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  • JAMESBURG: Borough gears up for boulevard fair

    Tonkery Boulevard Street Festival to be held August 10 By: Al Wicklund    JAMESBURG – The Borough of Jamesburg will hold its second annual Tonkery Boulevard Street Festival Aug. 10, and is ready to welcome vendors and sponsors, Borough Clerk Gretchen Schauer said Wednesday.    The festival is scheduled to run from noon to dusk on West…

  • New chief medical officer joins university

    Dr. Daniel Silverman to head Princeton University Health Services.    Dr. Daniel Silverman, a physician with experience in health systems management, academic administration and medical education, will serve as chief medical officer and head of the Princeton University Health Services.    His appointment as chief medical officer and executive director of University Health Services is effective Aug.…

  • C-P reaches Final Eight of District 12 play

    Begins next round Saturday By: Rich Fisher    As an oppressive heat wave took over Central Jersey, the Cranbury-Plainsboro Little League 12-year-old all-stars had no problem getting out of the pool.    And into the next round.    In the first year for pool play in the District 12 tournament, C-P went 3-1 in Pool A and advanced…

  • Soaries backs far-right plans

    Letter to the editor To the editor:     For years, conservatives in Congress have been trying to push an "abstinence-only" agenda into our schools’ sexuality education programs.    This extremist policy, which wastes our tax dollars while ignoring the realities of teen-age sex, was recently called a "recipe for disaster" by the New York Times.    The…

  • Antonia Kissel

       Antonia R. "Toni" Kissel, 78, died Tuesday, July 2, at Capital Health System at Fuld hospital, Trenton.    Born in Hopewell Township, she was a longtime resident before moving to Lawrence two years ago.    Mrs. Kissel had been employed by a cafeteria catering company for Lenox and Trinity Episcopal Church.    She was a graduate of Hopewell…

  • Council approves senior zone

    Township council approves retirement community By: Al Wicklund    MONROE – A zoning change that allows a new planned retirement community to be built in the southwest part of the township received the approval of the Township Council on Monday.    Without comment from council members or the audience, the council adopted a zoning change that enables…

  • Borough raises water, sewer rates 19 percent

    The council’s action will raise the average annual water and sewer bill for borough residents from $752 to $896. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — The Borough Council voted Monday to increase Hightstown’s water rates by 19 percent, a measure council members said is intended to keep pace with the cost of living.    The new rates…

  • Pledge, plea to honor this newest ‘right’

    PACKET EDITORIAL, July 5 By: Packet Editorial    If you are inclined to believe everything you read in the papers – well, some papers, at least — you might think a vast conspiracy of silence on the part of New Jersey public officials is about to be smashed by a crusading, enterprising media seeking to shine…

  • Mothers of Invention

    The New Brunswick-based Frank Zappa tribute band Project/Object performs at Conduit in Trenton July 12. By: Jillian Kalonick    For some, it probably began with "Joe’s Garage," or maybe "Montana," "Valley Girl" or "Dancin’ Fool" on the radio. Then instrumentals — "Peaches en Regalia," or a noteworthy album titled after the oft-repeated request Shut up ‘N…