• How the Packet should cover battlefield

    Christina W. Strong, Belle Mead To the editor: The issue of whether Princeton and the state of New Jersey should allow the Institute for of Advanced Studies to build on the battlefield is important, and deserves better journalistic coverage than the Packet has afforded it thus far.    The coverage has been glaringly one-sided, and worse,…

  • Recall the ordinance

    Paul and Linda Kiss Hopewell Township     The Township Committee recently passed a bond ordinance authorizing $4.1 million to purchase sewer capacity for Hopewell Township. Part of the reason for this purchase was to solve all the ongoing septic problems for the businesses around the Pennington Circle, and to have ready sewer capacity for the…

  • Wants public referendum

    Robert Kecskes Hopewell Township     Four out of five of the members of the Hopewell Township Committee recently authorized a $4 million bond ordinance to reserve 267,000 gallons of daily sewage treatment capacity from the Ewing-Lawrence Sewerage Authority (ELSA) to serve the southern portion of Hopewell Township. Only Vanessa Sandom opposed the ordinance.    The problem…

  • PRINCETON: Spadea running to fill Biondi seat

    By Gene Robbins, Packet Publications    Princeton Township resident Bill Spadea has tossed his hat into the ring for the vacant New Jersey Assembly seat in the newly redrawn 16th Legislative District.    He will be one of an unknown number of candidates who will compete, probably in late January, in a special convention of Republican leaders…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: HHS girls hoops more confident

    Young players have experience By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Less than two weeks into the preseason, Charlie Davis is impressed with how well his Hillsborough High School girls basketball team is looking.    ”I’m very pleased,” said the Raiders head coach. “I think it’s a lot better. With last year’s sophomores, this year’s juniors, I…

  • Area education group has five new members

    By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    The Lambertville Area Education Foundation recently inducted five new members of its board of directors.    ”The foundation provides grants, largely to teachers, to support innovative programs for students at Lambertville Public School, West Amwell Township School, Stockton Borough School and South Hunterdon Regional High School,” said a spokesman.    And to…

  • New Hope’s holiday celebration to begin

       The Downtown Performing Arts Center’s new singing group, “Gleepac,” is set to take the stage during the New Hope Chamber of Commerce’s series of holiday events.    The holiday-themed performances are sponsored by the New Hope Chamber of Commerce with “Gleepac” performing on Dec. 11 between 1 and 3 p.m.    Gleepac, a group modeled after the…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Schools’ "textile drive" is great success

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    Well done!    That’s what the giant recycling firm, Wearable Collections, said to the Hopewell Valley Regional School District after it — with the help of many — collected 8,376 pounds of used clothing.    The clothing was collected during a “textile drive” over a two-week period last month.    ”Hopewell Valley’s clothing…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Music could make January less dreary

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — Think January.    What do you feel and see?    Cold. Freezing wind. Not much daylight. Problems driving and walking through snow, sleet, slush and ice. Sigh.    It’s enough to make you just stay home. A body could wind up with cabin fever that way, though.    Buck up. If you’re…

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