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  • GUEST OPINION: A ‘Yes’ vote will benefit Police Department

    Denis McDaniel, Springfield Township Mayor    On Nov. 3, the voters of Springfield will cast their ballots on a referendum asking them to make a choice on the leadership of the Police Department.    A “Yes” vote will authorize the township to organize the police under a part-time public safety director and with nine full-time employees: a…

  • BURLINGTON COUNTY: Haunted happenings on the horizon

    BURLINGTON COUNTY: Haunted happenings on the horizon

    Ghosts haunt Farnsworth Avenue in Bordentown this Halloween. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe.

  • Festival marks 20 successful years

    Mary Barnes, Downtown Bordentown Association president To the editor:    Oct. 3 and 4 marked the 20th year that Jackie Reed and her assistant Patti DeSantis ran a successful Cranberry Festival. It’s hard to believe when Jackie Reed tells the story of how the festival started 20 years ago with 10 vendor/members, that now over 150…

  • FLORENCE: Harvest for the hungry

    FLORENCE: Harvest for the hungry

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    FLORENCE — Local students set out last week to harvest the remainders of the summer growing season for the hungry.    About 30 local students from the Northern Burlington County Regional School District and local 4-H clubs, ranging in age from elementary students to high school seniors, came to Donna Wainwright’s…

  • BETWEEN THE LINES: From the Oct. 15 edition

       The Burlington County Library Bordentown Branch Youth Services Department offers a variety of programs. Registration is necessary for all programs. A Burlington County library card is required. For children’s programs, registration begins two weeks in advance at the library or by calling 298-0622. For children    Baby Story Time — Friday, Oct. 16, at 10:30 a.m.…

  • Changing Governors

    Nicole Sanders After today’s revealing of Corzine’s memo to government employees in Trenton encouraging them to lie to the media about his accomplishments in New Jersey’s economy, as a taxpayer and lifelong resident of New Jersey I cannot remain silent anymore. It is obvious Jon Corzine is using your tax money to lie to you.…

  • Halloween Traditions

    Halloween Traditions

    Halloween (also spelled Hallowe’en) is an annual holiday celebrated on October 31. Halloween has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holy day of All Saints’ Day. It is largely a secular celebration, but some have expressed strong feelings about perceived religious overtones. Irish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North…

  • Ageism in Language: in Princeton?

    A new, and possibly overdue, word war is shaping up By Pat Summers    FOR people sensitive to words and the connection of words, beliefs and behaviors, the last linguistic battle was probably against sexism in language — the so- called “generic he,” the misuse of “girl,” the exclusionary words like chairman and statesman, the rise…

  • Local Halloween Events

    Local Halloween Events

    By TimeOFF Looking for something to do, check out he local events. We will be adding new events as soon as they come in… Halloween Parade, Hinds Plaza, Witherspoon Street, Princeton, annual Halloween Parade steps off, Oct. 29, 5 p.m.; www.artscouncilofprinceton.org Hickory Corner Library, Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor, A Meeting Of The Macabre-Edgar Allan…