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SEE RESULTS promises ‘top ten’ spot on Web searches
The idea is to modify a Web site’s code and content to make it show higher in search engine results listings. By: George Frey The number of pages on the Web exceeds 3.5 billion, but you can’t find a lot of those pages using even the most powerful search engines. That’s usually because Web sites…
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Letters to the Editor, April 8
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, April 8 By: Belligerence, venom from familiar source To the editor: I read Emily Cook’s recent letter (The Packet, March 28) with great interest. Previously, I had thought that some of the self appointed "deer lovers" were the most venomous and belligerent people I had ever encountered but it seems…
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OBITUARIES, April 8, 2003
Martha D. Peabody, Eva S. Mathisen, Theodore F. Platt, Ruth Tams Fuquen, William Haupt. Martha D. Peabody Retired from ETS Martha D. Peabody of Princeton died Saturday at home. She was 91. Born in Oakland, Md., she was a Princeton resident 70 years. She retired from Educational Testing Service after 30 years of service.…
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Contest takes shape in Rocky Hill
Incumbent Republican Charles Pihokken won’t seek another term. By: Paul Sisolak ROCKY HILL One Republican Borough Council member will not be seeking re-election this year while another GOP incumbent has decided to run for another term, according to Borough Clerk Raymond Whitlock. Two Democrats have filed to run in the June primary, and will…
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Incarceration’s high costs may make the case
PACKET EDITORIAL, April 8 By: Packet Editorial Another dubious milestone in American history was achieved recently when the nation’s prison and jail population topped 2 million for the first time. Don’t we all feel safer now? The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that our prisons and jails hold one in every 142 U.S. residents. During…
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SBA leader urges women to seize new opportunities
Melanie Sabelhaus was the keynote speaker for a New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners’ meeting. By: George Frey Now is the time for women-owned businesses to seize opportunities, said Deputy Administrator Melanie Sabelhaus, the U.S. Small Business Administration’s highest-ranking woman and keynote speaker at a New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners’ meeting on…
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Poet Paul Muldoon wins Pulitzer
Pulitzer for drama also has Princeton roots. By: Jeff Milgram Paul Muldoon, the Irish-born, Howard G.B. Clark Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University, won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for poetry Monday for his collection of poems, "Moy Sand and Gravel" (Farrar Straus and Giroux, $22). And the Pulitzer for drama went to Nilo Cruz,…
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Weather has ADs at a loss
Rain, snow hurting playing fields By: Bob Nuse High school athletic directors expect a certain amount of inconvenience when it comes to spring weather. But this spring, well, enough is enough as far as they’re concerned. "No question this is one of the worst springs we’ve had," said Marty Flynn, the Director of Athletics for…
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MILESTONES
From the issue of April 8, 2003. FINANCIAL SERVICES Roma Federal Savings Bank recently announced the appointment of Lisa Tuccillo as treasurer and assistant secretary. Ms. Tuccillo joined Roma Bank in 1986 as a clerk at the Chambersburg office and has held many escalating positions in the bank. A graduate of Mercer County Community College,…
