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  • Hungry HHS softballers feast on Peddie

    McKee busts out at bat, Lavoie guns them down By: Rudy Brandl        Cheryl Iaione hopes her Hillsborough High softball team comes out as hungry and fired-up to play every day like it did in Monday afternoon’s home game against Peddie.    The Raiders, who hadn’t played in nine days since three games were washed out…

  • Ordinance on underage drinking delayed

    The measure to allow police to enter private property will be considered in the fall. By: Jennifer Potash        A proposed ordinance that would permit Princeton Borough police to cite underage drinkers on private property has been tabled until the fall.    The Public Safety Committee of the Borough Council had recommended the ordinance be discussed…

  • Joseph D’Agostino

    DOVER, Del. — Joseph D’Agostino Sr. died Tuesday, April 17, at Kent General Hospital.    Born in Trenton, he was a longtime resident of Hopewell Township before moving to Delaware.    Mr. D’Agostino had been a labor foreman with Local 369, Trenton.    He was a member of St. Alphonsus Church, Hopewell, where he was an usher, member…

  • Candidate offers thanks for support

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    I would like to thank everyone for your support in this week’s school board election. Although I may have not received enough votes for a seat on the board, I still consider the outcome to be a victory.    I would like to extend congratulations to Bob Laverty, Bonnie…

  • State to boost school facility project by $17.8 million

    The Princeton renovation and expansion project vote is expected May 15. By: Jeff Milgram    The state will pay about $17.8 million of the Princeton Regional School District’s $78.2 million expansion and renovation project, Superintendent Claire Sheff Kohn said Thursday.    The state, in an 18-page draft letter faxed Thursday, gave final approval of the district’s long-range…

  • Distance runners fuel Hillsborough girls

    Meyer, Willard go 1-2 in three races By: Rudy Brandl        The Hillsborough High girls don’t enjoy losing track meets, so they were even more focused than usual for last week’s dual meet showdown with Skyland Conference rival Franklin.    Hillsborough had finished second to Franklin at the indoor conference championship meet, so the Raider girls…

  • Big Band concert

    Friday, May 18 From 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., the Monroe Township Cultural Arts Commission will present the Ponds Residents Big Dance Band of 20 musicians and vocalists. The concert will be held at the Monroe Township High School. The band will play the music of Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie and more. Admission…

  • Looking forward to serving

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    We would like to thank the parents and other supporters who worked so hard on our successful campaign for the East Windsor Regional school board. We are grateful to the voters for the opportunity to serve them on the board. They clearly heard our message to bring positive,…

  • Time to end school budget vote charade

    PACKET EDITORIAL, April 20 By: Packet Editorial    First, the good news. Voters in all three Packet area school districts approved the budgets put forward by their boards of education for the coming year. Although the school budget vote represents the only opportunity New Jersey citizens have to vent their frustration about taxes in general —…