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  • Charles McNemer

    Charles McNemer WASHINGTON — Charles Jarvis McNemer died Sept. 29 in Compassionate Care Hospice at St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton. He was 82.    Born in Marcus Hook, Pa., son of the late George J. and Anna Rebecca Rider McNemer, he was a resident of Robbinsville for 47 years.    He had been a carpenter with Local…

  • Garofalo forces submission in Cage of Vengeance match

    Sean Moylan Sports Writer     Northern Burlington High graduate Chris Garofalo’s Cage of Vengeance bout with John Powell on September 29 at Egg Harbor was billed as “the wrestler versus the martial arts expert.”     Well, chalk one up for the grapplers because Garofalo won his USKBA Amateur MMA Super Middleweight Division match by submission…

  • Editorial – School district takes healthier step forward

    The mainstream is finally making positive strides toward cleaning up what our devil-may-care approach to living over the last 100 or so years did to our world and ourselves. From the advent of the automobile (which made it easier to get out to the country, then promptly plop a subdivision and Home Depot on it)…

  • DISPATCHES: Running on empty

    by Hank Kalet, Managing Editor    Three hours, 33 minutes and 25 seconds. That’s how long it took me Sunday to run from the southern tip of Long Beach Island to the northern end — 18 miles in total on a day on which temperatures hit a record-breaking 91 degrees and the humidity was sky high.…

  • Mena N. Palidar

       EASTAMPTON — Mena N. Brenna Palidar, 80, formerly of Trenton, died Sunday at the Samaritan Hospice Inpatient Unit at Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly.    Born in Trenton, daughter of the late Daniel and Rose Brenna, she was a graduate of Trenton High School and received her associate’s degree from Rider University.    Mrs. Palidar is survived…

  • Margaret Magda

       WESTHAMPTON — Margaret Rusnak Magda, 85, died Oct. 2 at Alterra Clare Bridge, Westhampton.    Born in Burlington Township, daughter of the late George and Susie Dargay Rusnak, she had been a lifelong Burlington Township resident prior to moving to Westhampton recently.    Mrs. Magda was a member of All Saints Catholic Church and Altar Rosary Society,…

  • Fred Cavalier

       Fred J. Cavalier, 85, died Oct. 2 at home.    Born in Trenton, Mr. Cavalier has been a resident of Hopewell for 49 years.    A veteran of the U.S. Navy Seabee’s 86th Construction Battalion, he served in the Aleutian Islands and Okinawa.    He was chief engineer of boiler operations for Princeton Theological Seminary, retiring in 1988.…

  • Vote to keep municipal library

    John and Barbara Hencheck Vote to keep municipal library To the editor:     The purpose of a municipal library is to generally meet the needs of the members of the community it serves.    In that capacity, the Lambertville Free Public Library has served admirably for more than 80 years.    When we requested research materials that…

  • Civic Association meeting Wednesday

    Washington Township Local fire and police officers are scheduled to discuss recent stranger alerts and safety precautions for parents during the Washington Township Civic Association’s Oct. 10 meeting. The group will meet in the township library at 7:30 p.m. For more information, visit www.geocities.com/washtshpcivic