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  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Route 1 Heathcote bridge project nearly done

    NJDOT officials announced Nov. 3 that Route 1 has been restored to its original traffic pattern over Heathcote Brook in South Brunswick.¶ Construction operations are winding down on the $3 million state-funded project to replace the Heathcote Brook culvert and stabilize the supporting soil under the foundation footings and abutments. NJDOT’s contractor, Mount Construction Inc.,…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Clossons still selling what customers want

    LAMBERTVILLE: Clossons still selling what customers want

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — OK, this is serious question time.    What’s the ultimate food?    Depends on whom you ask, of course. But the betting here is the answer a lot of people would give. It’s three letters long.    Pie!    Good news for pie lovers hereabouts is that the Homestead Farm Market, now…

  • MONROE: Woman activist bequethes 500k to women in politics

       MONROE — Phyllis Kornicker, who was a resident of The Ponds adult community in Monroe, has bequeathed $500,000 to the Center for American Women and Politics to encourage women to run for political office.    Ms. Kornicker’s donation will aid women in 13 states who will learn how to get elected with the help of Ready…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Clossons still selling what customers want
  • MONROE: Mayor Richard Pucci wins seventh term as mayor
  • Democrats hold freeholder seats

    Charles Kim, Packet Group    Democrats won an easy victory in the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders race Tuesday.    Incumbents Carol Barrett and Charles Tomaro topped GOP challengers John O’Sullivan and Avi Duvdevani by a 3-2 plurality, according to numbers from the state.    According to the unofficial results, Mr. Tomaro received 61,905 votes, and Ms.…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: City to fete sewage plant upgrade

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — Completion of improvements to Lambertville’s sewage treatment plant will mean “a better quality of life for residents and businesses” near the plant, city Mayor David Del Vecchio said Monday.    Set for 11 a.m. Saturday (Nov. 12) is a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of the sewage treatment…

  • Packet publisher to retire

    Owner seeks local buyer for papers Jim Kilgore, Publisher    After a 37-year career in publishing and community journalism, I have decided to retire.    But first I must find a new owner for my company, ideally someone local, with the talent, resources, commitment and passion for community service through good, local journalism.    My Princeton-based company, The…

  • Mercer Council Receives Prevention Coalition Grant from the New Jersey Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS)

    Chip Meara, Mercer Council The Mercer Council on Alcoholism and Drug Addiction, a substance abuse prevention agency in Trenton, has been awarded a grant from the New Jersey Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) to support a regionally-based prevention coalition in Mercer County to utilize environmental strategies to achieve population-level change. Mercer Council…