Caught in the middle
      Since Dec. 8, Township Clerk Virginia A. Lampman has been at the center of a mess not of her own creation. Her problems began when then-Mayor Joseph C. Scarpelli verbally walked out the door of town hall shortly before Christmas. Scarpelli informed her on Dec. 6 that he had appointed her acting mayor, effective upon his Dec. 8 resignation for "personal reasons.
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Coda
Is the nest ever empty when it's full of junk?
Greg Bean
      My wife and I are now officially empty nesters, but when the last child left recently to take an out-of-state job, we came to a shocking realization: You can't have an empty nest when the chicks leave all their junk behind to clutter the place up.
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