Category: archives
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PAL getting set for senior Babe Ruth playoffs
BASEBALL: After a middle-of-the-pack finish to the regular season, the East Windsor PAL senior Babe Ruth team thinks it can make some noise in the postseason. By: Neil Hay At the beginning of the season East Windsor PAL Manager Dave Dino believed he had the team to beat in the Mercer County Senior Babe Ruth…
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Saddlebrook Estates at Burlington
Calton Homes offers four-bedroom estate-style homes priced from the mid-$200s Calton Homes offers an array of amenities like the family-sized kitchen above. Calton Homes has created a portfolio of four-bedroom estate-style homes, priced from the mid-$200’s, which offer an array of amenities and half-acre homesites. These homes are characterized by entry foyers with staircases, spacious…
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Joseph Penarczyk
MANVILLE Joseph B. Penarczyk passed away July 20 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. He was 86. Born in Steubenville, Ohio, he moved to Manville in 1924. Mr. Penarczyk retired in 1978 after 30 years of employment as an electrician for PSE&G Co. of New Brunswick. He had served in the U.S. Coast Guard…
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Move toward parking garage is great play
PACKET EDITORIAL, July 27 What a triple play for the people of Princeton! In March, we pondered whether good news would come in threes for this field of public facilities dreams. At that time, we had watched the Princeton Regional Board of Education and the Princeton Public Library take decisive action to improve the level…
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Fall cleanup eyed for greenhouses
Two asbestos-contaminated greenhouses on the Wright South property likely will be cleaned up in October. By:Amanda Bok Two asbestos-contaminated greenhouses on the Wright South property likely will be cleaned up in October. Township officials identified asbestos earlier this month in the pipes, ceiling, walls and rose tray of the greenhouses, located on 122 acres included…
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Around Cranbury
By:Lorraine Sedor Nadine and Mark Berkowsky are delighted to announce the engagement of their daughter, Siri, to Bruce Heinrichs. Here’s how Bruce popped the question: Siri wanted to show her boyfriend Bruce the town of Rockport, Mass., where her grandmother, Edie Ingerman, has lived for over 35 years. Siri has many happy childhood memories of…
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Torpedoes express their thanks
Letter to the editor To the editor: The Twin Rivers Torpedoes is a community-based swim team that is solely supported by local residents and businesses. On behalf of the Torpedoes, I would like to thank the following sponsors for their generous donations which help to ensure the success of this year’s swim season: Twin Rivers…
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Singer-songwriter to perform
The first thing Spook Handy thinks about when he reminisces about his childhood is music by the Beatles and Simon and Garfunkel. By: ROOSEVELT The first thing Spook Handy thinks about when he reminisces about his childhood is music by the Beatles and Simon and Garfunkel. Growing up in Montclair, he spent a lot…
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Huzzy promises changes after 12-13 season
BASEBALL: For the first time under the leadership of manager Bob Huzzy, Hightstown Post 148 failed to make the Mercer County American Legion League playoffs. By: Neil Hay The help wanted sign is already out at Hightstown Post 148. "Serious players only need apply." After the 12-13 season that just ended, manager Bob Huzzy and…
