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COMMUNITY CALENDAR: From the Dec. 10 edition
A weekly listing of community events. Food pantry donations This year Bordentown City’s downtown businesses will be collecting for St. Mary’s food pantry at three locations: Euphemia Gallery, 142 Farnsworth Ave., Beanwood at 222 Farnsworth Ave., and Silk & Tweed, 148 Farnsworth Ave. Bring non-perishables and personal products to one of these locations and…
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Thanks to neighbor who returned money
Lyn Hettler, Bordentown I would like to thank the anonymous person behind me in line at the Bordentown Post Office who shortly after 11 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 7, saw me drop money and instead of keeping it, gave it to the clerk so that it could be returned to me the same day with…
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BREAKING NEWS: BRHS referendum passes
By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer Bordentown Regional School District voters narrowly approved a solar panel and athletic fields ballot question at the polls Tuesday. Residents in Bordentown City, Bordentown Township and Fieldsboro Borough voted 620-600 to approve a total project cost of $8,499,975, of which $5,879,039 will be raised by taxes, to bond for solar…
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COLUMBUS NEWS: From the Dec. 10 edition
Peg Traino Tel: 298-7476 [email protected] The Hedding Methodist Senior Youth Posse is offering the following holiday help for parents: Parents’ Night Out — Saturday, Dec. 12, from 6 to 9 p.m. Call Audrey Quinn for more information, 609-518-7572. If possible, please pre-register but drop-ins will be accepted. All proceeds benefit the Senior Youth Posse…
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MANVILLE: Fire company accepting gifts for delivery program
The Camplain Road Volunteer Fire Company, an all-volunteer organization responsible for raising the majority of its own funding through various events, will deliver gifts to children Dec. 18 through Dec. 20 during its annual Holiday Gift Delivery program. Funds raised by the program are used to maintain the fire company’s facility. For a minimum $10…
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‘Up in the Air’
George Clooney is a happily rootless guy who’s in the business of firing people Bob Brown DIRECTOR Jason Reitman had little idea how timely this film would come to be when he set out to make it some years ago. Based on Walter Kirn’s novel, the project was pushed aside for two other Reitman-directed films…
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BREAKING NEWS: Springfield referendum defeated
By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer Springfield voters rejected by a vote of 330-255 a ballot question to renovate several parts of the existing 70-year-old elementary school, build a new gym and install solar panels on the roof. The state would have paid 34 percent of the project’s total cost of more than $11 million, leaving…
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HEALTH MATTERS: There’s no disagreement: mammography saves lives
By Rachel P. Dultz, M.D. Special to The Packet Mammography saves lives. Even with the recent controversy and confusion caused by new recommendations for breast cancer screening, that fact holds true — mammography saves lives. Thousands of women each year beat breast cancer because doctors detected and treated it early. So what are…
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Live Nativity at Faith Lutheran Church
By Claire Johnson HILLSBOROUGH – Faith Lutheran Church is hosting a Live Nativity on Friday, December 11 at 6:45 p.m. Come have fun with your children and experience a live reenactment of the story of Christ’s birth and a Christmas Carol sing-along. The Nativity will be held on the front lawn of the church located…
