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  • UF board approves ‘good news budget’

    By: Rebecca Weltmann    UPPER FREEHOLD — The Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education held its budget hearing March 28 and with barely a quorum voted unanimously to approve the 2007-08 budget of about $29.4 million, up from last year’s $27.5 million.    Interim Superintendent Robert Smith called the budget a "good news budget."    The good news,…

  • Property Transfers — April 4, 2007

    The Princeton Packet Inc. publishes information on real estate transactions in its core market as a public service because it believes the information is newsworthy and appropriate. The information is all on the public record. In some cases the listing represents the property’s mailing address rather than the municipal location. While the intention is to…

  • Senior Menus-April 5, 2007

       All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville.    The value of each meal is $4.60. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution. All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine.    The sodium-controlled menu is the same unless otherwise noted.    Thursday, April 5 — Chicken vegetable soup, Salisbury…

  • Heading east for distinctive Easter flavors

    …we’re trying to bring people back to their culture By: Pat Tanner    I have always been struck by the similarities between traditional Easter dishes and Passover seder dishes, especially in Eastern European cultures. The obvious exceptions, of course, are the absence of leavening and pork products in Jewish cooking, but beets, horseradish and eggs are…

  • Mixed and Matched

    Somerset Valley Players discovers it’s ‘All in the Timing.’ By: Stuart Duncan    All in the Timing was originally a group of six one-act sketches, of varying lengths, written by David Ives, who lives in Bucks County. They were written between 1987 and 1993 and were published in 1994, almost immediately being treasured by community theater…

  • STORE GREETERS (Part time/$10 per hour guaranteed)

    The Princeton Packet, an award winning group of community newspapers in YOUR town is looking for several individuals to round out our circulation sales team. We need several people to represent The Princeton Packet at various in-store locations, trade shows, community fairs and special events. All applicants must have dependable transportation and a valid driver’s…

  • Easter Tradition

    Bucks Playhouse casts ‘Godspell.’ By: Stuart Duncan    There is something consistent and comfortable to the start of the season at Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope. Each year, a week or so before Easter, the Playhouses stages either Jesus Christ Superstar or Godspell. This year it is the latter. It is also a chance to…

  • Letters-April 5, 2007

    South needs to be affordable To the editor:    Is there no end to the preposterous funding demands of South Hunterdon Regional High School (The Beacon March 22)?    As a supporter of quality education, it’s hard for me to speak up in protest about our local school expenditures. But, surely, there must be a more cost-effective…

  • Police Blotter-April 5, 2007

    Lambertville    Mark Walters, 38, of Tobyhanna, Pa., was charged with drunken driving March 29.    Police said Mr. Walters was going 70 mph on Route 165, which has a posted speed limit of 35 mph, at 3:15 p.m.    As police turned around, Mr. Walters accelerated to more than 100 mph and continued south on Route. 29.…