Category: archives
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Dorree G. Barbuto
BORDENTOWN Dorree G. Barbuto, 74, died Jan. 14. As a young girl she was an accomplished pianist. She loved Liberace, and as an adult fulfilled her dream of seeing him backstage. She loved to plan birthday parties, vacations and holidays for her family. Her favorite places to vacation were the Jersey shore and Disney…
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Firefighters thank Yanko for ‘unusual stint’
By Mary Ellen Zangara Special Writer With more than 150 fellow firefighters, family and friends present at a Jan. 13 dinner in his honor, outgoing Fire Chief John Yanko made sure to thank those who have been most helpful to his success: his wife and daughters. ”My first person I need to thank is my…
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MALAWI JOURNAL: Not the greeting we expected in Africa
By The Rev. Stephen Heinzel-Nelson We were expecting a celebration, but instead were greeted by death. South African Air Flight 172 landed and we walked across the tarmac toward the Blantyre airport in the blazing sun (it is the middle of summer here). We were expecting a large delegation of new friends to greet us…
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Patricia Ann Dennison
FLORENCE Patricia Ann Dennison (nee Sexton), 65, of Florence, died Saturday at Virtua Memorial Hospital in Mount Holly. Born in Riverside, she grew up in Burlington City and graduated from St. Paul’s School and Burlington City High School. She had been a Florence resident for the past 43 years. She worked as a clerk…
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IN THE KITCHEN: ‘Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.’
By Faith Bahadurian I’m in rebellion. This article was meant to be about dieting. But why can’t we — OK, can’t I — just eat more sensibly in the first place? As I puttered around my office, procrastinating, my eyes fell on a book I had just finished reading, “The Tenth Muse, My Life in…
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Locals pan MOM poll
by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer Local officials say they’re skeptical about a new survey that claims to show popular support for a high-speed commuter rail line through South Brunswick proposed by NJ Transit. The survey results, released Wednesday at a press conference in Toms River, say there is strong support among residents in Middlesex, Monmouth…
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Walls come tumbling down
Pharmacy, new housing to take place of this old house By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer ROBBINSVILLE The green house that stood on the corner of Route 33 and Robbinsville-Edinburgh Road for more than a century was demolished last week, making way for a pharmacy and age-restricted residential building that will start construction early this…
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Hopewell Valley Youth Chorale sings Sunday
Over 50 young people will present “Faith, Hope, Love” The Hopewell Valley Youth Chorale, under the direction of Michele and William Alford, will hold their Winter Concert on Jan. 27 at 4 p.m. in the Unitarian Universalist Church at Washington Crossing, located on Pennington-Washington Crossing Road, Titusville. Over 50 young people, 8-15, will present “Faith,…
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Residents’ ‘boats’ aren’t all rising
Allan Mazur, South 11th Avenue It is heartwarming to finally see a respectable amount of letters to the editor in the Jan. 17 edition of the paper. Of particular interest is the one from the president of the Manville Education Association. Although I usually prefer to watch sailors scuttle a ship from afar, it appears…
