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  • Succession in Rocky Hill a closed affair

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Dec. 9 By: Packet Editorial    About a month ago in this space, we wondered whether it was really necessary for a town that had just lost its mayor to go through the elaborate, time-consuming procedure called for under New Jersey law to appoint a successor.    We raised this question shortly after Princeton Borough…

  • DISPATCHES By Hank Kalet: Dems offer leadership vacuum on war

    DISPATCHES: Democrats may see backlash for wanting to bring troops home. By: Hank Kalet    The debate over America’s involvement in Iraq seems to be moving forward without the help of the nation’s minority party.    The Democrats, despite some high-profile comments by U.S. Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, remain on the fence about the war. Purported…

  • Obituaries for the week of Dec. 9

    Dr. James A. Miller, Elizabeth Johnson, Seymour D. Selzer, Asa T. Davison Jr., Patricia M. Matruski Dr. James A. Miller    COLUMBUS — Dr. James Anthony Miller, 82, a former mayor of Mount Holly, died Dec. 2 after a battle with Alzheimer’s and Addison’s diseases.    Born in Paterson, he served in World War II as a…

  • Unique teddy bears find a home at nursery school

    Princeton Senior Resource Center project makes sure that every child has a designer-clad bear By: Rachel Silverman    It may take a village to raise a child, but a simple teddy bear, it seems, can elicit a heck of a lot of joy in a kid.    This holiday season, each child at Princeton Nursery School on…

  • December 9, 2005 — Part 1

    In some cases the listing represents the property’s mailing address rather than the municipal location. While the intention is to include all reported transactions, Packet Online does not guarantee its completeness or independently verify its contents. In some cases the listing represents the property’s mailing address rather than the municipal location. While the intention is…

  • Nativity pageants set in Montgomery, Plainsboro

       Beginning Saturday, Montgomery Evangelical Free Church again will present "Drive Through the Christmas Story," the highly acclaimed variation on the traditional Christmas pageant. The audience will never leave their automobiles as they see and hear the Christmas story. Over four evenings last year, 2,800 people attended in 778 vehicles.    The visual display of the birth…

  • Head of major charity warns of threat of ‘bad apples’

    Nonprofit sector needs to do its homework on ethics and accountablity, says Dr. Emmett D. Carson By: Rachel Silverman    In 2001, a prominent businessman spent a reported $200,000 on his daughter’s wedding.    The problem was, that money came from a foundation meant to help tax-exempt charitable causes. Authorities later said that the man, a trustee…

  • It was a season like no other

    Falcons set the bar high for teams of the future By: Kenny Weingartner    Over the past decade, there have been few football seasons to rival the one recently completed at Monroe High School.    The only one that might compare came in 2001 when the Falcons rallied around Sean Denehy, who suffered a spinal cord injury…

  • Letters to the Editor, Dec. 9

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Dec. 9 Town-gown squabbles are hurting both To the editor:     It was 50 years ago when the St. John family became accustomed to enjoying regular Sunday afternoon carillon concerts and met Professor Bigelow, the carillonneur. He loved the instrument and its music, and would explain how, as the centuries rolled…