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Romeo C. Alegria
HILLSBOROUGH Romeo C. Alegria died May 20 at home. He was 78. He was born and raised in the Philippines and lived in West New York and Roselle Park before moving to Hillsborough four years ago. Mr. Alegria worked for the State of New Jersey in the child support services department. He served in…
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Obituaries (05.31.07)
John Ishmael John Robert Ishmael, of Lawrence, died Saturday at Compassionate Care Hospice at St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton. He was 86. Born in Memphis, Tenn., Mr. Ishmael had been a resident of New Jersey since 1958. He served in the United States Army from 1941 to 1962, where he served with the Buffalo Soldiers…
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Forecast: Hot, very sticky in Trenton
EDITORIAL The Princeton Packet Let the summer begin! Memorial Day may not be the official start of summer that’s still three weeks away but in every other respect, the three-day holiday weekend marks the beginning of the season as surely as Labor Day ends it. Already, the signs of summer are everywhere. Swimming…
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Book Notes
Immigrants wrestle with the question of allegiance By: Joan Ruddiman Jhumpa Lahiri is a bright new star in the world of contemporary literature. Her first book, an anthology of short stories titled "Interpreter of Maladies" (Mariner Books, 1999), won the Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for fiction. In these stories, Ms. Lahiri’s characters, whether male or…
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Lane jumps to Group 4 meet
HHS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK By: Rudy Brandl Brandon Lane has put together a solid senior track and field season, both indoors and outdoors. Although he wasn’t at his best in last Saturday’s Central Jersey Group 4 Championships, the Hillsborough High senior still managed to score and place in the triple jump, which has become…
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Obituaries-May 31, 2007
Charles Kerr NEW HOPE Charles "Chick" Kerr, 86, of New Hope, died Sunday, May 28, at home. He and his wife of 58 years, Doro Maier Kerr, were active in a range of civic activities in New Hope. In the 1960s, they operated the Studio Inn on North Main Street, which included among its…
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Summer Love
Bucks County Playhouse tells a ‘West Side Story.’ By: Stuart Duncan The current production of West Side Story at Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Pa., is likely to be the finest staging of the Leonard Bernstein musical you have seen. And that includes opening night on Broadway in September of 1957, when Carol Lawrence…
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South ends tough season
By: John E. Powers It was a tough season that, unfortunately, ended in a familiar way. The South Hunterdon Regional High School baseball team finished the season last Tuesday with a 5-3 loss to Belvidere. The Eagles, who played a tough Skyland Conference schedule, finished the season with a 2-16 record. The Eagles lost to…
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Senior Menus-May 31, 2007
All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville. The value of each meal is $4.60. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution. All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine. The sodium-controlled menu is the same unless otherwise noted. Thursday, May 31 Chicken vegetable barley soup,…
