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‘Surprise’: Party held for HVN’s managing editor
By John Tredrea, Special Writer Early the evening of Nov. 17, Ruth Luse, HVN managing editor, joined old friends Jeff and Linda Maiden for dinner at their Hopewell Township home. ”We’ll go to the Hopewell Valley Golf Club for dessert, OK?” Ms. Maiden said when issuing the invitation. Ms. Maiden implied then that the dessert…
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LAMBERTVILLE: Ely Park fundraiser set for New Year’s Eve
LAMBERTVILLE — New Year’s Eve partygoers will welcome the New Year at the first annual charity fundraiser at Rago Arts and Auction Center, Lambertville, on Dec. 31. Planning is in full swing for what organizers are calling “the marquee event of the year.” a glittering gala that will raise funds for the next phase in…
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MONROE: Stonebridge donates 4K to food pantry
Mario Edini, Special Writer MONROE — Last week, the Stonebridge Community’s Men’s Club presented a cash contribution to the Monroe Township Food Pantry. At the presentation, Hal Gedell, president of the Men’s Club, Joel Greenberg, a vice president of the club, and Tony Guerriero, chairman of the club’s Fundraising and Charitable Donations Committee, presented Bonnie…
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MANSFIELD: Mansfield Police Department wins elite status
By Birgitta Wolfe, Managing Editor MANSFIELD The Mansfield Police Department of 13 officers has joined an elite group in state law enforcement to earn the status of an accredited agency under a program of the N.J. State Association of Chiefs of Police. Only 67 of the state’s 542 law enforcement agencies have achieved this…
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AROUND CRANBURY: Girl Scouts to have babysitting fundraiser
Lorraine Sedor If you just haven’t found the time to do your holiday shopping or you just need a night off from the little ones, Girl Scout Troop 71566 is having a babysitting fundraiser for children 11-year-olds and younger at the Cranbury school auditorium Friday, Dec. 2, from 5 to 10 p.m. Donations will be…
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’Highly unscrupulous’
Anne Panfil Lambertville We can all agree that handouts to the top 1 percent are highly unscrupulous. Yet President Barack Obama is spending $443 million against an empty bioterrorism threat to line the pockets of one of his prominent financial supporters. So much for “progressive” politics and the high-ground it preaches. The deadly smallpox…
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SUNSHINE LIST
Meetings PENNINGTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION: Nov. 28, 7:30 p.m., Borough Hall. HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE: Nov. 28, 7 p.m., regular; Dec. 5, 7 p.m., agenda meeting (may be canceled), Municipal Building. HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP DEER MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE: Nov. 30, 7:30 p.m., Municipal Building. PENNINGTON BOROUGH COUNCIL: Dec. 5, 7 p.m., Borough Hall. …
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PLUMSTED: Warrior girls had great playoff run
By Justin Feil, The Packet Group A last-minute goal in the second overtime might have been a heartbreaking ending to the season for the New Egypt High School girls soccer team. But the Warriors were too busy enjoying the bonus for all their hard work when they fell to Haddon Township, 2-1, in the Group…
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Solebury’s Thomas Hedges ends his career at Colgate
Thomas Hedges, an All East Division I runner and the co-captain of the Colgate University Men’s Cross Country team, capped a spectacular four-year career placing second for the Colgate team at both the Patriot League championships in Lehigh, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 29 as well as the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America (IC4A) championship…
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