Category: archives
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Scherer leaving politics to focus on business
Freeholder’s new venture, Garden State Deer Proofing, is taking more of his time. By: Charlie Olsen After nine years as a Somerset County freeholder, Freeholder Director Ken Scherer, of Hillsborough, says he is stepping down at the end of the year to focus on his new business venture. Mr. Scherer said he needs to spend…
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Jeffrey Stainner
HILLSBOROUGH Jeffrey J. Stainner died Oct. 14 in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. He was 61. Born in Somerville, he grew up in Manville and moved to Hillsborough in 1971. Mr. Stainner was a member of the NJ Builders Association and the NJ Realtors Association. He served in the US Army…
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Letters
Give back Lynch money To the editor: I keep wondering why the South Brunswick Democrats do not feel compelled to do something about the campaign funds from John Lynch’s county Democratic machine. Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein decided to get rid of the money she was given. For some reason it made her feel uncomfortable. Why…
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Lore of the Land
Peter Cook’s paintings, from Bucks County to Maine, the Tuscan hills and beyond, show his love for the outdoors. By: Ilene Dube As the most colorful time of the year reaches its peak, it is fitting that an exhibit of Peter Cook’s paintings is on view at the Gratz Gallery in New Hope, Pa. His…
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Winter Festival will skip a year
Chairwoman Susan Waller says, despite the city’s offer of help, the festival can not be held in 2007. By: Linda Seida Like the Shad Festival almost two years ago, another longtime tourist draw is suffering serious growing pains. The Lambertville-New Hope Winter Festival has been canceled for 2007, its 11th year, because of a lack…
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Pure Classics
From symphonies to opera to modern Japanese music, the fall music season offers something for everyone. Riverside Symphonia Riverside Symphonia opens its 2006-2007 season with a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D Major, featuring virtuoso violinist Lara St. John, Oct. 26 and 27 at the Church of St. John the Evangelist in Lambertville. Ms.…
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New Hope seeks grant for historic building
A resident wants the borough to buy the house and make it into a living history museum. By: Linda Seida NEW HOPE A Revolutionary War-era house that was saved from destruction last month could be transformed into a living history museum if a local history expert’s vision comes to fruition. Iain Haight-Ashton, a living…
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Passion for Renovation
Trinity Episcopal Church’s 16th annual house tour will highlight both historic and modern estates in Bucks County, Pa. By: Jessica Loughery If you’ve ever taken a drive through the rolling hills of Pineville, Pa., Solebury, Pa., or Buckingham, Pa., you’re sure to have admired both the historic farmhouses and the majestic modern estates that dot…
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Obituaries
Virginia M. Luther ROBBINSVILLE Virginia Manni Luther, 95, died Wednesday at her residence. Born in Frosinone, Italy, she came to the U.S. with her family, at the age of 2, and settled in Monmouth Junction. Over the course of her life, she lived in Plainsboro, West Windsor and Lavallette, before moving to Robbinsville to…
