Category: archives
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SHRHS costs outrageous
John A. Sunkiskis, Lambertville South Hunterdon Regional High School (SHRHS) was, is, and will continue to be Number One! Oh no, not academically (it’s not even the best in Hunterdon County), I mean as the most expensive public secondary school in the entire state. In my previous letter I said at a total cost…
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PLUMSTED: 2-vehicle crash kills three area residents
by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer PLUMSTED — A head-on collision between a van and a pickup truck on Route 539 claimed the lives of three area residents. According to police reports, it appears neither driver applied their vehicle’s brakes before the accident on a wet road March 27. Witnesses told police that Nelson Yales-Lopez, 24,…
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LAWRENCE: Home-schoolers are county mock trial champs
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer When Andy Monken tried out for the Marshall Academy’s mock trial team last spring, the 14-year-old township resident had no idea that his team would find itself among the top six mock trial teams in New Jersey. But that’s where Andy and his teammates all of whom are home-schooled…
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Thursday, April 2 Wellness in the workplace — The Robbinsville chapter of the Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce will hold its breakfast meeting at 8 a.m. at Roma Bank headquarters, 2300 Route 33. The featured speaker will be Lindsay Vastola, fitness trainer and founder of Body Project Fitness & Health, who will analyze the quickly-growing…
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Resident supports Lynch, Targonski
Nancy L. Minnick of Bordentown City To the editor: When it comes to electing city commissioners, character counts. Recently, our government was confronted with re-zoning legislation that threatened to change the very makeup of Bordentown City. When citizens voiced their concerns, Commissioner Jim Lynch was there to listen. Unfettered by politics, Commissioner Lynch’s honest, open…
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PLUMSTED: Thoroughbred adoption program expands operations
Reindancer founder Pam Clyne (left) and ReRun Resource Development Manager Christine Orman. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe
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PLUMSTED: Thoroughbred adoption program expands operations
PLUMSTED — Rerun, the thoroughbred adoption program with chapters in New Jersey, New York, Kentucky, and North Carolina, and satellite farms in Pennsylvania, has announced that it has leased a 40-acre farm here. The farm, ReRun at Reindancer on Archertown Road, will house thoroughbred ex-racehorses looking for adoptive homes and will serve as a publicly…
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‘The Great Buck Howard’
With its humorous pot shots at the cult of celebrity, the film suggests that loving what you do is more important than what you do By Bob Brown THIS is one of those feel-good movies we seem to crave in the depths of a recession. There’s nothing wrong with that, although the salubrious effect is…
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HEALTH MATTERS: Understanding and managing your child’s food allergy
By Neeti Gupta, M.D. Princeton HealthCare System Children’s food allergies are a source of constant worry for countless parents across the country every day. Seemingly harmless ingredients in a piece of birthday cake, on a school lunch tray or in an afternoon snack can cause a severe reaction in youngsters who are allergic to…
