Category: archives
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On Point
It’s only money, honey By: Linda McCarthy Every two weeks for the past 25 years my husband and I have followed the same routine. He says, "Did you update that check book?" I say, "Yes, my beloved, my most precious, my reason for being." And then it goes downhill from there. Apparently, since the day…
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All’s not so quiet on Mercer’s eastern front
Hightstown football players thrilled to talk about taking fifth (victory) By: Kyle Moylan It wasn’t easy, but Tim Lawson finally found something he wanted to repeat from the 2-8 2005 season. With WestWindsor North facing a third-and-7 from its own 20 in the first quarter last Friday night, Lawson happily replayed an interception for a…
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AHS boys’ soccer continues winning ways
The Allentown High School boys’ soccer team defeated Trenton, 6-2, back on Oct. 3 to improve to 7-3-1 on the season. The game was tied at 2-2 at the half, but then Allentown pulled away. "We had a talk at halftime to remind them they were sitting back and relaxing too much," Allentown Coach Tigana…
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Letters to the editor
Smith vote flouts habeas corpus To the editor: Let’s take a quick look at how our neighboring New Jersey members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted on the federal detainee bill recently. Frank Pallone (D-6th) and Rush Holt (D-12th) voted no to torture; Chris Smith (R-4th) voted yes to torture. Does that mean…
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Angelina Siconolfi
Angelina J. "Angie" (Vasta) Siconolfi, of Monroe, died Monday, Oct. 9, at her home in Greenbriar at Whittingham. Born in New Brunswick, she moved to North Brunswick where she lived for 32 years before moving to Greenbriar in 1994. She was a New Brunswick High School graduate. She was first employed by Pathe Industries in…
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Consensus builder needed in borough
By: Vic Monaco Over the last year, Hightstown Borough Council and Mayor Bob Patten have accomplished little when it comes to addressing the town’s urgent issues. One notable "accomplishment" was avoiding a 28-cent tax-rate increase and instead instituting an 18-cent hike. But that was only after the borough was lucky enough to get $200,000 in…
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All three West Windsor redeveloper bids are still in the running
Mayor to begin negotiations with firms seeking to oversee 350-acre train station area project By: Molly Petrilla WEST WINDSOR Township officials have decided that Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh will negotiate with all three planning firms that are in the running to oversee the redevelopment of the 350-acre area surrounding the Princeton Junction train station before…
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Letters
Menendez makes case for Kean To the editor: Bob Menendez has two ads currently running on New York television. In the first ad he pontificates about the relationship of the Kean campaign to a convicted felon. They even show a side-view mug shot of this deplorable person. What they neglect to mention is that…
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Obituaries
Luigi Sardella HIGHTSTOWN Luigi Sardella, 84, died Oct. 4 in the Cranbury Center-Genesis Elder Care facility in Monroe Township. Born in Torre del Greco, Naples, Italy, he was a resident of Hightstown for many years. Mr. Sardella formerly owned Luigi’s Restaurant in Hightstown. He retired from Mr. B’s Pizza in East Windsor. He is…
