Category: archives
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Seeing double?
MacFarland Intermediate School boasts 10 sets of twins By Stephanie Prokop, Staff Writer BORDENTOWN CITY — Imagine seeing double. Now imagine seeing double 10 times. For teachers, students and administrators at the MacFarland Intermediate School on Crosswicks Street, seeing double is part of their daily school day — mainly because of the 10 sets…
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West Amwell raises still on hold
By Linda Seida, Staff Writer WEST AMWELL — Township employees will have to wait a little longer to find out if they’re getting a raise this year. And they want a liaison to the Township Committee so they can learn about issues that directly affect them, such as pay raises, according to the Municipal Court…
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Four GOP candidates seek Springfield ticket
By Stephanie Prokop, Staff Writer Springfield Township will be the only community in the northern Burlington County area with a contested municipal race in Tuesday’s primary election. Two four-year Township Council seats are available, with four Republicans vying for the party’s nomination to run for in the fall. No Democrats have filed to run…
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Silent witness showed results
Gail Pedrick of New Hope I would like to thank all those who participated in the silent witness to Gov. Rendell on Saturday (May 17) in New Hope during the “Pride” parade with their “Governor Rendell, Stop The Delaware Flooding, Lower the Reservoirs to 80 percent” signs. There were over 70 signs personally held or…
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‘Baby Mama’
Unlike ‘Juno’ and ‘Knocked Up,’ this film about pregnancy and parenthood lacks spark and originality. By Elise Nakhnikian AS a member of the I-forgot- to-have-a-baby generation, I have a love-hate relationship with movies about pregnancy and parenthood. Parenthood is to me what a Barbara Cartland novel is to a hopeless romantic without a soul mate:…
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Squad seeking mroe volunteers
By Lisa Merolla, Staff Writer LAMBERTVILLE — The Lambertville-New Hope Ambulance and Rescue Squad headquarters is packed with lifesaving tools, including ambulances, boats, divers’ gear and rescue trucks. Every night at 6, volunteers come in and get ready to respond to emergency calls at a moment’s notice. They are on the scene for car crashes,…
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Promise of restored state aid too little, too late for towns
By Stephanie Prokop and Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writers Gov. Jon Corzine has asked the state Legislature to reinstate, on average, 25 percent of his previously proposed cut in state aid to municipalities with fewer than 10,000 residents. For some municipalities in northern Burlington County, township officials have said the Consolidated Municipal Property Tax Relief…
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Barbara K. Smith
Former Princeton resident BALA CYNWYD, Pa. — Barbara K. Smith died on April 21. A former Princeton resident, she moved with her second husband to Bala Cynwyd. Her home was a gathering place for artists, musicians and a wide circle of friends. She achieved much recognition in the creative arts as both innovator and…
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‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’
The plot, like all the others, is just sturdy enough to bear the weight of the chase scenes that the movie is really all about. By Bob Brown TIME flies. It’s been almost 20 years since the previous Indiana Jones film, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and 27 since the first, Raiders of the…
