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  • Around Cranbury by Lorraine Sedor: Its begining to look a lot like Christmas

    Around Cranbury: Holiday concert, new gallery program and medicare program information. By: Lorraine Sedor    All are welcome to a holiday trombone concert in Fellowship Hall of the First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury on Saturday, Dec. 17, at 2 p.m.    The band, "76 Trombones Minus a Few," consists of young Cranbury trombone players lead by their…

  • Schurtz hoping for second turnaround

    New Pirates’ basketball coach had success in football this fall By: Bob Nuse    While this is his first head coaching position, Bob Schurtz is no stranger to coaching basketball.    "I was raised as a basketball guy," said Schurtz, the new boys’ basketball coach at West Windsor-Plainsboro High South. "My father was a coach and we…

  • Letters to the Editor for the week of Dec. 9

    Board member thanks his constituents To the editor:    I would like to take this opportunity to address the East Windsor/Hightstown community. As reported in last week’s Herald, I announced my resignation from your school board at the Nov. 28 meeting. This was one of the most difficult decisions of my adult life, as there was…

  • OBITUARIES, Dec. 9, 2005

    Naomi S. Savage, Caroline Gianantonio, Robert G. Mills, George J. Willis Jr., Esther F. Engelke, Margaret A. Mason, William O. Bowser, Ellen G. Mobarek Naomi S. Savage Photographer     Naomi Savage of Princeton died Nov. 22 at home. She was 78.    Born Naomi Siegler in Jersey City, she was a longtime Princeton resident.    A photographer,…

  • Forum to give advice on Medicare

    Township to hold informational meetings on new Medicare programs next week. By: Jessica Beym    The new year is quickly approaching, and so is the deadline to decide on new Medicare health plans.    To help residents, particularly seniors, decide which option of the new Medicare Prescription Drug Plan is best for them, the township will be…

  • ‘Nobody’s Daddy’

    Singer-songwriter Peter Spencer will return to his East Coast roots to play John & Peter’s in New Hope. By: Michael Redmond    Peter Spencer has covered a lot of ground since the 1980s, when he was a co-founder of the Greenwich Village Musicians’ Cooperative and a familiar figure with Fast Folk Musicians. In those days, he…

  • McPhee to get science medal

    By: David Campbell    Pulitzer Prize-winning writer John McPhee will receive The Academy of Natural Sciences Gold Medal, the institution’s highest honor, for his efforts to enhance public understanding of the natural world, the academy has announced.    At a Dec. 1 ceremony in Philadelphia, academy President and CEO D. James Baker will present Mr. McPhee with…

  • Property Transfers — December 9, 2005 — Part 2

    The Princeton Packet Inc. publishes information on real estate transactions in its core market as a public service because it believes the information is newsworthy and appropriate. The information is all on the public record. In some cases the listing represents the property’s mailing address rather than the municipal location. While the intention is to…

  • School gets PHS update

    Princeton High School construction slated to conclude in March. By: Chinenye Okparanta    Students who will be making the transition from Cranbury School to Princeton High School next year have a lot to look forward to.    At the Cranbury Board of Education meeting Tuesday, Superintendent of the Princeton Regional School District Judith Wilson updated Cranbury parents…