Category: archives
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Squad seeking more volunteers
Lambertville-New Hope Ambulance and Rescue Squad volunteers Matt Pittore (left) and Don Griffin look over ambulance equipment at the beginning of their shift. Staff photo by Lisa Merolla
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Matthias D. Dileo
PRINCETON — Matthias D. Dileo, Esq., former managing partner of Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A. of Woodbridge, died May 22. Born March 22, 1927 in Trenton, he resided in Lawrenceville, Loveladies, and was living in Princeton at the time of his death. He served as president of the Middlesex County Bar from 1978 to 1979;…
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There’s an election?
Nominees for several nonlocal posts to be decided at polls Tuesday By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Just because New Jersey’s presidential primary has come and gone, it does not mean there are no other contests to be decided Tuesday before the big race in November. Lawrence Township’s registered Democrats and Republicans will go to the…
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Center funding OK’d; work bids rejected
By Audrey Levine Staff Writer With the approval of an ordinance allocating funds for several capital improvement projects, the township is moving forward with plans to begin work on the Senior Citizen Activity Center in the municipal building, despite having to rebid for contractors. The Township Committee unanimously approved the ordinance Tuesday, committing $1,290,936 in…
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Emily F. Borden
TRENTON Emily F. Borden, 96, died May 21 at Mercerville Care Center. Born in Trenton, she was a resident of Crosswicks for 30 years before moving to Ocala, Fla. in 1976 and then to Trenton. She was a member of the Crosswicks United Methodist Church. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Robert…
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DISPATCHES: Bread, circuses, elections
by Hank Kalet, Managing Editor “We have not lost everything because we lost today.” — the Rev. Daniel Berrigan, quoted by Chris Hedges, The Nation online This year’s presidential election is threatening to obscure the real issues facing the nation. That’s because our political system has become a sideshow, nothing more than an adjunct of…
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School gets assistant principal
by Davy James, Staff Writer Constable School has found a new assistant principal. The district named Erik Paulson to the position at the May 19 Board of Education meeting. Mr. Paulson takes over for Suzanne Luck-Born, who was promoted to principal at Constable when Rick Chromey accepted a job as director of program assessment and…
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Police blotter
A Hillsborough resident came to police headquarters on North Main Street at 12:41 p.m. May 19 to report the theft of her son’s cell phone. According to the woman, the phone was taken around 9:30 a.m. May 6, while at Manville Dental Group. The Motorola RAZR phone is valued at $99. A North Fifth Avenue…
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Honoring veterans
STAFF PHOTO BY LEA KAHN — Members of G. Battery 3rd Battalion of the 14th U.S. Marine Corps fire their weapons as a young boy looks on during the annual Memorial Day services at Veterans Park Saturday afternoon.
