Category: archives
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Manville girls became a team, officially
Shields, Harodetsky led female harriers By: Rudy Brandl When Manville High cross country coach Jim O’Connor took over the program three years ago, he had many goals, not the least of which was to field a full girls’ team. Mission accomplished. For the first time in school history, Manville put the required minimum number of…
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Residents protest billboard proposal
By: Stephanie Prokop MANSFIELD Residents who came to the Nov. 29 Township Committee meeting hoping to speak out against an ordinance that could allow billboards on I-295 in Hedding protested loudly when it was announced that public comment would not be allowed until Dec. 27. The decision to wait to hear the public comment…
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Christopher Zarsky
MANVILLE Christopher "Chris" James Zarsky died Nov. 28. He was 41. Born in New Brunswick, he had been a resident of Manville the past eight years. Mr. Zarsky was employed as a linesman with Tricomm Services in Moorestown for 15 years. He was a communicant of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Manville. His…
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Police Blotter-Dec. 7, 2006
Lambertville Three Pennsylvania residents are facing felony drug charges as a result of a traffic stop Nov. 29. Police stopped a vehicle driven by Joy Parks, 42 of Pottstown, Pa., after she was observed driving erratically on Route 179 in the area of Old York Road at 12:10 a.m., police said. Ms. Parks was charged…
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Painting disappears from Rago Auction
The work by William Christenberry has been missing from Rago Arts and Auction Center since a few days after being sold for $2,280. By: Linda Seida LAMBERTVILLE A mixed-media painting from a private collection in New York was sold at auction in Lambertville for $2,280, but disappeared from the Rago Arts and Auction Center…
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Obituaries-Dec. 7, 2006
Stuyvesant Barry UPPER MAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP Stuyvesant "Peter" Barry, longtime head of Buckingham Friends School, in Lahaska, Pa., died Wednesday, Nov. 22. Mr. Barry was born in Llewellyn Park, West Orange, N.J., son of New York lawyer Herbert Barry and his wife, Ethel Morgan Dawson Barry. Mr. Barry was educated at St. Bernard’s School in…
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City sets forum on Swan Creek flood fix
Representatives from the Natural Resources Conservation Service will report on its study of the creek, the conclusions it reached and possible solutions for flooding. By: Linda Seida LAMBERTVILLE The city will host a public meeting next week to discuss possible remedies for flooding created by a backwash of Swan Creek. The meeting will be…
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A Reel Relic
It is a wonderful life at the Newtown Theatre. By: Jessica Loughery Eric Johnson can remember what it felt like walking through downtown Newtown, Pa., with his older brother, buying tickets at the box office window and finding a seat in the auditorium. He can even remember being scared of the witch the Wicked…
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‘Terra Nova’
Theatre Intime stages Ted Tally’s drama based on the journals and letters of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott. By: Stuart Duncan Ted Tally’s searing drama Terra Nova was very popular when it was first written in the mid- 1970s. It never reached New York, but was a big favorite with regional theaters and later with community…
