• LAMBERTVILLE: Generator purchase is approved

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — City Council adopted an enabling ordinance Tuesday night that allows officials to purchase two emergency service generators.    The generators will provide electricity to City Hall and either the Justice Center or library in the event of another major power outage.    ”Given Hurricane Sandy and other the events of…

  • PRINCETON: Anti-smoking ban extends to parks

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    No one will be allowed to smoke in Princeton municipal parks or within 35 feet of entrances to municipal buildings based on an anti-smoking ordinance the Board of Health adopted Tuesday.    The measure, making Princeton the first Mercer County town to take such a step, brings the community in…

  • PENNINGTON: Toll Gate fair focuses on science

    PENNINGTON: Toll Gate fair focuses on science

       The Toll Gate Grammar School gym was packed with Toll Gators celebrating science at the recent Science Fair.    Family and friends joined the student scientists to learn about many research topics from what type of water evaporates more quickly to creating a homemade lava lamp to determining what brand of potato chips have more fat.…

  • ‘Explore Mercer’ During MCCC Open House April 17

    By Jim Gardner Prospective students, their parents, and adults interested in enhancing their job skills will have a chance to learn more about what Mercer County Community College (MCCC) has to offer during the Explore Mercer Open House, Wednesday, April 17, at 6 p.m. at the West Windsor campus Student Center, 1200 Old Trenton Road.…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Local church honors new Pope Francis

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Local church honors new Pope Francis

    Photo by Steven Birch Papal flags fly next to St. Augustine’s of Canterbury Roman Catholic Church in Kendall Park to honor the election of Pope Francis.

  • Where are they?

    Ben Primer Valley Chorus Hopewell     This year, we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Hopewell Valley Chorus Scholarship, a $1,000 award to a musically talented college-bound senior from Hopewell Valley. We will announce the 54th recipient of the scholarship at our May 10 concert at the Unitarian-Universalist Church of Washington’s Crossing . We hope…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: Week of March 21, 2013

    Florence    At 12:45 p.m. March 14, police stopped a car driven by Frederick Ham, 35, of Willingboro, and charged him with driving while suspended and other motor vehicle violations.    He was arrested on a $500 warrant from Westampton and released after posting bail.    At 10:19 p.m. Sunday, police went to Old York Road and Andrews…

  • No reporting on December car crash

    Larry Koplik and Sarah Roberts, Belle Mead The recent article (March 12) about a fatal car crash on Route 1 reminded us once again that there has never been any reporting whatsoever in The Princeton Packet about a fatal car crash on Route 206 in Montgomery on Dec. 22 when our friend, Lauren O’Neill, was…

  • ALLENTOWN: Former Redbird Ras helps Seton Hall overcome slow start

    By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Ed Ras’s leadership was put to the test early when the Seton Hall University baseball team opened the season with nine straight losses.    The Allentown High School graduate is a captain for the Pirates, one of nine seniors entrusted to turn around Seton Hall as it heads into Big…

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