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  • Cranberry Festival again a great success

    Bobbie Taylor of Bordentown City To the editor: I would like to thank Jackie Reed, Patti DeSantis and all those who ran the Cranberry Festival. Once again you did an amazing job. The quality and variety of the crafts was wonderful. I know it took a lot of hard work to coordinate the festival and…

  • Reading Corner: Fall reading picks include Bonaparte bio

    By Arlene Bice I was browsing in a bookshop while waiting for an author of a different book to appear for a book signing when I spotted “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows published hardcover in 2008.     It’s a fictional, sometimes hilarious, sometimes deeply sad…

  • Oct. 8, 2008

       Mary Pasch      ALLENTOWN — Mary R. Pasch (nee Rette) died Oct. 4 at her home. She was 78.     Born in Allentown, she was a lifetime area resident.     Mrs. Pasch worked as a secretary for the New Jersey State Police and later retired as a coordinator of legal secretaries for the State of…

  • Police Blotter-Oct. 9, 2008

    Lambertville     Christopher Journigan, 37, of Trenton was arrested Oct. 8 at 11:45 a.m. at Trenton police headquarters on a warrant for possession of a controlled dangerous substance.    He was taken to the Hunterdon County Jail in lieu of $521 bail.    Sept. 27 at 8:16 a.m., Benjamin Yannarella, 78, told police that the day before at…

  • ‘Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist’

    ‘Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist’

    Michael Cera’s subtle performance keeps the movie’s sweetness from becoming cloying. By Bob Brown FOR some fans of vintage movies, this title may call to mind The Thin Man series of the 1930s. William Powell and Myrna Loy played Nick and Nora Charles, the tippling detective and his wealthy socialite wife. One of the series’…

  • Thank you Swal Dairy for fundraiser assistance

    Gina Caitano and Kathy Cary and Deb Gutter, Allentown We want to thank Swal Dairy for helping us raise $300 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society the week of Aug. 28. It was an honor to see how many people from Allentown and Upper Freehold that supported a great cause. We are thankful that our community…

  • Fire reps will attend meeting on $100,000

    By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer    UPPER FREEHOLD — Fire officials will attend next week’s Township Committee meeting to help extinguish some concerns over an ordinance appropriating more than $100,000 for emergency equipment.    Public hearing on the ordinance will be continued at the Oct. 16 Township Committee meeting. Lt. Doug Vorp, of Hope Fire Co., said…

  • Beatles’ Best brings band to Bordentown

    By Vanessa S. Holt, Managing Editor BORDENTOWN CITY — In the early 1960s, there were four lads from Liverpool named John, Paul, George and Pete. They were a tight rock ’n’ roll band that played for hours every night at the Cavern Club in Hamburg, Germany, and even scored a recording session or two as…

  • Senior Menus-Oct. 9, 2008

       All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville.    The value of each meal is $4.95. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution.    All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine.    The sodium-controlled menu is the same unless otherwise noted.     Thursday, Oct. 9 — Chicken noodle soup,…