Category: archives
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ROBBINSVILLE: RHS girls hoops qualifies for states
By Justin Feil, The Packet Group Allison Guido and the Robbinsville High School girls basketball team are just starting to get used to winning. Guido, a Ravens senior, has seen a lot of losses in her career, but this year she’s adjusting to a new side, which explains why they have been slow to celebrate…
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Why middle class can’t get a break
Mary Bell Lambertville The questionable and shady ACORN affiliate called Project Vote — which also is the former employer to President Barack Obama — is working to register voters on public assistance, according to Judicial Watch. This is happening in spite of voter-registration fraud convictions of at least 70 ACORN/Project Vote employees in 12…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Council seeks quick walker remedies
By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor Township Council members are trying to be creative in helping keep high school students walking along Stouts Lane safer. Students from South Brunswick High School came before the council in November to ask if it could make the road safer to walk on because there are no sidewalks. The…
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Video promotes baseball, softball registration
Sam Weber as John Sterling, the voice of the New York Yankees.
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Albert Nobbs’
Glenn Close as Albert Nobbs — a female passing as a male — and Mia Wasikowska as Helen in Rodrigo Garcia’s ‘inert’ film.
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Council sends bullying law back to Legislature
By Charles W. Kim, The Packet Group Legislators have less than two months to re-tool the state’s anti-bullying law after the Council on Local Mandates deemed it unconstitutional Jan. 27. ”The Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act is absolutely the correct response to increased incidences of bullying in our schools,” said state Sen. Diane Allen, R-7th,…
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UPPER FREEHOLD: New Reed Park plan: More options but higher cost
By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor UPPER FREEHOLD — New designs were unveiled last week for the Reed Park project, which now includes a larger bathroom, storage and concession building and a new veterans memorial that all could be built now, later or dropped entirely. Project engineer Patrick Jeffrey, of T&M Associates, told the Township Committee…
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CRANBURY: District keeps school elections in April for now
Kaitlyn Kanzler, Special Writer CRANBURY — The Cranbury Township Board of Education has decided to keep its school election in April rather than move it to November in a 5-4 vote Tuesday after much debate. School districts could opt to change the date to the general election in November thanks to a law signed by…
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POLICE BEAT: Week of Feb. 9
Robbinsville Julian Gonzalez, 21, no hometown given, was charged with possession of prescription legend drugs and other offenses at 1:57 a.m. Jan. 31, police said. Patrolman Thomas Paglione stopped Mr. Gonzalez’ vehicle because he failed to move over to the left lane while passing two marked police vehicles on Route 130 where officers were conducting…
