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  • Missing Plainsboro woman in need of medication

       PLAINSBORO — Sharon Johnson, 29, was reported missing Jan. 6.    Police said Ms. Johnson, who is black, 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighs 175 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes, was last seen wearing bluejeans, a brown suede jacket and black shoes at her residence in Plainsboro by her mother.    She also was…

  • Budget crisis trickles down to local level

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Jan. 25 By: Packet Editorial    Remember Ronald Reagan’s "trickle-down" economics? Take money away from the federal government and give it back to rich people and it would literally trickle down to middle-class and lower-income Americans, thereby stimulating the economy.    It was nonsense, of course. Even the chief proponent of this theory, David Stockman,…

  • Voters endorse school expansion

    Supporters cite crowding, growth By: Casha Caponegro    Many of the voters who approved Tuesday’s referendum to fund a $7.3 million expansion to the Cranbury School were parents with children currently in the school.    "I have two youngsters here and one in the high school now," said Tom Fisher, who voted "Yes" on the referendum. "It’s…

  • FORUM: McGreevey

    How should Gov. James McGreevey plug a $2.4 billion gap in the state budget? How should Gov. James McGreevey plug a $2.4 billion gap in the state budget?

  • Lady Bulldogs near full strength

    Girls Basketball By: Matt Nalbone    The season is more than half over and the Hopewell Valley Central High School girls basketball team has yet to play a game with the entire roster.    Someone has been out with an injury in some capacity or another for every game and just now are the Lady Bulldogs relatively…

  • Hopewell girls nab individual crown

    Winter Track By: Steve Feitl    The Hopewell Valley Central High School girls winter track team is for real.    Any lingering questions about the Lady Bulldogs were answered this past weekend when they backed up their earlier state relay title with a state individual title as well.    As part of their successful weekend, the Lady Bulldogs…

  • Resident objects to ball field work

    Charges the League has violated its ease agreement with township denied By:Alec Moore    Fresh complaints that the Hillsborough Little League has been violating its agreement with the township surfaced at the Township Committee meeting Tuesday night.    Carl Deretchin of Spring Valley Drive raised concerns to the committee over what he perceives as misuse of the…

  • HomeSharing helps many find shelter

    To the editor    HomeSharing Program of Somerset County will be holding its twelfth annual Phonathon on Feb. 5, 6, 7, 11 and 12 at the Somerset Messenger-Gazette Building in Somerville.    This is the largest fundraising event for the organization, and during these five evenings more than ten percent of HomeSharing’s annual budget is raised. Over…

  • Craft gallery to mark 25th year at Allentown mill

    Jimmy Carter was the president when Karen Deets began the Off the Wall Craft Gallery. By: Mark Moffa    ALLENTOWN — A downtown anchor store will celebrate 25 years of business this weekend.    Jimmy Carter was serving the first year of his term as president when Karen Deets began the Off the Wall Craft Gallery in…