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  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Silent night?

    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Silent night?

    Staff decides to exclude three songs from concert By James McEvoy, Managing Editor    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The MacFarland Intermediate School’s winter concert Dec. 3 will have a silent night — at least with regard to three religious songs, which sparked recent controversy in Bordentown.    Since formal examination of the district policy on religious music in…

  • KENNEDY ASSASSINATION 50TH ANNIVERSARY: Where were you when the world changed?

    Packet Media Group is looking for your personal reflections on that fateful day in Dallas in 1963 when President John F. Kennedy was gunned down. Please share what you remember about the day President Kennedy was killed. We may use some of these items in a news story next week in our papers, so please…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Teacher aide Barbara Novak wins two honors

    HILLSBOROUGH: Teacher aide Barbara Novak wins two honors

    She’s the local and county education support professional of the year    Barbara Novak has been chosen as the Hillsborough and Somerset County Educational Support Professional of the Year for 2014.    Ms. Novak has been an instructional assistant at Amsterdam Elementary School for the last 19 years.    ”She clearly goes above and beyond her job duties,…

  • Hillsborough Spartans Get Recognized

    Hillsborough Spartans Get Recognized

    Number 23 Eric Boyer helps advance the Spartans during one of their season games.

  • HAMILTON: TCA student Garner signs to play at Georgia Tech

    HAMILTON: TCA student Garner signs to play at Georgia Tech

    Erin Garner, a Hamilton resident and a student at Trenton Catholic Academy, signed a letter of intent to play basketball for Georgia Tech University.    HAMILTON — Erin Garner, a Hamilton resident and a student at Trenton Catholic Academy, signed a letter of intent to play basketball for Georgia Tech University.    Erin, a 6-foot-3 member of…

  • MANVILLE: Kids can compete Saturday in free-throw shooting

    It’s the annual Elks contest    The Manville-Hillsborough Elks will sponsor its 42nd annual free throw shooting contest at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23, in the gymnasium of Weston Elementary School, 600 Newark Ave., Manville.    The event is free of charge. If the participant is successful enough to move through state and regional finals, the…

  • BORDENTOWN JOTTINGS: Nov. 21

    Fri., Nov. 22 Sat., Nov. 23    The Christmas bazaar at Trinity United Methodist Church, 339 Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown, will be Friday from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 4 to 7 p.m.    A soup and sandwich luncheon will be Friday from 11:30 to 1:30 p.m.; and a…

  • ROBBINSVILLE/PLUMSTED: Fire departments team up for Toys for Tots campaign

    ROBBINSVILLE/PLUMSTED: Fire departments team up for Toys for Tots campaign

    Local fire departments have teamed up with the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots annual campaign, which has begun with Christmas a little over a month away. By Amy Batista, Special Writer    Local fire departments have teamed up with the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots annual campaign, which has begun with Christmas a little…

  • FLORENCE: Seriously injured fireman returns

    FLORENCE: Seriously injured fireman returns

    Florence Township Fire Department Fire Marshal Brian Richardson holds up a personal gas meter he now carries after losing his sense of taste and smell since being seriously injured May 31, 2011, at a truck fire on Route 295.  Amy Batista photo