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  • Contractor for district cancels contract, claims fraud and failure to pay

    UPDATE By: Vic Monaco    Less than two weeks after the East Windsor Regional school board approved the termination of the contractor working on three schools — action that Superintendent Ron Bolandi said was actually more of a legal threat — the contractor has terminated the contract, claiming "fraud, bad faith, mismanagement and breach" of contract…

  • Mayor: New Bank Street plan calls for more than 80 housing units

    UPDATE By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN — A new plan to redevelop the Bank Street area would require an amendment to the borough’s redevelopment ordinance because it calls for more than the 80 housing units prescribed there, Mayor Bob Patten said Monday.    Mr. Patten declined to say how many units are being proposed because "it’s just…

  • 2005 Halloween costume photo contest – TEST

    Halloween costume photo contest Now though Nov. 30, 2005 Win iPod 512 MB shuffle! Send or email your photo to us: [email protected] The Princeton Packet Inc Online Department – Contest 300 Witherspoon Street Princeton New Jersey 08527 609-924-3244 x366 Name:  (required)  Email:  (required) Phone Number:  (required)  Photo:   (required)      Rules: No purchase necessary. One…

  • Eternal and Always Flowing

    South Brunswick’s Remembrance Fountain honors the township’s 9/11 victims. By: Hilary Parker    From a distance, the granite columns in South Brunswick’s Remembrance Fountain seem to be one shape, one stone. But, on closer inspection, their differences emerge.    Each pillar is unique, a distinct individual. The granites are subtly different, with slight contrasts in color and…

  • College study explores the benefits of a diverse campus

    Effort stems from landmark 2003 Supreme Court affirmative-action ruling By: David Campbell    In a 2003 ruling on the University of Michigan’s affirmative-action policies, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the principal that a diverse student population creates educational benefits.    In a new study now under way, researchers at Princeton University along with five other universities across…

  • Tigers declawed in first loss

    PU football never recovers from 13-0 deficit By: Justin Feil The Princeton University football team did not trail for a minute in winning its first three games of the season.    The Tigers trailed from the very first minute and never could claw all the way back in a 16-10 loss to Colgate at soggy Princeton…

  • Letters to the Editor, Oct. 7

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Oct. 7 Township is proactive on roadway safety To the editor:     I would like to expand on your editorial of Sept. 23 ("It’s too risky failing to make citizens safe") and a number of letters that have been printed in your paper about the Alexander Road "S" curve and the…

  • Potter, Knights ready for Valley showdown

    WW-P North girls’ soccer plays at Nottingham today By: Justin Feil    Regina Potter’s first year as a starter for the West Windsor-Plainsboro North girls’ soccer team coincided with the best season in program history.    The Knight senior is intent on making sure her second year as a starter is just as successful. Potter and the…

  • LETTERS: Re-elect the Democrats

    To the editor:     With the residential and commercial development that we see everywhere in New Jersey, it is nice to know the largest community in Middlesex County, Monroe, has a mayor and council that have acted to ensure that 50 percent of our township will never be developed.    They have had the foresight to…