Category: archives

  • Students get entertaining introduction to career options

    New York disc jockey is a hit at Community Park School. By: Rachel Silverman    Monday at Community Park Elementary School, students in Jordan Ullman’s fifth-grade class practiced their reading, plotted a few line graphs and heard about the star-studded career of MIX 102.7 radio personality Rick Stacy.    In his half-hour presentation, the New York City…

  • Walton speaks in Montgomery

    Hall of Famer impresses crowd By: Justin Feil    It took Bill Walton longer to make it to Montgomery High than he expected, but once the NBA Hall of Fame basketball player was there, he didn’t want to leave.    A crowd of 300 Montgomery Basketball Association recreation players and parents didn’t want him to go either.…

  • New year, old traditions

    U.S. parents of Chinese-born children adopt a culture as well as a baby. By: Aleen Crispino    Michele Glassburg and Stuart Binder of Robbinsville and their two daughters, Hannah, 10, and Lillie, 6, are getting ready to celebrate a family holiday.    The family will gather under cascades of red and gold balloons at the Super Star…

  • CAREERS! CAREERS! CAREERS!

    EXPLORE A CAREER IN NEWSPAPER SALES! OPEN HOUSE – February 16, 2005 Ready for a change in the new year? Looking for an exciting career, where no two days are the same? We are looking for high energy, self-motivated individuals who love to meet new people (community residents as well as business owners). Consider a…

  • The Packet marks half-century under Kilgore family ownership

    In 1955, the president and publisher of the Wall Street Journal bought his hometown paper.    On top of the front page of the Feb. 3, 1955, issue of The Packet was a small, one-column box with no headline.    It began: "Charles H. LaTourette, editor and publisher of the Princeton Packet, announced on Tuesday this week…

  • Jan. 31, 6:50 p.m.: Pragmatic thoughts on the Iraqi vote

    A national vote with promise and limitations. By: Hank Kalet    Here are some thoughts on the historic election in Iraq that I think put the vote in perspective and add a layer of pragmatism to a discussion that has been occurring on a surreal plane these days:    • Bob Herbert reminds us that no matter…

  • Anacker reaches 1,000 career points

    By: Kyle Moylan    All anyone has to do is look at the chosen line of work by the family to know what kind of player they are getting with an Anacker.    Mark Anacker Sr. is a firefighter. Mark Jr. is a state police officer. Greg Anacker is in the police academy. Scott Anacker, currently a…

  • Jan. 31, 6:38 p.m.: Defending FDR

    A grandson reminds us why FDR created Social Security. By: Hank Kalet    President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s grandson raises his voice in the Social Security debate.

  • A sketch of Samuel Rogers, Part 2 of 4

    HISTORICALLY SPEAKING    Published in 1888 and written by cousins, George S. L. Ward, U.S.A. and Louis Richards of Reading, Pa., A fort on the hill at Allentown — confirmed by a contemporary map — would explain the town’s immunity during the Revolutionary war.     III. SAMUEL, born February 12, 1727. He resided for many years…