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Local emergency volunteers join statewide preparation drill
These Hillsborough Community Emergency Response Team members took part in drills aimed at reinforcing their preparedness. Photo courtesy of Lynn Foelsch
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University economists give views on financial crisis
By Lauren Otis, The Packet Group A panel of five Princeton University economics professors were in accord on Tuesday over how big a mess the current Wall Street crisis is, but said the $700 billion bailout proposed by Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke is both lacking in…
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Scoreboard doesn’t reflect Lawrence’s effort
FIELD HOCKEY By Tim Falls, Sports Editor Sarah Gilbert didn’t care what was on the scoreboard Monday night at Mercer County Community College stadium. To the Lawrence High School junior, the Cardinals were the winners. Still, officially, the Lawrence varsity field hockey team lost to Allentown, 3-1. It was the third straight loss for the…
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We need McCain and GOP Congress
T.B. Fisher of Princeton To the editor: This country has a serious problem with the economy and the root cause of our troubles is the fast rising cost of energy which affects every aspect of life, from the fuel we use, to the products we buy, to the food we need, to the availability…
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Stealing votes from Obama
Mary Ellen Marino of Princeton To the editor: The story is all over progressive talk radio about the McCain campaign sending absentee ballot applications to registered Democrats or people that have donated to Sen. Obama’s campaign. These ballots are deliberately misleading and have postage paid return addresses that are for an election clerk that…
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Immigration reform advocates gather in Plainsboro
By Greg Forester, Packet Group PLAINSBORO Immigration reform advocates from the Catholic Church and other organizations joined more than 100 attendees at the Queenship of Mary Church this week for a panel discussion on reforming the nation’s immigration system. The meeting is an outgrowth of a nationwide, diocesan effort in the United States called…
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Bad decision on Clean Elections
NJ Citizen Action To the editor: NJ Citizen Action is deeply disappointed with the decision by Speaker Roberts to put New Jersey’s 2009 Clean Elections program on hold. This action will temporarily stall efforts to change New Jersey’s current election financing system, which has left us with candidates who are mostly self-financing millionaires or…
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Rider’s Institute for NJ Politics renamed for David Rebovich
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer The key to a vibrant democracy is educated citizens and leaders, and that’s what Ben Dworkin, the newly appointed managing director of the Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics at Rider University, promised Monday afternoon. Mr. Dworkin, who was named to the post in July, offered his remarks during the…
