Category: archives

  • Letters to the Editor, March 31, 2005

    Learn details of senior proposals To the editor:     The Hopewell Valley Senior Center Planning Committee urges interested citizens to attend the April 4, 7:30 p.m. meeting of the Hopewell Borough Council in the cafetorium of the Hopewell Elementary School.    We are scheduled to present two proposals, which represent our carefully deliberated findings, They are…

  • Board slashes tax rate hikes

    Upper Freehold regional school board drastically reduces the planned school tax rate increases. By: Lauren Burgoon    UPPER FREEHOLD — The Upper Freehold regional school board handed down some welcome news to taxpayers last week by drastically reducing the planned school tax rate increases.    The cutbacks affect the proposed school tax rates in both towns for…

  • Patrick Imlay, Part 4 of 7

    HISTORICALLY SPEAKING    Henry Perkins Imlay begins the genealogy of remaining seven children of George and Sarah Bruere Imlay. From "The Imlay Family" by Hugh and Nella Imlay, published from Zanesville, Ohio, in 1958.     Henry Perkins was born November 8, 1860 and died July 31, 1901. He married Sarah Miller, born March 12, 1856, and…

  • Students get inspiration out of speaker

    Motivational speaker talks to students about the importance of making the best out of thier high school years. By: Melissa Hayes    Motivational speaker Mark Sharenbroich was at times cynical and sarcastic during his talk about teenage relationships and goals, but that didn’t bother the more than 2,400 South Brunswick High School students sitting in the…

  • March 30, 2005-B

    By: infoUSA/Donnelley Marketing of Ames, Iowa The Princeton Packet Inc. publishes information on real estate transactions in its core market as a public service because it believes the information is newsworthy and appropriate. The information is all on the public record. In some cases the listing represents the property’s mailing address rather than the municipal…

  • Paying the ‘Price’ for success

    By: Sean Moylan    The Northern Burlington County Regional High School coed varsity wrestling squad’s season has been over for weeks, but sophomore standout Brandy Price’s wrestling year is just beginning.    Recently Price, wrestling at 114 pounds, took 10th place out of 27 wrestlers at the United States Girls’ Wrestling Association National Championship in Michigan on…

  • LETTERS: Abschutz deserves another term

    To the editor:     I am writing to lend my support to the candidacy of Marty Abschutz for re-election to the South Brunswick Board of Education. He has been involved in South Brunswick as a parent of two daughters who have attended our schools and as an active volunteer in our community.    His many years…

  • Grand jury indicts Roebling man

    Burlington County grand jury indicts man suspected of stabbing his ex-girlfriend and then fleeing to Connecticut. By: Scott Morgan    The Roebling man suspected of stabbing his ex-girlfriend and then fleeing to Connecticut in December was indicted on seven counts by a Burlington County grand jury in Mount Holly last week.    Leo Holt III, 42, of…

  • Town eyes changes in ag housing laws

    North Hanover Township Committee outlines the definition of an "agricultural employee" as well as the requirements for building housing for such employees. By: William Wichert    NORTH HANOVER — Following a heated debate over the 2003 construction of a farm workers’ dormitory on Schoolhouse Road, the Township Committee is taking steps to amend its current laws…