• PACKET PICKS: April 27

    Fri., April 27, Sat., April 28 Trinity Church rummage sale Trinity Church’s annual Spring Rummage Sale will be held April 27 and 28 at the church, located at 33 Mercer St. The preview sale on Friday, 6:30-9:30 p.m. will offer a selection of women’s and men’s fashions. Admission costs $10. On Saturday, from 9 a.m.…

  • JAMESBURG: Industrial accidents injure two

    By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor    JAMESBURG — Two men were seriously injured in two separate industrial accidents Saturday, according to police.    In the first incident, an unidentified 46-year-old man from Willingboro in Burlington County was injured about 8 a.m. at the Wakefern Food Corporation warehouse, 355 Davidson Mill Road in South Brunswick.    According to…

  • Some ‘fatal flaws’

    Samuel Roth Hopewell Township     Just about everybody I know has concluded that the ELSA sewer bond ordinance, scheduled for a vote on May 8, contains several fatal flaws. It imposes a new tax on all property owners in Hopewell Township by increasing debt, and requires the township to reserve twice as much sewage capacity…

  • Daily Facebook Promotions from Rider Insurance

    Daily Facebook Promotions from Rider Insurance

    By Rider Insurance RIDER INSURANCE PROMOTES MOTORCYCLE SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH  SPRINGFIELD, N.J. – Rider Insurance is joining with federal, state and local highway safety, law enforcement and motorcycle organizations in proclaiming May as "Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month". By increasing education and awareness of the importance of safe riding and the need for mutual respect for…

  • See how you can help a child of abuse

    Debbi Roldan, Princeton, CASA Mercer and Burlington To the editor: April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Child abuse and neglect affects children of all ages and socio economic backgrounds. Many of these children suffer physical and psychological traumas, which can lead to homelessness or behaviors which result in incarceration. More than 60 percent of…

  • SPRINGFIELD: School district votes member off board

    By Amber Cox, Special Writer    SPRINGFIELD — The school board unanimously voted to terminate one board member’s position on April 17 following a number of missed meetings.    According to Superintendent Joseph Miller, the board discussed the issue of Jennifer Steele’s absences at board meeting.    ”We really have attempted over and over again,” he said. “We…

  • CHESTERFIELD: Results nix controlled substances as factor in deadly school bus crash

    By Amber Cox, Special Writer    MOUNT HOLLY — Results of the toxicology reports on the two drivers from the fatal February bus crash in Chesterfield Township have been released to the public.    Burlington County Prosecutor Robert Bernardi and Chesterfield Township Police Chief Kyle Wilson announced in a press release April 20 that neither controlled dangerous…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Baseball enthusiasts gather for opening day

    LAMBERTVILLE: Baseball enthusiasts gather for opening day

    At Saturday’s opening day for the West Amwell Youth Baseball and Softball Association, the young players celebrate the call to “play ball.”

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Big plans for Pennytown area get bad reviews

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    The neighbors came, and they hated it.    It was a presentation, held at Central High School on April 19, of conceptual designs to build a village on the Pennytown site and on nearby property, owned by Kooltronic.    The Pennytown tract, about 25 acres, is located between Routes 31 and 654.…

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