• Board president’s appointment is denounced

    Appointment By: John Tredrea – Staff Writer Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education President Jim Wulf was strongly criticized by board members Roy Dollard and Lisa Wolff Monday night about his appointment of board member Stephen Keen to the group’s Personnel Committee. That committee participates in negotiations with the Hopewell Valley Education Association (teachers’ union).…

  • Bordentown 11s finish summer with softball championship win

    Bats rally in state title game By: Bob Nuse – The Packet Group After using strong pitching and defense to get to the state championship game, the Bordentown Little League 11-year-old softball all-stars used their bats to win a state title. Bordentown captured the Little League 11-year state title with an 8-5 win over Tri…

  • McGraw Hill Helps Feed the Hungry

    By A. Cheshier Sandra Delfino of McGraw Hill lead an effort to supply the local food bank through a can goods drive at McGraw Hill.  Reaching out to Yad Ezra ~ The Helping Hand, Sandra and her co-workers concluded their month long effort by donating the food stuffs to this local food bank.  With the…

  • State trooper training

    Camp lets two Lawrence boys try it out By: Lea Kahn – Staff Writer Shane Hickey and Dean Sawasky were lying in their beds in their dorm rooms on the first night of New Jersey State Police Trooper Youth Week summer camp. It seemed like days since the two Lawrence High School rising seniors had…

  • Why won’t Rep. Holt agree to debate?

    Beverly T. Elston of Princeton     Scott Sipprelle, the Republican candidate for Congress in New Jersey’s 12th District has repeatedly challenged Rush Holt, the incumbent, to debate the serious issues currently facing our nation, but Mr. Holt has refused to respond. Why, I ask, does Mr. Holt refuse?    If we want to live in a…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Lightning strike destroys township barn

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    The South Brunswick Health Department received notification Tuesday from the New Jersey Department of Health that a mosquito pool located in the township tested positive for the West Nile virus.    The sample pool, located in the area of Route 1 and Campus Drive, is the first positive West Nile test…

  • Florence tries new ‘gable top’ recycling program

       FLORENCE — Burlington County is looking to expand its curbside recycling program to include the “gable top” paper cartons commonly used for milk and orange juice, and Florence Township residents are helping the county “pilot” the program.    The county is gauging the logistics and economic feasibility of collecting the cartons countywide.    Florence Township became the…

  • Editorial

    Push towns to find way to merge By: centraljersey.com Municipal consolidation may be gaining momentum. Consider some recent events: The two Princetons have formed a commission to investigate consolidation, the first time the towns will formally sit down and discuss the issue since 1996. Hightstown and East Windsor have entered discussions to determine if a…

  • LAWRENCE: Police Blotter

       Yangzi Mao, 25, of Glenn Avenue, was charged with shoplifting Aug. 15 for taking jewelry and clothing, worth a combined $59.02, from Macy’s at the Quaker Bridge Mall at 1:50 p.m. Aug. 15, police said.    A store loss prevention officer saw her pick up a pair of earrings and put them on her ears, police…

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