years.…

  • Tower to be built despite objections

    Tower will be built next to municipal complex By:Jeff Mikalaitis        NORTH HANOVER — Despite objections from some residents, an emergency communication tower will be constructed in the township.    Mayor John S. Kocubinski said last week the tower will be built next to the municipal complex on Schoolhouse Road if plans for an alternative site…

  • 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…