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  • Borough adds third lieutenant to police force

    Sgt. Nicholas Sutter named to post By: Marjorie Censer    Princeton Borough Sgt. Nicholas Sutter was promoted to lieutenant by the Princeton Borough Council at Wednesday’s meeting.    Council members voted in July to add a third lieutenant position. Before Feb. 1, there were three administrative officers, including one captain. With the promotion of former Capt. Anthony…

  • Falcons offense explodes

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    For a while this season, it seemed like there was a three-goal limit for the Monroe Township High School varsity boys’ soccer team. No matter the opponent, the Falcons couldn’t tally more than three in 80 minutes.    They finally blew the lid off that box, netting 10 goals in their last…

  • At least one item on ballot merits support

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Oct. 7 By: Packet Editorial    With a little over a month to go before Election Day, voters aren’t exactly hanging on every accusatory word emanating from the two camps in the gubernatorial race — much less the lofty campaign rhetoric of Assembly incumbents and their challengers, or the more muted pronouncements of myriad…

  • Vikings hope to band together against Chiefs

    By: Ken Weingartner    After consecutive 2-8 seasons, the South Brunswick football team last week achieved a new high for third-year coach Mark Prelewicz – a third win.    But that’s nothing compared to the heights the Vikings could reach tomorrow night at home against Piscataway.    The Chiefs roll into South Brunswick 3-0, ranked No. 1 in…

  • South anxious for Trojans challenge

    By: Rich Fisher    Some things never change.    When Erika Perjesy was setting school records at South Brunswick High in the mid-1990’s, Bishop Ahr was the team to beat in Greater Middlesex Conference gymnastics.    When Perjesy and her assistants guide the Vikings into today’s (Thursday’s) meet against the Trojans, they are still the team to beat…

  • Visual Textures

    Photographer Tasha O’Neill looks carefully at the world, then interprets and captures it for viewers. By: Susan Van Dongen    In her Web mini-biography, photographer Tasha O’Neill describes her childhood in the 1950s as viewed from the back of a Volkswagen Beetle, traveling through Europe on family adventures. Cramped conditions notwithstanding, she delighted in all kinds…

  • Hurricane relief is on the move in Montgomery

    Operation Friends gears up to truck donated items south By: Kara Fitzpatrick    MONTGOMERY — The stacked boxes, scurrying volunteers and tables overflowing with baby powder, shampoo and other toiletries are a sure sign that Operation Friends is on the move.    A key objective of Operation Friends — gathering loads of donations — has been accomplished,…

  • Council mulls Rt. 33 study

    Township looks into the effects of development on traffic, schools and the economy. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — Township officials want to know what impact three developments being considered for the southern end of town by the Route 33 Land Development Task Force would have on traffic, schools and the township’s economy.    On Wednesday, the…

  • New plan readied for mill site

    Greystone still in the picture. By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN — Less than three weeks after the expiration of its working agreement with the borough over the redevelopment of the Bank Street area, a Pennsylvania developer appears to be back in the picture.    A new plan to develop the 12-acre site of a former rug mill…