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  • HIGHTSTOWN: Council approves emergency aid

    HIGHTSTOWN: Council approves emergency aid

    By Jen Samuel, Managing Editor    HIGHTSTOWN — Borough Council unanimously approved an emergency resolution to add $800,000 to the 2011 budget to cover immediate Hurricane Irene expenses at a regularly scheduled meeting on Sept. 6 at the First Aid Building on Bank Street.    Several key government facilities were damaged by floodwaters from the storm on…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Armed robbery at Welsh Farms store

    EAST WINDSOR: Armed robbery at Welsh Farms store

       EAST WINDSOR — An armed robbery occurred on Aug. 25 at the Welsh Farms Convenience Store on Route 571 and Route 130. The employee of the store was not injured in this incident.    Police said the suspect is an African American man in his mid 30s just over 6-feet tall and approximately 260 pounds.    Just…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Armed robbery at Welsh Farms store

    EAST WINDSOR: Armed robbery at Welsh Farms store

    A surveillance camera captures the face of an alleged armed robber of Welsh Farms Convenience Store on Aug. 25. (Coutesy photo)

  • Recording tragedy, history through a lens

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert,The Packet Group    Compelled by his love of photojournalism, Phil McAuliffe has taken thousands of images of the World Trade Center in almost 20 years of following the two terrorist attacks on the site.    "There was something I can’t quite articulate that drew me back again and again,” said Mr. McAuliffe, a staff…

  • Hillsborough Residents Interview Township Committee Candidates
  • A river tour from Lambertville to Stockton

    A river tour from Lambertville to Stockton

    Photos by Morganne Luse By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    On Thursday evening, we (my granddaughter and I) went to Lambertville and Stockton — not sure what we would find there and not sure how close we could get to the Delaware River.    In Lambertville, we began at the area near The Inn at Lambertville Station…

  • Z Cafe Rahway

    Z Cafe Rahway

    Our MC, Singer-Songwriter Pat "SoulCat" Toner

  • A river tour from Lambertville to Stockton

    A river tour from Lambertville to Stockton

    More flooding north of Coryell Street.

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Young girl makes a difference

    HIGHTSTOWN: Young girl makes a difference

    By Christina Whittington,Special Writer    As floodwaters brought by Hurricane Irene receded on Aug. 28 in Hightstown, local business owners, borough employees and officials had the opportunity to view first hand the destruction left behind.    With the amount of clean up needed after Peddie Lake overflowed, sweeping through the businesses and borough offices lining Main and…