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  • PERCEPTIONS: Coming soon: ‘Spidey 8’ and cicadas

    What will the world look like when the cicadas return? By: Steve Feitl    The streets of Princeton are a little quieter these days.    No more incessant humming. No more collapsed insect carcasses scattered along sidewalks. No more slow-moving flights into buildings, buses and bodies.    Yes, the cicadas have left the area — not to return…

  • State requirements will mean delays in final tax bills

    By:Roger Alvarado    Township officials say taxpayers won’t see their final tax bills until September because of a state failure to provide certified state aid numbers and new state aid and school surplus requirements that have gone into effect.    Consequently, the township has been forced to send out estimated tax bills for the third quarter of…

  • Join in Lewis and Clark’s 200th anniversary

    BOOK NOTES by Dr. Joan Ruddiman    We are in the midst of the 200th anniversary of Lewis and Clark’s remarkable three-year journey across the continent. For those travelling through Lewis and Clark territory this summer or for kids of all ages who like a good adventure story, here are some titles to explore.    There are…

  • Anchor House riders finish trip Saturday

    Will picnic at Dutkos’ before going to mall celebration.    The 26th Annual Anchor House Ride For Runaways, a seven-day, 500-mile bike ride that raises funds for abused, homeless and runaway youth, began July 11 from South Burlington, Vt., and ends Saturday (July 17) with a 3 p.m. ceremony at Quaker Bridge Mall.    This year, riders…

  • Borough gets tough on neglected properties’ owners

    Fines will be issued to owners of property not meeting borough maintenance ordinances By:Roger Alvarado    Mayor Angelo Corradino says the borough is about to start coming down hard on absentee landlords and residents who don’t do a thing to improve properties that have become eyesores.    During Monday’s Borough Council meeting, Mayor Corradino said he has…

  • LETTER:Historic district bad for homeowners

    To the editor:    It is unfortunate that a historic housing district has been created in Kingston. At one time our society had freedom. The popular belief was that a house was one’s castle. We lived and prospered with fundamental property rights. Those rights have been under constant attack by forces of coercive government. In a…

  • Hopewell resident is Elks officer

    Darlis Maksymovich is Esteemed Lecturing Knight.    Darlis Maksymovich, a 26-year resident of Hopewell, has been elected and installed as Esteemed Lecturing Knight of The Princeton Elks.    She has served the Princeton Elks for nearly 10 years, chaired the Veteran’s Committee and was a member of the Membership and Handicapped Children’s committees.    An employee of East…

  • For the July 15 issue

    John J. Merkel, Pasquale Grillo Jr. John J. Merkel    WHITING — John J. "Jack" Merkel, 73, July 4 at St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton.    Born in Trenton, he lived in Robbinsville for 10 years before coming to Crestwood Village in Whiting in May 2004.    He was a graduate of Trenton Catholic Boys High School and…

  • OBITUARY: Harry Lavon Thompson

       Harry Lavon Thompson, 32, of Dayton, died Saturday, July 3, in Franklin, as the result of an accident.    He was born in New Brunswick, and was a longtime city resident before relocating to Dayton. He received a bachelor’s degree from Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio, and was presently enrolled in a master’s degree program in…