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  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Jacobs Creek span plan to get airing

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    Mercer County officials, including county Engineer Greg Sandusky, will give a presentation on the county’s plan for a new bridge over Jacobs Creek at special meeting of the Hopewell Township Committee on Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. at the Central High School auditorium. The school is located on Pennington-Titusville Road.…

  • THINGS TO DO: Feb. 3, 2012

       Song and dance performance: 7 p.m., Richard P. Marasco Center for the Performing Arts, 1629 Perrineville Road, Monroe. The Monroe Township Cultural Arts Commission and the Monroe Township Patrons of the Arts will present the Duquesne University Tamburitzans, a multicultural song and dance company. The cost is $12 for patrons and $15 for others. Students…

  • What are best uses of Capital Health funds?

    David Sandahl Hopewell Township     When the Hopewell Township Committee failed to make tough budget cuts last year, it was predictable that the municipal property tax rate would go up, just as it was predictable that over 1,000 township residents would sign a petition demanding a referendum on the proposed multimillion-dollar extension of sewer service…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Ravens’ Hunter sets pole vault record

    Junior breaks decades old mark By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Craig Hunter tried a new pre-meet approach when he woke up on Saturday morning.    It paid off for the Robbinsville High School junior, who went to bed Saturday night as the new Mercer County boys pole vault record holder.    Hunter cleared 15-feet-1 to break…

  • Drug abuse: A problem

    Kali Angelina Ferrara Hopewell     I would like to reach out to our community, one which has helped me grow into the person I have become today. I would personally like to make you all aware that there is a problem of drug abuse in our neighborhoods.    In the wake of a recent tragedy, where…

  • PRINCETON: Contest to raise funds for boy with rare disease

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    The family of an eighth grader with a rare genetic disorder is the beneficiary of the 38th Annual Longbeard Contest at the Alchemist & Barrister.    Derek DiGregorio, who lives with his family in the township was born 14 years ago with a disease that will eventually rob him of movement,…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Raider girls hope for repeat performance in SCT

    By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    The Hillsborough High School girls basketball team would have loved to be able to bottle up its first performance against Immaculata, then uncork it for the rematch in the Somerset County Tournament.    The eighth-seeded Raiders will host ninth-seeded Immaculata 10 a.m. Saturday in the first game of a county…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Hard-working Tan wins MCT title

    ROBBINSVILLE: Hard-working Tan wins MCT title

    By Bob Nuse, The Packet Group    Rich Gildner isn’t surprised by the improvement Chris Tan has made in his short time as a wrestler.    ”This is only his third year wrestling,” the Robbinsville High wrestling coach said. “Last year was kind of that welcome to varsity kind of thing. He had the technique but it…

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