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  • Jackson, B-MS to get foundation’s E-squared awards

    Hopewell Valley Education Foundation event April 28    The 2006 individual recipient of this year’s E-squared Award, sponsored by the Hopewell Valley Education Foundation, is Carol Jackson. The corporate recipient is Bristol-Myers Squibb (B-MS).    Those wishing to thank Ms. Jackson and B-MS for their commitment to the Valley’s children and the community can make reservations for…

  • Open space puzzle almost completed

    Township officials slated to vote on acquisition of 14-acre property By: Scott Morgan    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — A 400-acre puzzle six years in the making is set to be completed Monday night when township officials are slated to vote on whether to acquire a 14-acre property on Route 528.    Known as the Shields property, this piece…

  • Township crime rate holds steady in 2005.

    The township police are pleased with a slight drop in major crimes, but note a jump in the number of domestic violence incidents and the increase in identify theft reports. By: Lea Kahn Staff Writer    Serious crime in Lawrence, such as burglaries, thefts and robberies, are on the decline, but the number of reported domestic…

  • Rally raises issues of factory safety

    Environmental and labor groups joined locked-out plant workers at rally By: Scott Morgan    FIELDSBORO — Two days before talks are scheduled to resume in a labor dispute at a borough chemical plant, environmental groups and plant workers took a warning to the streets.    On Wednesday morning, representatives from six state environmental and labor groups joined…

  • Property Transfers — March23, 2006 — Part 1

    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…

  • NBC tennis should pick up great play

    By: Sean Moylan    The Northern Burlington County Regional High School boy’s varsity tennis team’s prospects looked bleak at the start of last season. The Greyhounds had graduated their top two players and after years and years of winning, they seemed overdue for a mediocre year.    Yet someone forgot to give Larry Young and his young…

  • Anti-Wal-Mart group proceeds with living-wage petition

    LET’s Stop Wal-Mart, a citizens group that objects to a proposed Wal-Mart store on Spruce Street, want to place a petition on the ballot for a living-wage ordinance. By:Aline Crispino Special Writer    Organizers of LET’s Stop Wal-Mart plan to mount a petition drive for a living wage referendum on the November ballot and attract other…

  • LETTERS

    From the issue of March 23, 2006. Protect 2-acre zone To the editor:    When is our Township Council going to realize that for every action there is a reaction? Mayor Gambetese, with whatever good intention, I hope to assume, wants to play the zoning game. One knows the outcome of what happens if you assume.…

  • Police Beat for the week of March 23

    FLORENCE    Police charged 40-year-old Aaron Cicero of East Sixth Street with driving while intoxicated after a routine traffic stop just after 9:30 p.m. March 17.    According to police, officers spotted Mr. Cicero driving along West Second Street without his headlights on. At the stop, police said, officers smelled alcohol on Mr. Cicero’s breath.    Police said…