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HILLSBOROUGH: Raiders swim run ends in finals loss
By Justin Feil, The Packet Group The Hillsborough High School boys swim team may have ended its dual meet season on Thursday, but it was really a sort of beginning for the Raiders. Hillsborough’s return to the sectional final marked a return to the high standards that have marked the program in the past decade.…
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GUEST COLUMN: There’s Whitney, and then there’s everyone else
By Ann Casano In 1991, I was in 10th grade watching the Super Bowl with my family in New Jersey. Our country was immersed in the Persian Gulf War. I remember the heavy military presence at the game. Certainly, a stadium filled with over 70,000 people watching an American event like the Super Bowl would…
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PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter
Princeton Township A contractor and two employees reported a burglary and theft to a home under construction on Winfield Road between 5 p.m. on Feb. 17 and 7:30 a.m. on Feb. 20. Stolen items were reported to be worth approximately $1,000. Paul Steinbeiser, 48, of Frenchtown, was charged with an outstanding traffic warrant from East…
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PRINCETON: Lenten season marked by Ash Wednesday services
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer The Lenten season began on Wednesday with Ash Wednesday services at many local congregations. ”Ash Wednesday is just a beginning of our season of Lent,” said Monsignor Joseph Rosie of St. Paul’s Church, a Roman Catholic Church located on Nassau Street in Princeton. “It is 40 days of special prayer…
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PRINCETON: Housing Authority elects officers, members
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer The Housing Authority of the Borough of Princeton (HABOP) elected officers, met with its new board this week and discussed a recent visit from the commissioner of the Housing Authority of Philadelphia. The first order of business was the election of officers. Leighton Newlin and Henry Pennel were re-elected chair…
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PRINCETON: Task force has busy agenda
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer The Transition Task Force moved through a packed agenda on Feb. 22, hearing subcommittee reports and having discussions on multiple issues. The group also approved up to $100,000 in expenditures for an attorney and a consultant and talked about a moratorium on hiring. ”We feel at this point the governing…
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ALLENTOWN: Redbirds’ Russo wins CJ I bowling
Winters 19th at girls tourney By Justin Feil, The Packet Group Matt Russo and Corrine Winters made a big impression in their sectional and state bowling tournaments. All the Allentown High School student-athletes needed was the chance to do so. ”We knew what we wanted to do,” Winters said, “but weren’t sure it would work…
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STOCKTON: Council plans to fix sewer problem
By John Tredrea, Special Writer STOCKTON —A proposed bond ordinance authorizing the expenditure of up to $175,000 in emergency sewer repairs was introduced by the Stockton Borough Council at its Feb. 13 meeting. Borough Clerk Michele Hovan said the measure is in response to a leak, due to a pipe collapse, in the borough’s sewage…
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ACME: Meet the talent behind Oscar winners
An evening on “The Art of Filmmaking” with Ted Tally, Oscar award-winning screenwriter, and Larry McConkey, award-winning cinematographer on the 2012 Oscar-nominated film, “Hugo,” will be held at ACME Screening Room on Sunday (Feb. 26). There also will be a reception at Caffe Galleria, Lambertville House. The events begin at 5 p.m. and end at…
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