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  • Homebuyers live luxuriously at Enchantment at Hamilton

    Enchantment creates a lifestyle where fun and camaraderie occurs on-site every day    Enchantment at Hamilton is a thriving active-adult community, with dozens of homeowners already living the dream. In fact, this enclave’s central Mercer County setting is attracting interested parties throughout the state and beyond. And, the Model Park features four impressive homes, allowing prospective…

  • Win guarantees PDS football’s winning season

    Shimkin, Panthers look to build on goals By: Bob Nuse    Times are changing for the Princeton Day School football program.    Last year, getting to .500 with a 4-4 record was a huge step for a program that had not done so since 1994. This year the Panthers had their sights set a little higher and…

  • Hunter, Knights win sister-school rivalry

    WW-P North field hockey shuts out South By: Justin Feil    Meghan Hunter may have played in only one West Windsor-Plainsboro North vs. WW-P South field hockey game prior to Tuesday’s, but she’s no stranger to the rivalry.    Both of Hunter’s sisters went through the Knights program before going on to play at Rider University. Meghan…

  • Hepatitis A outbreak strikes Princeton Hispanics

    Many are fearful of accepting treatment By: Marjorie Censer    A hepatitis A outbreak, with three active cases, struck some members of Princeton’s Hispanic immigrant community beginning Sept. 20, and the final vaccinations were not administered until Oct. 13 because of some immigrants’ distrust of health officials.    Princeton Regional Health Department officials experienced difficulty immunizing what…

  • LETTERS: Family concept has evolved

    To the editor:     I am responding to Miles Bennett’s letter, in the Oct. 7 issue, on traditional marriage.    (1) The concept of family has changed. There are gay families who would benefit from this;    (2) 250 clergy from a variety of religions met in the northern part of the state to support gay marriage;…

  • Bus times conflict with library

    PHS students have no place to wait on Fridays. By: Jessica Beym    Busing problems persist for Princeton High School students who come home late from after-school activities on Fridays.    Specifically, some of them have nowhere to go on Fridays when the library closes at 5 p.m.    The PHS late bus leaves the high school at…

  • Library pajama party a ‘sleeping’ success

    Jamesburg Public Library hosts a Wednesday night pajama party. By: Chinenye Okparanta    JAMESBURG — Flannel and floral prints were the pajama of choice for the 3-, 4- and 5-year-olds who attended Jamesburg Public Library’s Pajama Party on Wednesday.    Seated on the floor of the library’s lower level, the children listened in as Daria Ludas, filling…

  • Borough candidates disagree over how to tighten budget

    Incumbent Democrats Mildred Trotman and David Goldfarb challenged by independent Joshua Leinsdorf By: Marjorie Censer    Candidates for the Princeton Borough Council agreed that the council must address ways to improve the borough’s finances — but differed on the methods of doing so — at an endorsement session with The Packet’s editorial board on Tuesday.    Incumbent…

  • officials mum on school construction talks

    East Windsor Regional School District officials still have not commented on construction delays at three schools. By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN — Officials of the East Windsor Regional School District recently had a long meeting with their bonding company to discuss the contentious situation involving construction delays at three schools. But no one would say if…