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  • Obituaries

    Stephen Budassi Sr.    TRENTON — Stephen P. Budassi Sr., 87, died unexpectedly Aug. 1 at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan.    Born in Trenton, he was a life-long area resident.    Mr. Budassi served two tours of military duty during World War II, first as a combat medic, and later as a ranger combat…

  • Har Sinai is owner of Route 31 property

    Closing took place July 31 By John Tredrea    Har Sinai Temple, on Bellevue Avenue in Trenton since 1929, has closed on its purchase of the property in southern Hopewell Township where the temple will relocate.    "It has taken us five years to get to this moment," Har Sinai spokeswoman Laura Reiser said Friday. Ms. Reiser…

  • Allocated funds tie the hands of state’s leaders

    EDITORIAL By:    Back in the days before New Jersey had a state lottery, an income tax and casino gambling, no self-respecting legislator would be caught dead proposing that revenues the state collected from any particular source be dedicated to a specific purpose.    Why, after all, would anyone who has the power of the purse —…

  • Bishop Rupert Johnson

       Bishop Rupert S. B. Johnson, 88, died Thursday, Aug. 3, in Princeton Medical Center.    Bishop Johnson was the Pastor of Rehoboth Pentecostal Church in Trenton, for over 30 years. He also served as the Diocesan Bishop of the Second Episcopal District of the United Churches.    Two wives, Mae Henry Johnson, and the late Maisie Dandy…

  • Township officials: CHS relocation not ‘a done deal’

    State panel’s endorsement puts hospital closer to moving its Mercer Campus facility to Lawrence. By: Lea Kahn    Just because it is a hospital does not mean it has carte blanche to come in and affect Lawrence Township.    That was the reaction of Councilman Greg Puliti this week following the decision by the state Health Planning…

  • Letters — week of Aug. 10

    By: Veteran CHS nurse defends possible move To the editor:    I have worked as a nurse-midwife at Capital Health System’s Mercer campus for over 20 years and write in support of CHS’ proposal to move six-and-a-half miles up the road to Lawrence.    Some suggest that CHS is moving so they can turn their back on…

  • Recharging business after a discharge

    Borough Councilman makes getting back in business easier for returning vets By: Purvi Desai    ALLENTOWN — Most people don’t spend too much time thinking about how veterans resettle into their day-to-day lives once they are discharged from military service.    Most people, that is, except for Borough Councilman Jerry Rovner, a Navy captain whose business was…

  • Dorothy Louise Tomlinson

       Dorothy Louise Tomlinson, 81, of Titusville died Wednesday at the Capital Health System, Mercer Campus.    Born in Titusville, she was a lifelong area resident. She was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. After graduating, she was employed by the University of Pennsylvania Hospital for three years. She retired after 35 years…

  • Letters to the Editor, Aug. 10, 2006

    Give voters the choice To the editor:     The HVN correctly pointed out in its editorial last week that by far the largest share of costs funded by the property tax goes to the public schools, and, in a related story, the many obstacles that current State laws put on the path to municipal consolidation.…