• Help us clean!

    Sara E.K. Cooper, Titusville     The fourth annual Watershed-wide Stream Cleanup series, sponsored by Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, will take place April 24-25 and May 1-2. Everyone is looking forward to another successful year of stream cleanups.    On May 1, cleanup will be held in Hopewell Township at the Jacobs Creek Bridge area from 1-3…

  • Response to Westerly Road Church pastor

    Elliot Lieb of Princeton     I was amazed to read the arguments made by John Beeson, associate pastor of the Westerly Road Church (The Princeton Packet, April 20) in which he seems to imply that WRC cannot carry out its mission and still have an environmentally sustainable new facility on the Princeton Ridge — which…

  • ‘Uncivil discourse’ is topic of forum Friday

       On April 23, Michael X. Delli Carpini, dean of the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, will address the issue of “uncivil discourse” in public deliberation, drawing on his book, “Talking Together: Public Deliberation and Political Participation in America” (2009 University of Chicago Press).    The event will be held from 7-8 p.m. at Phillips…

  • YOUR VIEWS: Senate should ratify U.S.-Russia START treaty

    Rev. Robert Moore of Coalition for Peace Action     The START treaty between the US and Russia is a good start towards reducing the threat from nuclear weapons. The Senate should quickly ratify it. Fewer nuclear weapons make America and the world safer from the growing threat of nuclear weapons being used again. It sends…

  • MANVILLE: Donate comics, toys for kids use at shelter

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Council President Sue Asher said Tuesday that a bin was placed in the Manville Public Library on South 10th Avenue donations of activity books, coloring books, pencils, crayons, cards and any other items that children could use while sheltered at the the Veterans of Foreign Wars post on Washington Avenue…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: School budget is soundly defeated

    Wulf, Keen and Desai elected to township seats; Lewis wins in Hopewell Borough By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Hopewell Valley’s school budget was defeated by a 258-vote margin Tuesday.    With nearly 25 percent of the district’s registered voters going to the polls, the 2010-11 spending plan received 2,132 no votes to 1,874 yes votes.    Re-elected…

  • MCCC Gallery To Host Fine Arts Student Show Apr. 27-May 13

    MCCC Gallery To Host Fine Arts Student Show Apr. 27-May 13

    “Quiet Studio” by Frank Bardachino, of Allentown

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police blotter

       A Bateman Way resident reported someone unbolted the motor from his boat and stole it while it was in the parking area of his home between 7:30 p.m. April 13 and 4:54 p.m. April 14.    The motor was valued at $3,500.    A Manor Drive resident reported someone entered his home and stole his laptop computer…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Annual Hall of Fame class to recognize 7

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    South Brunswick High School will be recognizing a handful of the best athletes to pass through its hallways with the upcoming SBHS Hall of Fame Class of 2010.    Seven athletes will be inducted for their significant achievements during their time at SBHS.    To be inducted are Ann Dowgin, Class of…

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