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  • Momma’s Boy

    Comedian Kevin Meaney has enjoyed success on stage and television. He brings his personal style of humor to the Stress Factory Oct. 12-13. By: Jim Boyle

  • Stumbling economy?

    Restaurants, travel agencies, other services getting back on feet after Sept. 11 attacks. By: George Frey    Along with the attacks of Sept. 11 came a significant hit to economies great and small around the world. The Princeton area was no exception in the immediate aftermath, and while business is starting to pick up again in…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR 10/11

    From the Oct. 11 edition of the Register-News By: Volunteers needed    Volunteers are needed to help assemble playground equipment on Saturday, Oct. 13 and Sunday, Oct. 14 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day at Second Street Park, located at the corner of Second and Park streets. Skilled volunteers are especially needed but all…

  • REAL ESTATE HOME PAGE: Local Real Estate News

    Realtors Reports: A weekly news roundup of featured Real Estate pros at Central Jersey Realtors. Property Transfers: The lists of area real estate transactions are provided by infoUSA/Donnelley Marketing of Ames, Iowa. The listings are offered as a service to Packet Online users interested in getting an idea of selling prices in their communities. It…

  • NBC knocked from ranks of the undefeated

    Willingboro wins, 31-7 By:Sean Moylan    "Their 4-0 was better than our 4-0," Charlie Pirrello said after his Northern Burlington County Regional High School football team lost its first game of the year to a still undefeated Willingboro squad by a score of 31-7 this past Saturday in an away contest.    For much of the first…

  • Squash, anyone?

    IN THE KITCHEN by Ann Harwood:  It’s the season to try two recipes with an international flair, gearing up with recipes for fall and winter squashes.    Even though it is warm and sunny as I write, the past week or so has been chilly — early autumn weather with a nip in the air. We…

  • By Jeeves, Anything Goes

    The works of P.G. Wodehouse inspired the formation of a society dedicated to the influential writer. The P.G. Wodehouse Society biennial convention takes place Oct. 12-14 in Philadelphia. By: Ilene Dube Illustration of Jeeves by Louis Glanzman.    Many of those who become captivated by author P.G. Wodehouse (pronounced Woodhouse) do so while convalescing.    "His humor…

  • Teachers to vote on new contract

    Tentative contract agreement reached By:David Koch    FLORENCE — The teachers union expects to hold a ratification vote Tuesday on a tentative contract agreement reached with the Board of Education after a 12-hour negotiation session on Oct. 4.    The school board plans to vote on the proposed three-year contract Oct. 22.    Four school board members and…

  • Muschal School transforms courtyard into learning garden

    Garden will be used for science projects, bird watching By:David Koch    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — When a library extension at Peter Muschal Elemental School created a new courtyard five years ago, most people saw it as a useless space. For years, it was used to just store mulch.    But when Kate Napolitano-Burke became principal of the…