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  • Murder shocks Project Freedom

    Wheelchair-bound tenant at Robbinsville facility allegedly shot to death by Florence man. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — "It’s a commentary on our society today that that can happen in our neighborhood."    Those were the words of Project Freedom Executive Director Tim Doherty after a wheelchair-bound tenant of the Robbinsville facility was murdered Friday.    "People with…

  • NEWS OF OTHER DAYS 11/15

    From the Nov. 15 edition of the Register-News By: 125 years ago    Mayor Wolf himself made an arrest on Tuesday. A young man was acting disorderly in the post office, and no policeman being at hand his Honor seized the youth and conveyed him to the lock-up.    The cabalistic initials, "S.P." in this column four…

  • OBITUARIES 11/15

    From the Nov. 15 edition of the Register-News By: Edna Petty Sayers    FLORENCE — Edna Petty Hellings Sayers, 92, died Nov. 8 at Virtua-Memorial Hospital of Burlington County in Mount Holly.    Born in Burlington, she was a longtime Florence resident.    Mrs. Sayers was a homemaker and had been a sales clerk with Robert Hall Clothing…

  • Cardinals ousted by Colonia

    FootballFirst trip to playoffs since 1997 ends with 35-12 loss By: Steve Feitl    The hour-long bus trip to Colonia has not been fruitful for the Lawrence High School football team in recent years.    In each of its last two seasons, the team has traveled to the Patriots’ home field upstate, only to be handed its…

  • Wizard of Id

    Comedian Craig Shoemaker dicusses his randy alter ego, the Lovemaster. By: Jim Boyle    Comedian Craig Shoemaker realized many years ago the harsh reality that nice guys usually have the worst luck with women. No matter how well nice guys treat the opposite sex, a frustrating number of females seem to be attracted to the dark…

  • Cheap bonds save Princeton schools $6 million

    Bid on bond issue to finance $81 million renovation and expansion program comes in more than a half-point lower than expected. By: Jeff Milgram    Princeton taxpayers will shell out almost $6 million less in taxes than projected to pay back the $60.94 million in bonds that will finance renovation and expansion of the district’s six…

  • Vote today ranges from municipal to gubernatorial

    Polls close at 8 p.m. tonight. By: Jennifer Potash Voters in The Packet readership area go to the polls today to choose candidates in local, county and state-wide elections. Polls open at 6 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. around the state. Princeton Borough Two council seats, each for three-year terms, are up for grabs…

  • Bioethicists debate religion’s role in public policy-making

    By: Jeff Milgram    Religious views should be part of the policy-making process involving controversial bioethical issues such as human cloning and embryonic stem cell research, University of Virginia bioethicist James F. Childress told a conference at Princeton University on Thursday.    And Princeton University’s controversial bioethicist Professor Peter Singer agreed — up to a point.    Dr.…

  • PU basketball set to open season

    Tigers will play at California on Thursday By: Justin Feil    The Princeton University men’s basketball team tips off a highly anticipated season Thursday against host California in the Black Coaches’ Association Classic. And though it’s 3,000 miles from Old Nassau, California is a lot closer to home than it would seem.    Four Princeton players hail…