• Historians fete 200th anniversary of Dicken’s birth

    Historians fete 200th anniversary of Dicken’s birth

       When Charles Dickens was born on Feb. 7, 1812, Benjamin Parry already had secured permission to build the first bridge from New Hope to Lambertville, and construction was under way.    By that time Mr. Parry had become the “king of the hill” in New Hope, operating the largest gristmill in the area, and several other…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Another Parker to power Raiders

    Freshman helps strengthen HHS girls swim team By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Jacquelynn Parker has been a standout swimmer for the Hillsborough High School girls swim team for the last three years, but that doesn’t mean that her sister has seen a lot of her meets.    Julieyanna Parker waited to join the team this…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Youth baseball team gets kudos from officials

    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Youth baseball team gets kudos from officials

    Shown (from left) are: (front) Aiden Discordia, Carmen Zangrilli, Lawrence Mahle, Matt Geiger, Jack Haynes, Kenny Tagliareni; (middle) Dylan Galgano, Liam Cleary, Rickey Eng, Jason Greenzang, Hunter Oshman, Tony St. John, Bat Boy Andrew Tremmell (Bentonville, Arkansas); (back) Manager Jeff Tagliareni, Assistant Coaches Bob Discordia and Steve Mahle.

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Ravens have new wrestling coach

    Hughes moving up to head post By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Dan Hughes came out of The College of New Jersey looking to stay close to wrestling, he didn’t expect to have such a big opportunity so soon.    After spending his first year out of school as an assistant coach at Robbinsville High School,…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Generators are priority for city officials

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — The city is in the process of buying generators that will be used to power City Hall and the town library during power outages.    ”We’re going to need two or three generators,” Mayor David Del Vecchio said.    ”We have the mechanical engineer of our engineering consulting firm working…

  • Scout to start child sexual abuse prevention program

    Courses to begin in early 2013    With a family full of Penn State graduates, local resident Kyle Bennison was both shocked and alarmed when he first heard about the Sandusky case last year.    ”After hearing the days and days of news reports about the victims and the crimes, I realized that child sexual abuse is…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Youth baseball team gets kudos from officials

    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Youth baseball team gets kudos from officials

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    A Hopewell Valley youth baseball team that, by any standard, had a fantastically successful and memorable season has been honored by Hopewell Township government.    The team is the Hopewell 10U (10 and younger) Cal Ripken All-Star Baseball team.    Here’s what this team accomplished and what brought the Township Committee to…

  • First Federal of Bucks County supports the Lambertville Food Pantry

    First Federal of Bucks County supports the Lambertville Food Pantry

    First Federal of Bucks County and the Lambertville Food Pantry

  • CHESTERFILED: Unforgettable crash of 2012

    By Jen Samuel, Managing Editor    CHESTERFIELD — The community faced a tragedy Feb. 6 when an elementary school bus and an over-loaded dump truck collided at the intersection of Route 528 and Old York Road.    Twenty-five kindergarten through sixth grade children were riding the bus that day. Seventeen children were injured in the crash although…

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