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  • Smoking ban would be a holiday gift

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Dec. 6 By: Packet Editorial    New Jersey’s lame-duck Legislature has plenty on its plate to carve through between now and Jan. 10, when its term expires and all the bills that haven’t been passed by both houses get carted out with the after-dinner trash.    In the four Senate sessions and two Assembly sessions…

  • Dec. 5, 4:45 p.m.: The war and the economy

    Herbert writes about the effect on the war on a soldier’s family. By: Hank Kalet    Bob Herbert in The New York Times writes a touching, anger-inspiring column that I’d like to think will convince even those who continue to support the war that it is a lost cause. I’d like to think that, but I…

  • More 55+ homebuyers are discovering Gatherings at Lawrenceville

    More 55+ homebuyers are discovering Gatherings at Lawrenceville    More than 70 percent of the homes at Gatherings at Lawrenceville, Beazer Homes’ wildly successful community for those 55 in the heart of Mercer County, NJ, have been sold.    Construction will begin soon on the clubhouse, pool and walking trails, and dozens of residents have moved in,…

  • Another Time… Another Place

    Marilyn Canning explores the ‘Remains of the Ancient West’ in photographs. By: Susan Van Dongen    With staggering sprawl and population growth in areas such as Phoenix, Ariz., the vistas of the Old West and Southwest are being forever altered. Photographer Marilyn Canning hopes to pay tribute to the deserts, prairies and mesas before they disappear…

  • December 5, 2005

    Ann Morse Sabatino    Ann (Anny) Morse Sabatino, 49, of Pennington died at home on Friday.    Born and raised in Norwood, Mass. she attended Norwood High School and received a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Massachusetts in 1978.    She served for 27 years as a flight attendant with United Airlines. She traveled with…

  • The challenge of eating disorders

    A variety of complex factors is involved in why people develop such unhealthy relationships with food in the first place By: Melinda Parisi, Ph.D. in Collaboration with Gloria N. Beck    Despite an unprecedented rise in obesity in this country, American culture is obsessed with being thin.    Every day the American public is bombarded with images…

  • Bumper

    "Bumper," a friendly 3-year-old neutered terrier mix, is in need of a loving home and available for adoption from SAVE, Princeton’s animal shelter, 900 Herrontown Road, Princeton. For information about adopting "Bumper" or another cat or dog, call (609) 921-6122. SAVE: http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/NJ143.html By:

  • 2006 Jaguar XKR Coupe: This cat roars with history

    This slinky and smaller cat, the XKR, is the epitome of upscale motoring By: Mike Blake    Fifty-seven years ago, the Jaguar factory in Coventry, England, developed an extraordinary item the XK engine. Powering the legendary XK120 and C-type cars to victories in the 24-hour races at LeMans, the engine and the name "XK" became part…

  • Dec. 3, 9 a.m.: A new progressive agenda

    Washington Monthly offers a prescription for individual empowerment that completely contradicts the agenda of the right. By: Hank Kalet    I just came across this interesting set of articles in The Washington Monthly — a quintet that may offer a direction for the left to pursue that does not get us bogged down in a discussion…