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PRINCETON: Boro nixes idea of public safety director
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer PRINCETON — Princeton Borough Council, prior to publicly stating its intention to go forward with the process of hiring a new chief of police at its meeting Aug. 11, held a debate in private over the merits of instead hiring a civilian public safety director to oversee the borough’s police…
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MANVILLE: Cheerleaders excel at UCA camp
Hando receives special honor by Mary Ellen Zangara, Correspondent Manville High School’s cheerleaders already have been cheering even though the football season has not yet begun. The girls have been practicing since school ended in June and have attended a cheerleading camp. The cheerleaders have been at MHS four nights a week doing exercise routines…
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PRINCETON: St. Paul’s girl shares graduation gifts
By Matt Chiappardi, The Packet Group PRINCETON — For her eighth-grade graduation from St. Paul Catholic School in Princeton, Taylor Cohen asked anyone who planned to give her a gift to donate supermarket gift cards so she could help feed some hungry people at the First Baptist Church’s soup kitchen on South Main Street in…
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After-school care keeps kids safe
Denise Soto of Princeton Family YMCA With back-to-school season upon us, the Princeton Family YMCA reminds parents to consider adding after school care to their school year plans. More and more youth are being left unsupervised when the school day ends, but after school activities can help keep youth safe, supervised and engaged in…
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PRINCETON: Report says affordable housing demand is up
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer PRINCETON — The extended depressed economy has resulted in more applicants and longer waiting lists for affordable housing, according to the annual report of Princeton Community Housing. There is about a 15- to 18-month wait for housing at PCH’s Elm Court and Harriet Bryan House, which are primarily residences for…
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SOMERSET VALLEY YMCA SUMMER CAMP – MORE THAN JUST FOND MEMORIES
Jim Vaccarella and Hillsborough camp counselor, Lois Bennett
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HILLSBOROUGH: Board debates merit—and challenges—of finance class
By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer Including a personal finance class that the state would require for high school graduation had several Board of Education members at the July 21 meeting wondering how to fit another class into the school day and whether the subject should even be taught in school. During the Curriculum Committee report…
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MANVILLE: Wrestlers endure madness on mats
Pletcher works them hard by Rudy Brandl, Sports Editor If the Manville High wrestlers can survive a week of Matt Pletcher, they should do just fine when the next scholastic season begins in December. The Mustangs completed a solid summer of wrestling workouts in their second annual Mats Madness Camp, a five-day clinic in the…
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