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  • Florence tennis preps for climb back to top

    Molimock only starter back from last year’s C.J. Group I champion By: Sean Moylan    Last year, after losing several senior starters to graduation, the Florence Township Memorial High boys’ varsity tennis team won its second straight Central Jersey Group I title and made it all the way to the state semi-finals, where it dropped a…

  • Shuttle hurdles team led HHS boys

    County champs took second at Group 4 relays By: Rudy Brandl    The Hillsborough High boys capped another fine indoor track and field season in style at the Nike Indoor National meet.    It was fitting that the shuttle hurdles relay unit of Dan Reiss, Dan Millemann, Brandon Lane and Tyler Szwarc earned All-America honors with a…

  • Jazzed

    Teenage ensemble scores high in music event By: Cara Latham    MILLSTONE — The teenage band The After Effect, consisting of middle and high school students from area towns, battled sleet and snow last weekend to trek eight hours from their Millstone practice basement to their debut performance, where they scored high in the non-competitive category…

  • Rustic Mall demolition moves development ahead

    The last part of the mall was torn down two weeks ago, enabling the removal of cancer-causing creosote in the ground beneath the building to proceed. By: Purvi Desai    The Environmental Protection Agency cleanup of the Rustic Mall site is moving forward, now that the building has been completely demolished.    The last part of the…

  • Salaries, enrollment to raise West Amwell taxes

    Those increases would amount to a nearly 5 percent hike in the tax levy for the school district. By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — Increases in salaries and enrollment would contribute to a hike of almost 5 percent in the tax levy for 2007-08 in West Amwell Elementary School’s $3,896,353 budget.    The tax levy, or…

  • Deadline to appeal property assessments approaching

    Property owners have until April 1 to file an appeal with the Hunterdon County Board of Taxation. By: Linda Seida    For those who are thinking about appealing their property assessments, but hesitate over what their chances might be, consider this: The split between those who succeed in winning a lower assessment and those who fail…

  • Laying Down Roots

    Michael Patrick and the Suburban Hillbillies are bringing country sounds to Princeton. By: Susan Van Dongen    Michael Patrick and the Suburban Hillbillies are on a mission to give New Jersey a country music presence. True, we have everything from classical to klezmer music in the Garden State; but, he feels, the essence of "the wife…

  • Property Transfers — March 21, 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…

  • Eagle Fire Company report-March 22, 2007

       March 11, 12:15 p.m. — Fire alarm on Route 32 in New Hope with 15 personnel and one engine responding.    March 13, 7:30 p.m. — Traffic accident on Route 32 with one engine, 10 personnel. Fire police also responded at a closed Route 32 in Solebury Township between Aquetong and Windy Bush roads until the…