Category: archives
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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…
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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…
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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)
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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…
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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…
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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…
