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  • BORDENTOWN JOTTINGS: From the Dec. 31 edition

       Please send items for this column to [email protected] with the words “Bordentown Jottings” in the subject line.    Bordentown Township Senior Citizen Club meetings are held on the first and third Monday of each month at the Senior Community Center on Municipal Drive. All township seniors age 55 and over welcome.    Yoga every Wednesday at 11…

  • HEALTH FOCUS: Economic stresses affect teens, too

    By Elizabeth M. Casparian, Ph.D. Special to The Packet    An economic crisis such as our current recession can wreak havoc on overall health and family stability. Research shows that large scale economic distress including job and health insurance loss, threatened home foreclosure and changes in lifestyle can manifest itself in increased substance use and…

  • 3rd Rail Jam Brings the Funk to Five Resorts Across the U.S.

    3rd Rail Jam Brings the Funk to Five Resorts Across the U.S.

    By Jenny Franklin Hip hop, urban edge, art and fashion hit the slopes in 2010 Donner Summit, Calif. (Nov. 19, 2009)- Uniting some of the nation’s best amateur skiers and riders with the authentic, all elements brand of the hip hop culture, the renowned 3rd Rail Jam is making the rounds again for 2010. Expanding…

  • MANSFIELD: Township cuts administrator job

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    MANSFIELD — After almost five years as township administrator, Joe Broski will be leaving the municipal government in the new year when his position is eliminated.    Mr. Broski’s position is one of four that will be cut in 2010, Mayor Art Puglia confirmed. He said the decision is purely a…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Boys State applicants sought

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    With an eye on developing leaders of the future, American Legion Post 401 is accepting applications for this summer’s Jersey Boys State.    The program, which has been in existence since the late 1930s, is organized for citizenship training purposes and to teach about the importance of government and civic duty.…

  • HEALTH MATTERS: VATS helping lung cancer patients

    By John A. Heim, M.D. Princeton HealthCare System     Patients diagnosed with early-stage lung cancer are finding hope in an increasingly popular surgical technique that is enabling surgeons to remove cancerous tumors with a minimally invasive approach that improves outcomes and speeds the recovery process.     Video-assisted thoracic surgery — or VATS for short —…

  • FLORENCE-ROEBLING NEWS: From the Dec. 31 edition

    Peg Dotson Tel: 499-3807     Fax: 499-3807     E-mail: [email protected]    Starting Jan. 3, Florence U.M. Church will have their Sunday School classes starting at 9:45 am to 10:45 am. Worship services are as usual, 11 am. Preschool classes will resume Jan. 4. * * *    Due to the snow Florence Township Chapter of deborah had…

  • CHESTERFIELD CHATTER: From the Dec. 31 edition

    Nancy Mrzljak Tel: 298-0567     Fax: 298-3936     [email protected]    The Union Fire Company 1 Pancake Breakfast will be held 7 – 11 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 3, at the Crosswicks Firehouse. Everyone is invited, bring your friends and family and enjoy a few flapjacks and some breakfast sausage. All you can eat pancakes and sausage, orange…

  • BURLINGTON COUNTY: Artists explore area’s historical legacy

    By Vanessa Holt, Managing Editor    The 22nd edition of the Northern Burlington Regional Chamber of Commerce Hidden Treasures calendar includes a new batch of local artists’ renditions of sites from farms to mansions to gas stations, some long vanished and others still in use today.    The free calendar is available at area businesses and is…