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  • Police Blotter-Dec. 2, 2004

    Lambertville    A Hamilton, N.J., man was taken to the Hunterdon County Jail in lieu of $50,000 cash bail following a motor vehicle stop Nov. 13.    Police clocked Keith R. Zimmerly, 27, going 72 mph in a 45-mph area on Route 29 south near Weeden Street, police said.    He was stopped in the lot of the…

  • Stockton seeks new borough clerk

    Kim Franklin is leaving after three years as acting clerk to spend more time with her family. By: Linda Seida    STOCKTON — The Borough Council agreed Monday to enter into three contracts, one of them with a consultant for the purpose of finding a replacement for the town’s acting clerk, who is resigning.    The second…

  • ‘Stalag 17’

    Actors’ NET of Bucks County stages this play about World War II prisoners of war. By: Stuart Duncan    Stalag 17 is a play more than 50 years old and is almost never staged anymore. In fact, most people know it only from a 1953 movie that propelled William Holden to an acting Oscar. But that…

  • Chalk-free blackboards to come to South

    The high school will test a product that turns blackboards into white dry-erase boards. By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — Students at South Hunterdon Regional High School soon will "test drive" a product that turns blackboards into white dry-erase boards and make the classroom a healthier and cleaner place, according to Richard Anthes of the…

  • A Patchwork History

    The St. Ignatius Holly Tour offers a glimpse into a few exquisitely decorated Bucks County homes. By: Amy Brummer TIMEOFF PHOTOS/AMY BRUMMER The St. Ignatius Holly Tour Dec. 12 will visit the 1711 home of Edith and Leon Frenier (above) and the Muscara residence (below), constructed just last year.    The roads of Bucks County are…

  • Parenting Pearls-Dec. 2, 2004

    Rescuing Skyra from feral cat land By: Dr. Mae Sakharov    Welcome to the world of Skyra, a gray tomcat that has occupied a prominent place in my life for the past decade.    He arrived without warning. A little gray kitten was picked up by one of my former students from a crack house in the…

  • EDITORIAL: Get involved in your town

    Volunteers needed for local boards, committees. It’s the holiday season and along with long lines at retail stores and seasonal decorations going up everywhere, it’s also a time when numerous organizations reach out to the public for charitable help.    We even did so last month with HomeFront’s Thanksgiving basket drive. Thanks to your generosity, we…

  • BUSINESS WRAP-UP

    Issue of Nov. 30. Medarex inks $15M deal    Medarex, in Princeton Township, and Maryland’s MedImmune said Nov. 23 they will jointly develop antibodies to treat diseases of the immune system.    The collaboration will initially focus on two antibodies that are currently in preclinical development by Medarex for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. The companies expect…

  • Mercer County sets example for all to follow

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Nov. 30 By: Packet Editorial    "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly," Plato wrote more than 2,000 years ago, "while bad people will find a way around the laws."    Alas, nobody will ever confuse 21st-century civic life in Mercer County, N.J., with the participatory democracy practiced in Athens…