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Dorothy Csuha
HILLSBOROUGH — Dorothy R. Rose Csuha died July 29 at JFK Hartwyck Center — Edison Estates, in Edison. She was 81. Born in New Brunswick, she was raised in Bound Brook before moving to Hillsborough and then finally to Branchburg. Mrs. Cshua was a homemaker who also worked as a bus driver for Branchburg Township…
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Mansfield corrects state billing error
Town no longer uses state police By Stephanie Prokop, Staff Writer MANSFIELD — Shortly after receiving bills for state police coverage, many Burlington County municipalities began to grapple with the prospect of having to raise property taxes to offset the cost of rural, part-time state police coverage. Officials in Mansfield, which has been state-police…
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Burglaries and thefts on rise in Lambertville
By Linda Seida, Staff Writer LAMBERTVILLE — During a burglary Friday in an unoccupied duplex on North Union Street, the burglar entered bold as you please through the front door and made off with a painting valued at $7,000, according to police. Sunday, a Pennsylvania man who had parked in the lot at Finkle’s Hardware…
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School’s project sends a hopeful message to overseas troops
Dr. Peter Hansch talks with Rayyan Alidina, Roshan Khan and Karsten Hansch as the students worked on painting the boomerangs. Staff photo by Audrey Levine
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POLICE BEAT/From the Aug. 7 edition
BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP Gilbert Hammine, 20, of Hamilton, was charged Saturday with possession of marijuana. Police said they responded to a hang-up call to 911 from the Travelette Motel on Route 130 at 12:02 p.m. Mr. Hammine was in the lobby and identified himself as the caller, police said, and he said he made the…
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Phyllis H. Weingart
Born in Griggstown BASKING RIDGE — Phyllis Hoagland Weingart died Sunday Morristown Memorial Hospital in Morristown. She was 86. Born in Griggstown, she held various professions including baker, beautician and bus driver, as well as homemaker. Wife of the late Edward F. Weingart, sister of the late Esther H. Robbins, she is survived by…
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The ride of their lives
Cross-country bike trek nears its last leg in Springfield By Stephanie Prokop, Staff Writer SPRINGFIELD—With sunny skies, temperatures in the mid-70s and virtually no humidity, Monday was a perfect day for the time-honored midsummer ritual of taking the old bicycle out for a spin. But for four area residents, taking a ride around the…
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Habitat for Humanity effort draws local volunteer to New Orleans
By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer CHESTERFIELD — As the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches, its effects are still being felt. Volunteers continue to head to New Orleans despite waning national attention and the situation is improving, but slowly, said one volunteer. Claudia Monte, 57, of Chesterfield, has seen the need there and taken…
