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  • State must continue fight for clean air

       When Congress passed the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 — that’s nearly 18 years ago, for those who are counting — it explicitly authorized California to adopt its own automobile emissions standards, recognizing that then, as now, California had by far the worst air in the country.    When President Bush — no, not this…

  • Foreign language instruction should not be forgotten in schools

    I would like to voice an opinion to all those who influence Lawrence school policy and curriculum, and enlighten the Lawrence community. I am a parent of children in the Lawrence school system and am naturally concerned with the quality of their education. Two of my children are at Eldridge Park School and I have…

  • Firefighters injured in blaze

    By Stephanie Prokop, Staff Writer    FLORENCE — Two firefighters were slightly injured battling a two-alarm house fire fanned by high winds Monday night on Burlington-Columbus Road.    The two residents were able to safely make it out of the burning house, said Florence Fire Chief Edward Kensler. The cause of the fire had not been determined…

  • Marguerite A. Durr

       CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP – Marguerite A. Durr, 85, died Saturday at Care One in Moorestown.    Born in Trenton, she had resided for 50 years on a farm in Chesterfield. She was a member of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church of Bordentown; Wrightstown and Pomona Grange; Chesterfield Keenagers; and the Chesterfield Township Board of Education. She was…

  • Charlotte Zuccarello

       PRINCETON — Charlotte Zuccarello, 78, died Nov. 29 at Princeton Medical Center.    Born in Glen Burnie, Md., she lived in Imlaystown for 40 years before moving to Merwick Care Center. She worked as the attendance officer for Upper Freehold Regional School District and later as a bookkeeper for the CYO of Trenton. Ms. Zuccarello was…

  • Teresa Dennion Stewart

       CRUM LYNN, Pa. – Teresa Dennion Stewart, 51, of Crum Lynn, Pa. died Friday at Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland, Pa.    Born in Mount Holly, Ms. Stewart lived in the Florence area before moving to Crum Lynn 10 years ago. She was an avid reader.    Daughter of the late Hubert Dennion, she is survived by…

  • Force of Family

    Force of Family

    A brother and sister must share a pair of shoes in the Iranian film Children of Heaven.

  • Pike Run restoration project on Saturday

    The Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association is sponsoring a restoration project of Pike Run at Montgomery Park,  Harlingen Road entrance near Pike Run bridge, in Montgomery, in two shifts, from 9 a.m. to noon and from noon to 3 p.m. on Saturday Dec. 8 and Saturday Dec. 15. 1,000 live stakes are to be planted to…

  • City hires floodplain manager

    Lambertville namd Ken Rogers, who already is its construction official, to the position. By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — The city’s construction official recently has been named a certified floodplain manager.    Ken Rogers earned the credential in November, becoming one of only 55 certified floodplain managers in the state. Three years ago, there were…