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Bomb threat empties Pond Road school
By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer ROBBINSVILLE Pond Road Middle School students were evacuated from their building Tuesday afternoon following a written bomb threat discovered on a boys’ bathroom wall, according to Robbinsville School District interim Business Administrator Arlene Biesiada. She said someone wrote “there’s a bomb in the building” as a prank, and the…
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June N. Rutkowsky
Son lives in West Windsor EAST WINDSOR — June N. Rutkowsky died Tuesday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton. She was 82. Born in New York City, she resided there for over 50 years and East Windsor for over 30 years. Mrs. Rutkowsky was a scheduling open-heart secretary and blood bank coordinator…
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Obituaries-Jan. 24, 2008
John Zidzik ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — John J. Zidzik, 83, formerly of Trenton, died Monday, Jan. 14, at Bayfront Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla. He was born in Czechoslovakia and immigrated to the United States in 1936, living in Trenton. He moved to St. Petersburg in 1995. Mr. Zidzik served in the Army during World…
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School supports St. Jude’s
Laura Sarubbi of Blawenburg Village School I would like to take this opportunity to thank the families and friends of the Blawenburg Village School for their generous donations to our Advent Outreach Project. This year, BVS held a trike-a-thon to support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. In addition to teaching children…
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Police Blotter-Jan. 24, 2008
West Amwell Jan. 7 at 12:30 p.m., police, along with the Lambertville-New Hope Ambulance and Rescue Squad, went to the Educational Services Commission School on Route 179 on a report of a student out of control. The 14-year-old Trenton male was placed under control shortly after arrival of emergency services. No complaints were signed; the…
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Youth set Shrove pancake supper
The youth group of Trinity Episcopal Church in Solebury will have its annual Shrove Tuesday pancake supper Feb. 5. The cost is $8 for adults and $5 for children 5-11. The meal includes a buffet of eggs, sausage, pancakes, drinks and more. To make reservations, call 215-297-5135 by Friday, Feb. 1. The first seating will…
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IN THE KITCHEN: Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
I’m in rebellion. By Faith Bahadurian Special Writer 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,…
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South exempts seventh- and eighth-graders from drug testing
Officials said few parents have opted to pull their children from the random drug testing program. By Linda Seida, Staff Writer WEST AMWELL — A change in policy at South Hunterdon Regional High School means seventh- and eighth-graders can be exempted from random drug tests by parent request, but only “a couple of families”have chosen…
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Families donate scoreboard in children’s names
The names of Kyle Donnelly and Emily Marshall will be displayed along the bottom of the sign at Ely Memorial Field. By Linda Seida, Staff Writer LAMBERTVILLE — Two local families whose children died a year apart have come together to purchase a new scoreboard for Ely Field to honor their children. The dual electronic…
