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  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: From the April 9 edition

    Holy Week     Beginning Thursday, April 9 — Easter Triduum services at the Monastery of St. Clare, 150 White Pine Road, Chesterfield, will be celebrated at 7 p.m. April 9, 3 p.m. April 10, and 7 p.m. April 11. Those who wish to attend are requested to call the monastery at 609-324-2638 by April 8…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Four Dems, two GOP seek two council seats

    By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — The two Democratic incumbents for Borough Council will have two challengers in the June 2 primary, while two first-time candidates will run unopposed for the Republican nominations.    Steve Kirson, 60, and Dimitri Musing, 33, both of Stockton Street, have filed petitions to challenge Councilmen Larry Quattrone and Dave…

  • ROOSEVELT: Councilman’s daughter murdered

    By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor, and Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    The daughter of a Roosevelt borough councilman was killed early Thursday morning in Gettysburg, Pa., where she attended college.    Emily Rachel Silverstein, 19, a sophomore at Gettysburg College, was allegedly murdered by an ex-boyfriend in his off-campus apartment in what Adams County District Attorney Shawn…

  • Volley For SERV Golf and Tennis Tournament fundraiser

    Volley For SERV Golf and Tennis Tournament fundraiser

    By Ida Doolan Volley For SERV golf and tennis tournament to benefit statewide nonprofit organization   Event to include Super Cash Raffle drawing with $20,000 top prize   EWING – SERV Foundation, the fundraising arm of the nonprofit SERV Behavioral Health System Inc., is planning its 19th annual Volley For SERV golf and tennis tournament…

  • Silent Pennington School students to bring attention to genocides across the world
  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Rabid skunk found in Barry Road area

    Any resident seeing what appears to be a sick or injured animal should call: Hopewell Township, 737-3100; or West Amwell, 397-1100 By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP — A sick skunk was killed by a dog on a Barry Road property near the Hopewell Township-West Amwell border on April 6.    The skunk was removed…

  • The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
  • Volley For SERV Golf and Tennis Tournament fundraiser

    Volley For SERV Golf and Tennis Tournament fundraiser

    Caption: Volley For SERV committee members, shown with SERV President Gary Van Nostrand, second from right, include, from left, David Whiting, Bill O’Brien (COO) and Lisa Gerth of SERV Behavioral Health System; golf chairman Ward Bauman, Corporate Synerg

  • MONROE: Township opposes changes in age-restricted housing rules

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    MONROE — Following in the footsteps of any number of other area municipalities, the Township Council passed an ordinance Monday opposing a recently passed age-restricted housing conversion bill.    Both the state Assembly and Senate approved the housing bill in mid-March, which would allow developers, under certain conditions, to convert already…