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  • Malawian to speak this Friday at Allentown church potluck

    Free and open to the public; asked to bring a dish to share By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer    The Allentown Presbyterian Church will hold a pot luck dinner to welcome Wellings Mwalabu, director of programs for the Blantyre Synod Development Commission, part of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP).    The event will take place…

  • ‘History bully’ starts new job at South

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    WEST AMWELL — James Bevere, who became South Hunterdon Regional High School’s principal Monday, has been called a few things over the course of his career.    And the things he calls others, you don’t hear much.    He calls himself simply “an Italian kid from New Jersey.”    But teachers who worked…

  • Young actor steps onto the silver screen

    Patrick Welsh, 16, will appear in the independent film “Catch Your Mind” opening Friday By Stephanie Prokop, Staff Writer MANSFIELD — At first glance, Patrick Welsh seems like the typical teenager who likes to hang out with his friends, and is dealing with balancing school and extracurricular activities.     Unlike his classmates though, Patrick will…

  • Florence S. Hullfish

       Florence S. Hullfish of Lawrence died Oct. 1 at home. She was 93    Born in Seaford, Del., she had been a Lawrence resident for 72 years.    She worked for the Jigger Shop in the village of Lawrenceville.    She was a member of St. Matthews Episcopal Church in Pennington and was active working for the Christmas…

  • $1M bond ordinance approved for Rt. 130 sewer improvements

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — Township Council has passed a $1 million bond ordinance to build a pump station and sewer lines on Route 130 in order to encourage commercial development.    Only a few residents were present for the council’s Sept. 25 meeting, when the ordinance passed by a vote of 4-1, with…

  • Aldona J. Young

       ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Aldona J. Young, 88, of Albuquerque, N.M., since 1988 died Sept. 29. She was born Aug. 4, 1920, in Lawrence, Mass.    She received her RN from Boston General Hospital, and served in North Africa with the Women’s Army Corp during World War II.    She met her husband, Cyril Young in North Africa…

  • KATHY JEAN VILARDI, 55 BELLE MEAD

    Kathy Jean Vilardi,  55, Belle Mead, died on Friday September 26th in the Medical Center at Princeton.  Kathy graduated from Parsippany High School in 1971 and SUNY, Albany in 1975. She was a social worker for the state of NY. Surviving are her sister Jo-Anne V. Whitehead and her husband Dave of Belle Mead and her 3…

  • Youngster’s plea to VP candidate

    By Christina Quagliato of Jobstown Dear Sarah Palin: Polar bears should have a say! You can’t just go around killing them randomly. Polar bears are the cutest little things; you kill them, they will soon be like the dinosaurs; extinct! Your great-grandchildren wouldn’t be able to see them in the wild! Maybe if you would…

  • ‘Choke’

    ‘Choke’

    Brad Henke (left) and Sam Rockwell in Choke.