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  • WEST AMWELL: Local elementary school gets kudos

       WEST AMWELL — West Amwell Elementary School recently was ranked a “high performing” school district, based on evaluations by the NJ Department of Education and the New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJQSAC) review.    The award was based on West Amwell Elementary’s receipt of top rankings in the following key areas of running an effective…

  • Jewish War Veterans Flag Day Ceremony

    By H. Rick Kline, Senior Vice Commander The SPC Marc Seiden Post #444 of the Jewish War Veterans of the USA will be presenting an American Flag that was flown over the United States Capitol on Flag Day, Thursday, June 14 at 7:30 PM.  The Post is making the presentation to the Twin Rivers Branch…

  • GUEST COLUMN: Fleas stayed with me all through the winter

    By Sally Stang    It’s 2 a.m. and I am vacuuming the cat. My cat, Ollie, has fleas … again! Luckily, he loves being Dustbustered or I would be typing this with one bloody hand now.    By my reckoning, ‘tis not the season for fleas. No, they are not early this year — they have just…

  • WEST AMWELL: With move at hand, Gartenberg shares feelings about South

    By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    WEST AMWELL — By now, school officials and residents of the South Hunterdon Regional School District know that Nancy Gartenberg, superintendent, plans to leave to become chief administrator of Somerset County’s Montgomery Township School District.    Ms. Gartenberg has headed South since the summer of 2007. Previously, she had been a…

  • WEST AMWELL: Hurricane Irene efforts are lauded by officials

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    WEST AMWELL — The West Amwell Fire Company and Harry Heller, the township’s office of emergency management coordinator, as well as a member of the fire company, were honored for their many contributions to the community, particularly during Hurricane Irene, at the May 23 Township Committee meeting.    ”There was a…

  • BORENTOWN JOTTINGS: Week of May 31

    Fri., June 1    The annual St. Mary School Golf Tournament will be held on at the Mountain View Golf course in West Trenton. It will be a scramble format with the shotgun start at 1 p.m. Organizers looking for golfers, corporate sponsors, and product or service donations. The price is $125 per golfer and includes…

  • Petitions due June 5

    By Gene Robbins, The Packet Group    In Springfield, Mansfield and Chesterfield, and elsewhere in New Jersey, residents have until June 5 to file a petition to run for the Board of Education.    The election will be held in November following the districts’ decision to move school elections from April to the general election for the…

  • CRANBURY: Book details town’s history

    CRANBURY: Book details town’s history

    Author John Chambers II sits with copies of his new book, “Cranbury, A New Jersey Town from the Colonial Era to the Present.”