Category: archives
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EDITORIAL
Speak up with ideas for state budget. As Gov. Jon Corzine travels around the state, he’s understandably getting an earful of criticism about his proposed budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. It would be nice if, at one of his many stops, he actually got a helpful suggestion. The governor’s budget is,…
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OBITUARIES
From the issue of April 27, 2006. Theresa Cappiello Theresa Cappiello, 94, died Thursday, April 20, at the University Medical Center at Princeton. Born in Irvington, Ms. Cappiello has been a resident of Kendall Park for the last 30 years. Her husband, Frank Cappiello, is deceased. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Barbara…
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Township Council introduces 2006-07 budget with 3-cent tax rate increase
Councilman Rick Miller objects to the budget, citing the costs of adding more municipal jobs. By:Cara Latham Special Writer Township Council introduced its $37.3 million municipal budget for 2006 by a 4-1 vote at its April 19 meeting. Mayor Michael Powers and Council members Mark Holmes, Pam Mount and Greg Puliti voted in favor of…
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EDITORIAL
Sad showing: Time to reform school election. Last week’s school district votes and defeat of the budget should be looked at as more on an indicator on the state of New Jersey than local views on the schools district. According to the New Jersey School Boards Association, voters approved only 53.4 percent of…
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Solomon’s Choice
The Ellarslie Open is teeming with great artwork, making it hard to separate the wheat from the chaff. By: Megan Sullivan Trenton artist and activist Ben Whitmire was the first real director of the Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion in Cadwalader Park. He loved Trenton, its art and artifacts, and was an avid and…
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Town council tables pay-to-play change
The council is seeking to strengthen its pay-to-play ordinance through an amendment that would add redevelopers to the list of professionals whose political campaign contributions would bar them from receiving no-bid contracts. By:Cara Latham Special Writer An amendment to the township’s pay-to-play ordinance that would bar redevelopers from receiving no-bid municipal contracts in redevelopment areas…
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Letters to the editor
From the week of April 27 Earth Day cleanup promotes healthy waterway To the editor: Local volunteers gathered on a damp and chilly Earth Day morning last week to clean up an area along Thorntown Creek in Bordentown City. This waterway, which wends its way through the city and empties into Crosswicks Creek, has been…
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Obituaries
From the week of April 27 Stephanie B. Proneski BORDENTOWN Stephanie B. Proneski died Sunday. Daughter of the late Stanislaw and Apolozia Brodowicz, she was born in Trenton and had been a resident of Bordentown for 23 years. Mrs. Proneski worked at Westinghouse for 35 years and was a former parishioner of St. Hedwig’s…
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Pennington Barber Shop could close for good soon
Don Castaldo: "I’ll have to wait some more before making a final decision" By John Tredrea The Pennington Barber Shop, one of the oldest and best-known businesses in the Hopewell Valley area, may be history. Both Don Castaldo, owner of the shop where he has worked for 43 years, and Stan Kline, a barber there…
