Category: archives

  • Capitol News and Comment

    The following items are taken from reports issued by legislators representing Central Jersey communities and other items of political concern Affordable housing    Gov. Jon S. Corzine on June 7 reaffirmed his campaign promise of creating and preserving 100,000 affordable housing units in New Jersey in the next 10 years.    "Without access to safe, sound shelter,…

  • Dancing All the Way

    ‘Riverdance’ performers draw on Irish traditions to blend dance, music and song. By: Megan Sullivan    Aislinn Ryan grabs a coffee from the Doubletree Hotel cafe and gets ready to enjoy the Minneapolis sunshine. Thousands of miles from home, the 21-year-old New Zealand native has been traveling across the United States since February, performing in eight…

  • Property Transfers — June 15. 2006 — Part 3

    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…

  • School officials eye car, locker search amendment

    Intent of proposal is to "send a message to students" By John Tredrea    A measure that would give school officials the right to search students’ cars and lockers without advance notice and without "reasonable suspicion" of illegal activity was introduced by the school board at its Monday agenda session.    The intent of the proposed policy…

  • Letters to the Editor, June 15, 2006

    Bad public policy To the editor:     I read with interest the pending legislation by Hopewell Borough and, possibly, Hopewell Township municipal officials to consider making it illegal for underage children to drink alcoholic beverages in private homes.    Although I understand the meritorious intent of the proposed legislation, I must say I think it is…

  • LHS club raises money for Darfur

    LHS students who raised more than $600 for Doctors Without Borders to aid the Darfur relief effort. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer    It’s lunchtime at Lawrence High School, and while students were chowing down their meals, a group of their classmates had set up a booth to raise awareness of the starving refugees in Darfur, Sudan.…

  • Police Beat

    For the week of June 15 BORDENTOWN CITY    Police said a man was seen staggering across Route 206 just after 11 p.m. June 5. When questioned, the man did not immediately give his real name, police said. He was later identified as Ricky Cooper, 40, of Voorhees, who had warrants for his arrest out of…

  • Raider netmen established identity

    Team advanced all the way to sectional final By: Rudy Brandl    Life after Thomas wasn’t so bad after all.    Hillsborough High boys’ tennis coach Larry Johnson was eager to see how his team would establish its new identity after the graduation of four-year first singles star Thomas Kinrade.    While the Raiders fielded a very different…

  • Noreen Merrill

       BELLE MEAD — Noreen (Fitzgerald) Merrill died June 11 in Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. She was 60.    Born in New York she moved to Belle Mead in 1977.    Mrs. Merrill was employed as an elementary teacher for the Piscataway School system for 33 years, retiring in 2001.    Surviving are her husband, Douglas Merrill; one…