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  • Hurricane relief opportunities listed

    Area agencies seek support for Gulf victims The American Red Cross    In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the American Red Cross has mounted the largest relief effort in its history.    To donate to the American Red Cross:    • Call (800) HELP-NOW (435-7669).    • Donate online, www.redcross.org, a secure site.    • Contact the American Red Cross of Central New…

  • Princeton Public Library programs to target gay bias

       How young people react to discrimination against gays and lesbians will be explored at two age-specific programs at Princeton Public Library on Thursday, Oct. 27, when the library hosts screenings of the film "Scout’s Honor" and the display "Snapshot of My School."    In programs for students at 4 p.m. and parents at 7 p.m., "Scout’s…

  • Area judge gets his day out of court — at JFK

    Judge talks to fifth graders at JFK about his career in law. By: Josh Appelbaum    JAMESBURG —The Honorable E. Ronald Wright called for order and lowered the gavel to the podium on Monday morning.    But the municipal court judge wasn’t getting ready to deliver a decision or an admonition — he was just quieting an…

  • Natale excels on field of dreams

    Junior’s goals lift Hun field hockey over PDS By: Justin Feil    There could be a certain pressure to playing on a field that already bears your name.    Lyndsey Natale doesn’t think that way when she takes to Hun’s Natale Family Field. Of course, with go-ahead goals like the one she scored in the Hun field…

  • PHS’ Wray part of transfer of power

    Little Tiger boys’ cross country edges Hopewell By: Justin Feil    After last year, Jeff Wray considered transferring to West Windsor-Plainsboro South High to rejoin some of the students with which he attended Grover Middle School.    Instead, Wray stayed at Princeton High School, where his mother is a drama teacher.    "I was in the West Windsor…

  • ‘Fringe’ taxpayers’ group fuels election controversy

    Princeton Taxpayers Association shines its spotlight on all-Democratic Township Committee By: Rachel Silverman    The Princeton Taxpayers Association — which is seeking to curb local property taxes — has become an increasingly sharp thorn in the side of Township Hall.    Since its formation last month, the group has held two meetings, initiated a mass-distribution e-mail list…

  • Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week

    Patriarca having a ball with Hun girls’ soccer By: Justin Feil    Val Patriarca is a player who likes to have the ball.    And when she does possess it, good things have happened for the Hun School girls’ soccer team.    Patriarca, a junior with the Raiders, has made her presence felt regardless of where she’s played.…

  • Man fights police, charged with assault

    Howell man faces charges after scuffling with officers. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — A 27-year-old Howell man was charged with aggravated assault, disorderly conduct and obstructing the administration of the law at 4:56 p.m. Wednesday after he scuffled with two police officers, police said.    Robert Campbell of Kiwi Loop in Howell was found lying unconscious…

  • LETTERS: Freeholders commended

    To the editor:     I commend Freeholder Director Dave Crabiel and the Middlesex County Board of Freeholders for creating a flood commission. As we all witnessed this summer, with the storms in our area and the hurricanes in the Gulf, floods can be devastating.    The flood commission will be responsible for studying flooding issues in…