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  • Agatha C. Buonanno

    FLORENCE — Agatha C. Buonanno, 94, of Florence, died Friday at Samaritan Inpatient Hospice at Virtua Hospital in Mount Holly.     Born in Trenton, Mrs. Buonanno was a lifelong Florence resident. She worked up until four years ago at the National Auto Dealers Exchange in Bordentown as a kitchen worker, giving them 31 years of…

  • Clergy discuss Obama speech

    by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    Local clergy differ in their response to statements made by Democratic presidential contender Sen. Barack Obama’s former pastor.    Most who were interviewed disagreed with comments made in sermons several years ago by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright that have been criticized as being anti-American. Video clips from the sermons were circulating…

  • A Taste of Bordentown

    Bordentown Area Food Fair, Sunday, April 6 at the Bordentown Regional High School cafeteria.  Seatings from 4:30 to 6 p.m. and 6:30 to 8 p.m.  There will be music, fun, a 50-50, and of course lots of delicious food from the area’s finest restaurants. All proceeds go to our student council and the charity we’re…

  • BOE pitches solar power to Council

    $10.5M bond approval would pay for panels By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The Lawrence Township Board of Education rolled out its proposed $10.5 million solar energy bond referendum before Township Council at a joint meeting of the two bodies last week.    School district officials are seeking voter approval of the bond referendum — which they…

  • Doris Ellen McNeil

       CHESTERFIELD, Va. — Doris Ellen McNeil of Chesterfield, Va., died March 12. She was 69.    She and her husband lived in Hillsborough until May 2004, when they moved to Virginia.    Mrs. McNeil was a retired attorney.    She is survived by her husband of 49 years, Dan W. McNeil; a daughter, Debbie Sirois; two sons, Douglas…

  • Pair of candidates’ nights scheduled for next week

    Four are running for three Board of Ed. seats By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     The four candidates who are seeking three Lawrence Township Board of Education seats will make their cases for election to the school board at two separate candidates’ nights next week.     The Lawrence League of Women Voters and the Advocates…

  • SPORTING CHANCE

    Priorities: the things you need the most By Kyle Moylan, Sports Editor One of the greatest gifts God gave man is the ability to hope and dream.     There’s a catch to that gift, though. In order for the rewards of tomorrow to have any meaning, one can’t have everything today.     I couldn’t help…

  • Rec department adds weight training classes for the spring

    br>    Personal Trainer John Balle’ will lead two weight training classes for local residents through the Hillsborough Township Recreation Department, one for seniors and another for children.    The classes begin April 14 in the municipal complex. Registration information for the classes can be found at www.hillsborough-nj.org/documents/departments/parksrecreation, or by calling the Recreation Department at 369-4832.    The…

  • March 27, 2008

    Lillian Daley EWING — Lillian Daley, formerly of Ewing Township, died March 21 in the Princeton Care Center. She was 90. Born in Greenwich, Conn., she had resided in Ewing Township for 40 years. Mrs. Daley was a retired assembler with Nothelfer Winding Labortories in Ewing and Bordentown. She was a former member of St.…