Category: archives
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Attorney writes the book on domestic-partner rights
Hill Wallack attorney also maintains a Web site and continues to fight for additional rights through his practice By: Hilary Parker When Stephen J. Hyland, the partner in charge of the trusts and estates practice at the West Windsor law firm Hill Wallack, characterizes New Jersey as somewhere between California and Maine, he’s not talking…
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Obituaries for the week of Jan. 13
Kenyon C. Darling, Agnes T. Powell, Dorothy Behrens, Clara C. Lemire Kenyon C. Darling TRENTON Baby Kenyon C. Darling died Jan. 4 in Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia. He is survived by his parents, Danielle Dubois and Woodrow Darling Jr.; his maternal grandparents, Doris and Dennis Dubois; his paternal grandparents, Sharon and Woodrow Darling Sr.;…
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MATTERS OF FAITH: Learning from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Local clergy reflect on King’s legacy. By: Leon Tovey Editor’s note: Matters of Faith is an occasional series focusing on religion and faith in the Cranbury, Jamesburg and Monroe area. Local members of the clergy said this week that while the message of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is as valid today as…
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KIDS AND THE COMMUNITY by Judy Shepps Battle: Inhalants as dangerous as drugs
The abuse of nitrous oxide is no laughing matter. By:Judy Shepps Battle Inhalants as dangerous as drugs Nitrous oxide: a clean, colorless, oxidizing gas with a slightly sweet odor. It is used by the food industry as a propellant to make items such as whipped cream, and by auto racers to boost engine performance. Dental…
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Reel Cinema
Indy and foreign films make their way to screens in Mercer County thanks to upcoming series at Grounds For Sculpture and Princeton Public Library By: Josh Appelbaum Films focusing on social issues by independent and foreign filmmakers also will make their way to screens in Mercer County. Noah Kadner’s Formosa, which will screen at Grounds…
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Two join Montgomery police force
By: Jake Uitti MONTGOMERY The Township Committee unanimously appointed Dewitt S. Giles and Joseph H. Ray as probationary police officers Jan. 5 with 40 family and friends in the audience. The two men were sworn in individually by Township Attorney Kristina Hadinger to flashing cameras and warm applause. "One of the better parts of…
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Frank O’Connell
Francis J. O’Connell, 97, died Thursday at Acorn Glen, Princeton. A native of Philadelphia, he was a resident of Pennington before moving to Princeton. Prior to his retirement, he was a highway engineer with the District of Columbia Department of Highways and Traffic. He graduated from West Philadelphia Catholic High School for Boys and earned…
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Anna Lucas
Anna I. Chaban Lucas, 89, of Cranbury, died Monday, Jan. 2, at the University Medical Center at Princeton. Ms. Lucas was born in Perth Amboy and had lived in Sewaren for 30 years before moving to Cranbury five years ago. She was a homemaker. Ms. Lucas was a former communicant of St. James R.C. Church…
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Sen. Clinton to give policy address at university
U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) is scheduled to deliver a policy address Wednesday night at Princeton University. Sen. Clinton’s address is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. in Alexander Hall’s Richardson Auditorium on the Princeton campus. The event, announced this week by the university’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, is not…
