Category: archives
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Flynn runs off with Shore Invitational victory
By: Sean Moylan Sports Writer If Robbinsville High girls’ cross country standout Megan Flynn had her own action figure, it probably wouldn’t need batteries. You’d just have to set it on the ground and it would run non-stop. Consequently, with her boundless energy, the real life-size version of Flynn had no trouble blowing…
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History group heading to inauguration
by Davy James, Staff Writer This year’s presidential election is guaranteed to make history, and some students from South Brunswick High School are going to be a part of it. But they need a little help first. Members of the Dead Presidents Society, the SBHS history club, will be attending the presidential inauguration in Washington,…
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Marliese Kupferschmid
Marliese Kupferschmid Dodd, 75, of North Brunswick, died Monday, Oct. 6, at home after a lengthy battle with lung cancer. Born in Zurich, Switzerland, she was raised in Durbheim, Germany. Following her graduation from Berufliche Gewerbe Schule in Spaichinge, Germany where she specialized in tailoring and fashion design, she came to the United States in…
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Kathryn Zinsmeister, Princeton
Kathryn Zinsmeister, Princeton beloved daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother died in her home at Acorn Glen, Princeton, New Jersey on August 27, 2008. She was born in Philadelphia on October 14, 1919 to Rachael and Robert Smith. She was preceded in death by her father in 1922, her mother in 1971, and by…
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Lawrence 17-year-old can fly solo but driving, that’s another thing
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer For 17-year-old Tony Richardson, the irony is striking — he can fly an airplane from one airport to another by himself, but he cannot drive to school in a car alone. But that doesn’t really bother the Lawrence High School junior, who earned his private pilot’s license Sept. 21 —…
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SPOTLIGHT: ‘Celebrating the Harvest Moon’: Third ‘Taste of Lawrenceville’ bows at Rider on Sunday
“Celebrating the Harvest Moon” is the theme of the third annual “Taste of Lawrenceville,” which is taking place on Sunday from 5 to 8 p.m. This benefit for Lawrenceville Main Street will offer a tasting of seasonal delicacies from Lawrence eateries and area farms as well as a tasting of more than 60…
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Look locally for examples
As I write, a few hours after the failure of the House of Representatives to pass the financial rescue bill, it is a bit difficult to think about local politics and government, though I wonder why, at least in South Brunswick, local government seems so much more civil than at the state or national level.…
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Dispatches: Squeezed from both sides
By Hank Kalet, Managing Editor The economic news has not been great. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has been in free-fall. Major investment firms have disintegrated. Retail sales were down drastically in September. Nearly 160,000 jobs were eliminated in September and, as CNN reported last week, unemployment is at a seven-year high while “the number…
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Lawrence Hopewell Trail link opens near D&R Canal
Lawrence officially opened a new pedestrian and bicycle connection this month, providing walkers, joggers and cyclists better access to the Delaware & Raritan Canal towpath near the historic Brearley House. The new connector just behind the Brearley House will eventually link a nearby segment of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail and the Brandywine Princeton Pike Corporate…
