Month: August 2003

Lack of spaces a refrain that spans office workers, shoppers, visitors and even construction crews. By: Jennifer Potash        A lot of people are unhappy about the difficulty of finding a downtown parking space because of all the construction — and among the more vocal are the construction workers themselves.    Specifically, ironworkers on the site…

The Gallery of Fine Art opens its first solo show with Newtown photographer David Graham. In Newtown, Pa. By: Amy Brummer Photographer David Graham made repeated visits to document the home of Arthur and Nan Kellam, a couple who lived off the coast of Maine on the remote Placentia Island. Above: a birch-bark note at…

Developer agrees to provide sufficent funds to build structure. By: Gwen McNamara    WEST WINDSOR — Nature lovers can look forward to walking trails or visiting a nature center on the Baker Farm, located on Old Trenton Road, thanks to the persistence of several environmentally minded residents and the cooperation of a developer.    The township is…

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Aug. 29 By: Killing deer is not humane To the editor:     A recent Packet editorial (Aug. 22) incorrectly describes Princeton’s deer-killing plan as humane.    There is no "humane" killing of animals short of their natural life spans, other than to end irremediable suffering. There is no such thing as a…

By: Rebecca Tokarz    MONROE — A group of about 20 wide-eyed and eager preteens walked down a hallway at Applegarth Middle School and looked to the left and right as one of their peers moved them into the school’s gymnasium and through a small doorway into the locker room.    "This is the girls locker room…

By: Lorainne Sedor    Children who participated in the Cranbury Library’s Summer Reading Club may pick up their certificates at the circulation desk. As usual, the Summer Reading Clubthis year was a huge success: 150 participants — up from 125 last year — read 2,650 books, 505 more than last year’s 2145!    Mr. Z offers much…

   Principal Al Perno and Vice Principal Wendy Ogart are ready for a great year. By: Brook Olster    JAMESBURG — John F. Kennedy Elementary School will be under new leadership starting this fall.    And, the new leaders, teachers and staff are busy preparing for the students’ return Wednesday.    Former Vice Principal Al Perno will serve the…

By: Hank Kalet    A group of Monroe seniors wants the state to abort its failed experiment with energy deregulation.    The group, known as the Energy Group of Clearbrook, has been battling to lower electricity rates in the state for more than a decade, primarily because residents of the senior community are among those hit hardest…

   eighth-graders and kindergarten students are getting ready to head back to school. By: Matt Kirdahy    The Cranbury School will open its doors again next week to a new batch of kindergartners, all of them ready for their first day of school thanks to some of the adults who care about them most — their parents…