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HIGHTSTOWN: Police: School safety is top priority
By Amy Batista, Special Writer HIGHTSTOWN The safety of the school district’s pupils is a priority for the schools superintendent as well as the police director of Hightstown and the police chief of East Windsor. In interviews in the past several months, police and school officials reemphasized the priority of school safety in the…
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HOPEWELL VALLEY: School board petitions state about interest requirement
School board president thinks SDA assessments are absurdly unfair By John Tredrea, Special Writer The Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education has voted to petition the state Legislature to put a stop to the requirement that some school districts in the state, including Hopewell Valley, pay the interest on debt the state incurred by granting…
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PRINCETON: Story time at library not lost in translation
Children’s story time at the Princeton Public Library on a recent Monday morning looked a lot like it does at libraries anywhere else, but it sounded a little different. ”Was ist das?” Hei By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Children’s story time at the Princeton Public Library on a recent Monday morning looked a lot…
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SOUTH HUNTERDON: Local pastor lauded for helping HDAP clients
The Rev. Errickson with Irma and Jason Fuhr.
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Meet Elaine Fromkin Wilf Campus Board Member
By Toby Ehrlich The Oscar & Ella Wilf Campus for Senior Living in Somerset announced that trustee and board member, Elaine Rand Fromkin, was recently honored at a fashion show by the Highland Park Conservative Temple Sisterhood where she has served as the chairwomen for numerous committees over the years. “I joined the Highland Park…
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EDITORIAL: Rethink raises for council
Princeton Council members and the mayor seem like they’ve decided they need a raise. Oh, wait, it’s not for themselves but for potential candidates who might want to run for office in the future. Stop us if you’ve heard that one before. It’s a familiar argument. The $7,500 a year they’ve been getting isn’t enough…
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ALLENTOWN: Drennan powered Redbirds to MCT repeat
Senior’s home run changes momentum for AHS softball By Justin Feil, The Packet Grouop Erin Drennan has hit more home runs in a season than anyone in Mercer County history, and she saved one of her biggest for one of the bigger wins of the season. After singles from Kristina Kinsey and Chelsea Turner, the…
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PRINCETON: Pool to open today at 3:30
The town of Princeton is making the municipal pool available today (Thursday), a day when temperatures are supposed to break 90 degrees. The pool will open starting at 3:30 until 8 p.m. Anyone without a pass can pay the $10 daily adult charge or the $5 youth charge for children 17 and under. The pool…
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Officials pull through
Ryan, Mary, Gloria and Pearl Kennedy Hopewell Borough For years, Hopewell Borough has struggled with the speed of traffic on the county thoroughfares extending through our downtown. The Hopewell Township Police Department should be commended for their efforts to enforce the existing speed limits on East Broad Street, West Broad Street and Louellen Street…
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