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  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Robbinsville couple dies in truck-limo crash

    By Birgitta Wolfe, The Packet Group    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — A Robbinsville couple died Oct. 11 after the limousine they were riding in crashed into a flatbed truck carrying construction equipment on Route 130 South.    Mireille Danbury, 68, of Sharon Road, Robbinsville, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her husband, Monroe Danbury, 71, was transferred to…

  • ALLENTOWN: Mission trip to Malawi builds perspective

    ALLENTOWN: Mission trip to Malawi builds perspective

    Girls in Malawi cannot attend school if the village well has run dry because it is their responsibiity to walk for miles to get the family’s daily supply of water. Donations from Upper Freehold Regional School District adminstrators provided the funds for a well for one village in the Sakata region of Malawi. Photo by…

  • “Urinetown” Brings Rich Politcal Satire to MCCC’s Kelsey Theatre Nov. 4-13

    “Urinetown” Brings Rich Politcal Satire to MCCC’s Kelsey Theatre Nov. 4-13

    "Urinetown" features, left to right, Kim LaSala Cupo as Hope Cladwell, Caleb Whipple as Bobby Strong, Gary Gilbert as Officer Lockstock and Salena Qureshi as Little Sally.

  • MANVILLE: Her mom wants to come home to Manville

    To the editor:   My mom, Laura Harkins, helped the citizens of Manville when they needed it the most. Now she needs help as she wishes to leave North Carolina and move back to Manville.    Mom moved to North Carolina four years ago with my sister and her husband. Being a doting grandmother to my…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Candidates’ forum draws discussion

    School board debates its authorization By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Democrats say they still plan to attend a student-organized Township Committee candidates’ forum at the high school at 7 p.m. Tuesday night and have grown increasingly critical of their Republican opponents for declining to attend.    Democrat John Reddan Jr. and Aldo Martinez said in…

  • “Urinetown” Brings Rich Politcal Satire to MCCC’s Kelsey Theatre Nov. 4-13

    “Urinetown” Brings Rich Politcal Satire to MCCC’s Kelsey Theatre Nov. 4-13

    By Brenda Whiteman West Windsor, N.J. – The world of “politics as usual” goes uproariously awry when The Pennington Players brings the irreverent musical satire “Urinetown” to Mercer County Community College’s Kelsey Theatre. The curtain rises Fridays, Nov. 4 and 11 at 8 p.m.; Saturdays, Nov. 5 and 12 at 8 p.m.; and Sundays, Nov. 6…

  • Jewish War Veteran Breakfast

    By Rick Kline The SPC Mark Seiden Post 444 of t he Jewish War Veterans is hosting a membership breakfast on Sunday, October 30, 2011.  The event will be held at the Shalom Heritage Center in the Twin Rivers Shopping Center, Abbington Drive, East Windsor Township.  The speaker will be Mercer County Surrogate Diane Gerofsky,…

  • MANVILLE: Recent efforts reinforce caring of community

        We continue to be amazed by the generosity of spirit and money that local people and organizations give to their fellow residents.     Two weeks ago, an estimated 760 people ran or walked on behalf of ill Hillsborough High School coach and guidance counselor Ian Progin. The Progin’s Players have woven an ongoing groundswell…

  • ALLENTOWN: New AHS club aims to galvanize students

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ALLENTOWN — Anyone who grouses about apathetic teenagers has never watched the students in the Allentown Political Action Committee club work a room.    Five leaders of APAC, a nonpartisan student group with 118 members, made an impressive pitch to the Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education last week to gain…