• Metropolitan Archbishop Stefan Soroka

    Metropolitan Archbishop Stefan Soroka

    By Metropolitan Archbishop Stefan Soroka will hold Holy Thursday Service at Assumption Catholic Church in Perth Amboy, NJ 684 Alta Vista PL, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861 732-826-0767

  • LAMBERTVILLE: City gets to make trash pick

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — City voters will have a choice in how they want to pay for garbage collection.    The city will put a question on the ballot April 27, the same day of the school elections, asking voters to state their preference, Mayor David Del Vecchio said.    While the ballot question’s…

  • View others through own mistakes

    Arthur Roedel, of Monmouth Junction     While I was reading the Post article, “Police: Custodian stole computer,” I couldn’t help wondering if anyone asked how an otherwise nice person, generally liked by everyone, could wake up on a given morning and decide to begin taking laptop computers from his employer for sale on eBay.    Certainly…

  • CEASE speaks out

    See story: "Township to chart new sewer course." CEASE     For the past few years Hopewell Township’s guiding land use principle has been zoning to match the capacity of the land. Hopewell Township is now considering a proposal to almost triple density in the township’s southern portion, adding over 500 new homes. This is certainly…

  • PRINCETON: State grants awarded to schools for audio, visual upgrades

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    The New Jersey Schools Development Authority has awarded two state grants to the Princeton Regional School District for classroom audio and visual system upgrades.    The schools involved are John Witherspoon Middle School and Princeton High School. The state estimates the total funding for the project at around $637,300, $254,920 is…

  • PLUMSTED: Seniors helped Warriors make history

    Girls hoops has foundation in place By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    The determination that made this year’s group the finest New Egypt girls basketball team in school history came out in the fourth quarter of the state Group I semifinals last Wednesday.    In one final run, the Warriors cut a 10-point deficit to three…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Fire displaces family

    HIGHTSTOWN: Fire displaces family

    An Outcalt Street house three days after a fire displaced the family of seven. (Staff photo by Doug Carman)

  • Flower Power sale

    Carolyn Bender, auxiliary member, EMT Hopewell     This month the Hopewell Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary will be having their first online Flower Power Fundraising sale.    This flower sale is being held so the Hopewell EMU can purchase a $6,000 life-saving Masimo Rad-57 Pulse CO-oximeter. This equipment will allow our EMS squad to evaluate victims of…

  • LAWRENCE: Town plans a community conversation

    By Lea KAhn    What do the blue-and-white “Welcome to Lawrence Township” signs and the formation of the nonprofit Sustainable Lawrence have in common?    Both grew out of the Lawrence Township Community Foundation’s “community conversation” meetings — similar to the one that is set for Saturday morning in the Clark Music Center at The Lawrenceville School.…

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