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  • Josephine Dahms

       HILLSBOROUGH — Josephine (Banco) Dahms died Sept. 6 at home. She was 75.    Born in Raritan, she lived in Hillsborough for 46 years.    Mrs. Dahms was employed for 15 years in the Quality Control Department at Ortho Pharmaceutical in Raritan, retiring in 1992.    She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Woods Road…

  • John Guria

    John E. Guria    BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP — John E. "Jack" Guria, 78, of Burlington Township died Sept. 2 at home.    Born in the Harlem section of Manhattan, N.Y., he also lived in Queens, N.Y., and spent the remainder of his life in the Florence and Burlington Township area.    Mr. Guria was a self-employed truck driver for…

  • Hooked on Words

    Gretna Wilkinson to kick off South Brunswick’s poetry reading series. By: Megan Sullivan GRETNA WILKINSON    Poet Gretna Wilkinson loves playing with words and messing with language. Born and raised in Guyana, she was exposed to poetry in childhood and recalls having to memorize and recite poetry every Friday in school. "The imagery you can construct…

  • Betty Truszkowski

       MANVILLE — Betty Truszkowski died Sept. 8 at home. She was 76.    Born in New Brunswick, she had lived in Manville her entire life.    Mrs. Truszkowski was a nursing assistant at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville for 30 years, retiring in 1997.    She was a communicant of Christ the King Roman Catholic Church in Manville…

  • Police offer walking safety tips

    Parents asked to share these with their children By John Tredrea    Due to cutbacks in school busing this year and the significant population and commercial growth Hopewell Valley has experienced in recent years, there probably are more young pedestrians in this area than ever before.    Because of concerns about the safety of area children, Lt.…

  • Film

    Film festivals and special screenings County Theater, 20 E. State St., Doylestown, Pa., Preview of The War by Ken Burns, Sept. 19, 7 p.m.; Janus Revisited: A Film Forum w/Jennifer Steinberg, Sept. 24, 7 p.m.; (215) 345-6789; www.countytheater.org Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville, Independent Films at Your Library series: The Way I Spent the…

  • Grand opening set for Shoppes at Pennington

    Events slated Friday and Saturday    Shoppes at Pennington, a new group of retail outlets and dining establishments in northwest Pennington Borough, is set for grand opening festivities Friday and Saturday.    Shoppes at Pennington is off northbound Route 31 and Broemel Place, next to the Pennington Post Office.    "This was a great opportunity to work with…

  • Junior Ravens get off to a flying start

    Defeat Bordentown Bulldogs, 25-0    The South Jersey Independent Youth Football Association (SJIYFA) counts 22 organizations in Central and South Jersey as members.    The new kids on the SJIYFA block this season are the Robbinsville Junior Ravens, a program founded earlier this year. The Junior Ravens have seven teams in the SJIYFA: 75 pounds (7- and…

  • Editor’s Journal (09.13.07)

    Memories mulled over sausages and suds By John Dunphy, Managing Editor I pulled the cell phone from my pocket and switched it to video. For 15 seconds, it captured grainy, barely recognizable memories of when the flatbed tow truck came and picked up Victoria’s 1965 Mustang.    It was Sunday night in Astoria, but not how…