Category: archives
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Gloria Davison Orr
LEXINGTON, KY. Gloria Davison Orr, 82, died March 9. Born in Hightstown, she graduated from Hightstown High School and attended the College of William and Mary in Virginia and Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School in New York. She also lived in Spring Hill, Fla., and Versailles, Ky,. before moving to Wesley Village in Wilmore, Ky.…
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Free concert Sunday
Valley Chorus and other groups offer Spring into Song Gospel, spirituals, bluegrass, choral, Broadway, jazz, and even some 50s nostalgia are on tap for Spring into Song on Sunday at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Washington Crossing, 268 Pennington Washington Crossing Road, Titusville, from 3:30-5:30 p.m. In addition to the Hopewell Valley Chorus and Mountain…
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EDITORIAL
School budgets feel little pinch from state cuts School districts in New Jersey usually start sweating in early April as election time nears and the budgets they have worked to present will be up for public scrutiny. Over the past few years, as school aid figures stalled while population increased, that nervousness may have reached…
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Honoring an ‘Outstanding Woman’
by Davy James, Staff Writer History is filled with strong and intelligent women who have helped pave the way for their predecessors and worked to make their communities better. In honor of Women’s History Month, The Princeton Packet and the South Brunswick Post are recognizing some of today’s outstanding women, and a winner of the…
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MHS girls hungry for more success
Track and field program continues to grow by Rudy Brandl, Sports Editor The Manville High girls should continue to soar on the local track and field circuit this spring. Two athletes who scored in Central Jersey Group 1 to advance to the State Group 1 Championships return to lead the Lady Mustangs. Senior Melissa Teresak…
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School candidates offer views at forum
Board of Ed. elections are April 15 By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Three of the four candidates running for a trio of seats on the Lawrence Township Board of Education fielded a range of questions — from their approaches to handling students not college-bound to the major issues facing the district — at the Lawrence…
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CANDIDATE PROFILES
Candidates present platforms as board elections near By Vanessa Holt, Managing Editor Florence, North Hanover and Northern Burlington County Regional are the only local school districts that will see contested school board races this year. On April 15, voters will have a chance to decide on these and in uncontested races in other area districts.…
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Bordentown softball posts first victory
Sean Moylan Sports Writer After spotting the Falcons a first-inning run, Hillary Allen did what she does best and dominated in the circle with her pitching arm and her glove to spark the Bordentown Regional High girls’ varsity softball team to a 6-1 win over Burlington Township at Joe Lawrence Park on Tuesday afternoon.…
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Hightstown faces another big tax appeal
By Anthony V. Coppola, Staff Writer HIGHTSTOWN The financially strapped borough, which recently had to make up for $80,000 in lost tax revenue after an out-of-court tax settlement with the owners of the former Minute Maid plant site, is the midst of a four-year tax battle with another significant property owner. The borough is…
