• PRINCETON: YMCA announces 8th Grade essay contest

       The Executive Club of the Princeton Family YMCA is very pleased to announce its first annual essay contest for eighth-graders that highlights one of the YMCA’s four core values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility.    The winner of the contest will receive a $500 savings bond and an opportunity to present his or her essay…

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    Saturday, April 25    Touch a Truck – The New Egypt Elks Special Children’s Committee and the New Egypt United Methodist Church will be holding a Touch-a-Truck event from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the New Egypt Elks Lodge, 105 Lakewood Road. Various modes of transportation will be on display. Price for admission is $3…

  • LAWRENCE: Talk tackles topics in teaching

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     If Lawrence Township public school students are going to succeed in a global economy, they will need several things — critical thinking skills, communications skills and cultural literacy, which means becoming familiar with different customs and values.     To help students achieve those goals, the school district is going…

  • COLUMBUS NEWS: From the April 23 edition

    By Peg Traino Peg Traino Tel: 298-7476 [email protected]    ABC Nursery School and Kindergarten, located on Mill Lane in Columbus, is currently accepting registrations for the PM Kindergarten class for the 2009-2010 school year. If you are interested please call 609-298-0700. * * *    The next scheduled recycle pick up for Mansfield Township is Monday, April…

  • PRINCETON: Spotlight: Talking with a teen EMT

    By Anna Maria Jakubek Special to The Packet     Meet Catharyn Morris. At 17, she may not yet be old enough to drink, vote, or even drive an ambulance, but need her to save your life? That she can do.     Though only in high school, Ms. Morris is a certified emergency medical technician (EMT).…

  • Photo contest to spotlight Valley’s environmental resources

       The Hopewell Valley News, the Hopewell Township Environmental Commission, and the Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space are sponsoring the 2009 Hopewell Valley Photo Contest with the topic “Hopewell’s Environmental Resources.”    For the purposes of the “Hopewell’s Environmental Resources” photograph contest, “Hopewell’s Environmental Resources” is defined as “the natural and environmental characteristics and features of…

  • MILLSTONE: Impasse declared in school district

    by Vic Monaco, Managing Editor    MILLSTONE — After being admonished by the county Superintendent of Schools, the school district here is now offering a slight raise to its teachers.    Other than that, leaders on both sides of the impasse say there’s really been no progress in reaching a deal to replace the contract expiring in…

  • SENIOR MENUS

    April 23-30    All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville.    The value of each meal is $4.95. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution.    All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine.    The sodium-controlled menu is the same unless otherwise noted.    April 23 — Vegetable soup, garlic…

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