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  • Florence, NBC girls’ basketball make states

    By: Sean Moylan    As expected, the Florence Township Memorial High School girls’ varsity basketball team qualified for the NJSIAA state tournament with a 71-36 victory at Burlington City last Thursday.    Nevertheless, Florence is still looking to take its game to the next level.    "We haven’t proven too much this year except that we qualified for…

  • Property Transfers — February 8, 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…

  • Hopewell area businesses helped make HVN possible

    Business people in the Hopewell area were the ones who, in late 1955 and early 1956, made it possible for Harry Richard to create the HVN and keep it going strong for 31 years By Ruth Luse    Anyone who knew Harry A. Richard well knew he loved to go out and "call on the trade."…

  • Sheryl Lee Terppe

       Sheryl Lee (Warburton) Terppe, 59, of Kendall Park, and Cape Coral, Fla., died Saturday, Jan. 28, at her home in Florida.    She was employed in the banking industry as vice president of marketing until her retirement. She was born in Somerville.    Her parents, Walter and Marion Lee Warburton, are deceased. She is survived by her…

  • Obituaries for the week of Feb. 9

    Priscilla Snyder, Wilma S. Lovell, Fred W. Keeler, Jospeh N. Timko, Frances Leverett, Robert A. Ference Sr. Joseph Jacobs Priscilla Snyder    BEAR, Del. — Priscilla Snyder, 95, died Jan. 29 at home.    Born in Pooridge, Pa., Ms. Snyder lived in Trenton and Robbinsville before moving to Bear, Del., with her daughter and son-in-law about eight…

  • Limani 2nd in SJ with great 688 series

    By: Sean Moylan    It came as no surprise that Bordentown’s Kim Limani qualified for the NJSIAA state bowling championships with her performance in Saturday’s NJSIAA South Jersey sectionals at Cherry Hill’s Playdrome. She has been a consistent and dominant bowler for the past two years. The surprise was that Limani had to compile a career-best…

  • Test scores offer mixed results

    Test scores improved in some schools while scores dropped in other schools. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer    A comparison of standardized test scores in the Lawrence Township school district reveals mixed results — scores are on the increase in some schools, but on the downswing in other schools.    The test results are contained in the New…

  • Community Calendar for the week of Feb. 9

    Literacy Month    Throughout February — February is Literacy Month at Strangelove’s bookstore, 150 Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown City.    Strangelove’s will donate 10 percent of all children’s book sales to International Book Project Inc., of Lexington, Ky., to help stamp out illiteracy around the world.    Call 298-3334 or visit www.strangelovesbooks.com for more information. ‘Robin Hood’    Thursday and…

  • Book Notes for the week of Feb. 9

    Not your mother’s romance By: Dr. Joan Ruddiman    Romance is not what it used to be. "Romance" in this case refers to the literary genre. A generation ago, a romance novel expectedly had a single woman meeting a handsome but mysterious man. The plot, spun out in lovely or exotic places, allowed the protagonists to…