Category: archives

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Stimulus to offer $2M for schools

    by Vic Monaco, Managing Editor    The new federal stimulus package is expected to provide about $1.9 million in extra funding for school districts in the Messenger-Press area with most of the money earmarked for special education.    And one local superintendent says the money will likely help autistic students.    The Robbinsville School District is in line…

  • Hollywood at the State
  • The Solebury School’s College Counselor Wins Bertucci’s Italian Restaurant Recipe Contest

    By Beverly Berkeley Tim Gallen, The Solebury School’s Director of College Counseling does a great job of helping the school’s seniors get placed in the colleges that best suit their needs, but Tim has other talents as well. He is also a pretty good cook, and Tim recently won the grand prize for Bertucci’s Italian Restaurant’s “Share…

  • Concerns about cell tower

    K. Rao Pinninti of Princeton To the editor: There have been a few hearings at the Lawrence Township Council on the demerits or merits of locating cell towers on a township land donated to it by the corporate entity Bristol Meyer Squibb. The township stated it would favor this site on Carter Road rather (than)…

  • LAWRENCE: High school rededicates building

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     Four decades and three years after Lawrence High School was completed, school district officials held a rededication ceremony to celebrate the latest round of renovations and expansion to the school Saturday afternoon.     School district officials, students and residents were on hand to celebrate the rededication of LHS, which…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Allentown man helps high-schoolers online

    by Maria Prato-Gaines, The Packet Group    From one of New Jersey’s premiere college prep schools to the World Wide Web, one local guidance counselor is bringing his expertise to the masses as a guest blogger for the New York Times.    Allentown resident Ted de Villafranca carries with him a heavy burden, as hundreds of Peddie…

  • Author to speak about New Hope Underground Railroad

    New Hope Historical Society’s Speaker Series ends    The New Hope Historical Society’s Seventh annual Speaker Series will conclude on April 27 with a discussion about the Underground Railroad in New Hope by the Rev. Joseph F. DiPaolo, pastor of the United Methodist Church in Wayne, Pa.    He had been pastor of the United Methodist Church…

  • MILLSTONE: New online social network site launched

    by Lisa Rich, Special Writer    MILLSTONE — Bill Nielsen is a typical father, and with that, comes typical fears.    As the Internet becomes more widely used by youths and adults alike, Mr. Nielsen says he can’t help but worry about what his children are exposed to online.    Sexual predators?    Cyber bullies?    Maybe, even, harassment from…

  • Shearing festival

    Shearing festival

    At WoodsEdge Wools Farm Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe    WoodsEdge Wools Farm, on Bowne Station Road, held a festival this past weekend for the purpose of promoting natural fibers, such as the fleece from alpacas and llamas.    Shearing of the animals took place throughout the event, which was part of the observation of the United…