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  • School board should heed call for change

    EDITORIAL By:    The hotly contested Lawrence Township Board of Education race concluded last week with voters rejecting two incumbents and selecting two newcomers and a former board member to fill the three vacancies.    The district’s proposed $57.6 million operating budget and a $2.5 million second question won narrow approval by the voters.    The voters want…

  • Township offers Saturday inspections for homeowners

    Two inspectors added to work weekends By:Melissa Edmond    Finishing weekend projects will be a lot easier for many Hillsborough homeowners, since the township started offering Saturday building inspections.    The township initiated the new program last week, with building and electrical inspections.    "We used to hear a lot of complaints that people used to have to…

  • Letters to the Editor

    For the April 28 issue. Family remembers departed loved one To the editor:    Matthew Childs: March 27, 1972-May 2, 2004    It’s only been a year since you left us and yet it feels more like an eternity.    Matt, we miss you more than you could ever imagine.    When we feel we can’t go on any…

  • Community Calendar

    Earth Day Clean-up    Saturday, April 30 — An Earth Day Clean-up of Thorntown Creek from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., rain or shine. This year will focus on the floodplain behind Ocean Spray. Sturdy shoes and work gloves are recommended. Garbage bags and wheelbarrows provided.    Meet at the corner of Elizabeth Street and rear entrance…

  • Mayor declares April Grange month

    Proclamation of the oldest grange in the state. By: Joseph Harvie    Pioneer Grange 1 in Dayton is still looking for new members.    To meet that end, the Rev. Robert Turton, one of the pastors of the Fresh Ponds Chapel and steward of the Grange, urged the Township Council April 12 to declare April Grange Month…

  • New courses aimed at teaching pet care

    Manville’s Lorraine Zdeb plans "Pet Care University" By:Mary Ellen Zangara    After 16 years in the pet-sitting business, Manville resident Lorraine Zdeb has plenty of experience with animals. When it comes to animal and pet care, she’s a graduate of the school of "hard walks."    Come September, Ms. Zdeb, owner of Love Your Pet LLC pet-sitting…

  • Letters to the Editor, April 28, 2005

    Seniors seek support from Pennington Council To the editor:     The Hopewell Valley Senior Center Planning Committee urges interested citizens to attend the May 2, 7 p.m. meeting of the Pennington Borough Council.    (The council meets in Borough Hall, 30 N. Main St., Pennington).    We are scheduled to present three proposals that represent our carefully…

  • SCHOOLS: Curtain call

    Students get ready for spring musical. By: Sarah Winkelman    After months of rehearsal, the cast of "Oliver!" is ready to take the stage.    This year’s fifth-grade musical involves a cast of more than 60 students. Music teacher Sarah Stoloff, who provides the direction for the musical, said the production will take place today (Thursday) and…

  • 2005 Kids To Work Day – Children of The Princeton Packet Inc. staff members visited the newspaper offices for ‘Take Our Kids to Work Day.’

    Packet puts its kids to work: Matthew Bruinooge, Brendan Rafanello, Katie Mutek, Lexi Kemp, Lanie Guld, Tristan Rafanello, Katy Nyby, Erica Kent, Michael Kleinkauf, Elijah Lee, Steven Mutek, Emily Bruinooge, Nestor Pacheco, Mary Joyce Brodowski, Katie Fritts By: Jennifer Potash, Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski    Princeton Packet employees welcomed 20 kids to ‘Take Our Kids…