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  • Beware hazards of lead paint, lawn chemicals

    Health agency offers advice for spring activities By: Jennifer Potash    As Princeton Borough and Princeton Township residents contemplate spring cleaning or home renovation projects, the Princeton Regional Health Department would like them to think about taking a chemical-free approach.    The Health Department provides fact sheets on how to maintain lawns and gardens without toxic chemicals…

  • May 3, 2002

    By: infoUSA/Donnelley Marketing of Ames, Iowa In some cases the listing represents the property’s mailing address rather than the municipal location. While the intention is to include all reported transactions, Packet Online does not guarantee its completeness or independently verify its contents. Avenel, Diego Carrera, 148 Remsen Ave, $185,000, 11/19/01 Avenel, Bruno Osuch, 41 Meinzer…

  • PHS captures MCT boys’ tennis title

    WW-PS finishes second, Hun third in close competition By: Justin Feil    It wasn’t as close as its two-point victory last year, but the Princeton High boys’ tennis team captured what turned out to be a very close Mercer County Tournament on Wednesday. Everywhere, teams could point to a match that could have gone either way,…

  • Tours to resume at Drumthwacket

    By: Jennifer Potash    Aficionados of New Jersey history, as well as schoolchildren on class trips, may soon be able to visit Drumthwacket, the governor’s mansion.    By early June, Drumthwacket will resume tours for the public, according to Paul Aronsohn, spokesman for Gov. James E. McGreevey.    The day of the once-a-week tours has not yet been…

  • Editors review press war coverage role

    Panel discusses the challenges and pressures facing reporters and editors after Sept. 11. By: Jeff Milgram    With an impenetrable enemy, no front lines and little cooperation from the Bush administration, the war on terrorism is a particularly difficult conflict to cover, according to Steve Coll, managing editor at The Washington Post.    "Al-Qaeda remains an elusive…

  • Denow-Rt. 31 linkplans in the works

    County official says road will be about four-fifths of a mile long — 4,250 feet, to be exact By: John Tredrea    Too much engineering work remains to be done for the Mercer County administration to be able to estimate when work on the Denow Road Extension might begin, or when the work might end, or…

  • New plan to spare historic Allentown house

    Proposal for the Malsbury & Armenante law office property to go to planning/zoning board. By: Mark Moffa    ALLENTOWN — Borough Councilwoman Margaret Armenante said she submitted plans recently for the Malsbury & Armenante law office property at 12 N. Main St. that do not involve demolishing the building.    The new plans were given to the…

  • Manville softballers advance in SCT

    Ortman, Kohler lead way to shutout By: Rudy Brandl    Solid pitching and defense and timely hitting are the necessary ingredients to win tournament softball games. Manville High performed well in all these areas in posting a 7-0 victory over Gill St. Bernards in Saturday’s preliminary round of the Somerset County Tournament.    Junior Amy Ortman fired…

  • AHS baseball back in the playoff race

    Redbirds taking everything one at a time. By: Kyle Moylan    When Rich Dawson notes that his Allentown High School baseball team is approaching this season one game at a time, that actually is a bit misleading.    Make that one inning. One out. One strike.    "If you do that, the wins will come," Dawson noted.    The…