Category: archives
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30 years for Dabas
Kendall Park man to appeal sentence by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer A Kendall Park man serving a 30-year sentence for running down his 20-year-old wife with their minivan will appeal his conviction, his attorney said. Samander Dabas, 40, was convicted in July and sentenced on Nov. 15 for the murder of Renu Dabas, and leaving…
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Firm to begin surveying locations for Delaware River Heritage Trail
By Anthony V. Coppola, Staff Writer Burlington County officials are requesting the assistance of residents in four local towns as The RBA Group, a Morristown-based engineering firm, begins surveying properties necessary to bring the Delaware River Heritage Trail to the area. According to a county press release, the concept for the 50-mile trail originated 11…
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Sondra L. Johns
Sondra L. Johns, 63, died Friday at her home. Born in Princeton, Mrs. Johns had been a resident of Hopewell her entire life. She was an employee of the state Department of Human Services with 30 years of service. Preceded in death by her parents Carl and Agnes Smith, she is survived by her sons,…
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8 area football players earn scholar-athlete designation
By Sean Moylan, Sports Writer A total of 49 Burlington County scholar-athletes were honored at Sunday’s Bill Gordon-George Masters Memorial Football Club of Burlington County Scholar-Athlete Awards at Bradford Estates in Hainesport, New Jersey. The local football teams were well-represented, with senior Wayne Cobbs and sophomore Ben Walker representing the Bordentown Scotties’ varsity football team.…
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Thanksgiving service on Wednesday
The Annual Lawrenceville Community Thanksgiving Service, sponsored by Clergy of Lawrence Township (COLT), will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Lawrence Neighborhood Community Service Center, 295 Eggerts Crossing Road. The annual events brings together members of numerous faiths. Participated are invited to bring canned goods for the collection, which will be taken up…
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Tree lighting – Bordentown City
Saturday, Nov. 24 — A holiday tree lighting will be held in Bordentown City from 5 to 6 p.m. at the intersection of Crosswicks Street and Farnsworth Avenue featuring Santa, carolers, drum and fife corps and refreshments. Santa will arrive after the lighting of the tree.
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U-Store branch opens on Nassau
A new branch of the Princeton University store, dedicated to Princeton insignia apparel and gifts, opened late in the day Friday. The additional U-Store is located at 116 Nassau St. in the former Micawber’s and Children’s Place locations. Its opening follows the Wednesday opening of Labyrinth Books, the new U-Store’s next-door neighbor. ”We were…
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Removing poster was ‘censorship’
Sara Scully of Lambertville I read The Beacon article, “Election poster strains city library relationship” with great concern — for our city and for the journalistic blinders its writer is wearing. It is an act of censorship for a city to remove items from a library even those of a partisan nature. The Library Bill…
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Left wing, right wing – it’s all good
By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer PLUMSTED — Perennial Township Committee candidate Mitch Geier may be considered “left wing” in the political sense, but for the greater portion of his life, he’s been tending to both wings. Mr. Geier, 53, has spent 30 years working with sick, injured and needy animals — mainly birds — out…
