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NH-S votes to save one music program
Parents protested the cutting of the orchestra and strings program for third through 12th grades. By: Linda Seida NEW HOPE The New Hope-Solebury School Board of Directors voted unanimously Monday to keep one of its music programs alive. This was the second time a music program has come under fire in the district in…
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Forum to be held on being prepared
The Phillips Mill Community Association will offer "Ready or Not? Emergency Preparedness in the Delaware Valley." By: Mae Rhine SOLEBURY "Don’t just sit on your hands and expect to be taken care of." That’s the advice Mary Lou Huchet is giving residents as she touts the Phillips Mill Association’s upcoming forum, "Ready or Not?…
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Police Blotter-March 9, 2006
Lambertville Phillip J. Harper, 26, of Lambertville was arrested at his 295 N. Main St. home on outstanding warrants March 1. Mr. Harper was wanted in Monmouth County for an outstanding warrant on larceny charges. He also was wanted in Marlboro Township and Ocean on charges of possession of a controlled dangerous substance, in Franklin…
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To Your Health-March 9, 2006
A focus on Deep Vein Thrombosis By: Dr. Terry Shlimbaum Hunterdon Medical Center recently has implemented a new quality improvement program, Deep Vein Thrombosis Safety Zone. DVT Safety Zone is a national program designed to help reduce the risk and raise awareness of DVT, a potentially life-threatening condition that affects more people than AIDS and…
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South Eagles are CJ 1 champs
By: John E. Powers The fans of the South Hunterdon High School girls basketball team stood and roared Monday night as the Eagles closed in on the Central Jersey Group 1 championship. They cheered as the final minute ticked away at West Windsor-Plainsboro North High School. Senior point guard Amanda Garefino, senior center Casey Slack,…
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Township expected to pass sex offender housing law
The law also would curtail their movements on Halloween. By: Linda Seida WEST AMWELL The Township Committee is expected to pass a new law April 5 that will restrict where convicted sex offenders may live and curtail their movements on Halloween. The ordinance would become effective immediately upon passage. The proposed law was introduced…
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Township wants DOT to fix tainted wells
Since 1999, chloride from salt stored on a lot owned by the DOT has contaminated nearby well water. By: Linda Seida WEST AMWELL Judy Nanni has lost half the function in one of her kidneys. Also, a cyst has developed on her kidney, and another has formed on her adrenal gland. Since 1999, chloride…
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‘The Rocky Horror Show’
The Villagers takes on the infamous cult classic. By: Stuart Duncan The Rocky Horror Show has become such a cult classic that one should begin by separating fact from fiction. It first saw the light of day as a 1973 stage musical in England, the brainstorm of Richard O’Brien, principally to cash in on the…
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‘Step Up to the Mike’
New Jersey Theatre Alliance brings the spoken word of young poets to Crossroads Theater. By:Jillian Kalonick Although she began writing poetry at the age of 7, Ariana Makoski had never heard of or participated in performance poetry until a couple of years ago, when she attended a slam in her hometown of South Plainfield. "I…
