• AHS graduates look to serve their country

    Eight seniors plan to join military or accept appointment to academy BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer While most of this year’s graduating class of Allentown High School (AHS) will be heading on to college or work opportunities in the fall, several members have opted to serve their country in the armed forces. Abigail Chek Abigail…

  • Allentown H.S. graduating class of 2009

    PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Above: Lauren Stinson (l) and Lizzy Thomas look for familiar faces in the audience during the 84th commencement of Allentown High School on Friday. The ceremony took place at the Trenton War Memorial in Trenton. Left: Angela Walker carries her diploma with pride.

  • He bagged the goose — and then we cooked it

    Coda • GREG BEAN In our family, we love to tell the story about Grandpa and the goose, although if he were still alive, he’d probably get a nasty letter from PETA berating him for inhuman cruelty. That organization got so upset last week when President Obama swatted a fly on camera, there’s no telling…

  • Mom pulled to curb by fashion police

    Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH My mother-in-law was a sharp dresser. Her shoes matched her slacks, which went well with her blouse, and the entire ensemble was properly changed up by her stylish jewels, which complemented her functional and yet fashionable pocketbook. Long before the fashion police regulated women’s luncheons and Mr. Blackwell’s…

  • Enjoy trips to the library during summer ‘staycations’

    Guest Column • Norma E. Blake Faced with a very weak economy, high unemployment, furloughs and pay cuts, many New Jersey families are planning to vacation in state this year, traveling no farther than our famous beaches and boardwalks. Even then, a recent poll by Monmouth University/Gannett shows some residents are eliminating visits to the…

  • Business Briefs

    Debbie Mazella has joined the WJRZ radio family. Mazella will be the new disc jockey from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on WJRZ (100.1 FM), a Greater Media radio station. Mazella says she may have grown up in New York, but she has been addicted to playing ski ball on the boardwalks of the Jersey…

  • BURLINGTON COUNTY: Three schools send off ’09 grads

    BURLINGTON COUNTY: Three schools send off ’09 grads

    A view from behind the graduating Class of 2009 at NBC. Staff photo by Geoffrey Wertime.

  • BURLINGTON COUNTY: Three schools send off ’09 grads

    BURLINGTON COUNTY: Three schools send off ’09 grads

    Florence graduates line up to receive diplomas.

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Center plans move ahead

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Community Development Director Barbara Woolley-Dillon presented the Town Center Plan at its first public hearing Monday, which saw a handful of residents in attendance and little public comment at the Township Committee meeting.    The plan was prepared as part of a 2007 Smart Future Grant from the…

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