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  • Guggenheims and ethics focus of talks at Princeton University Store

    Authors Peter Lawson-Johnson and Peter and Renata Singer to sign copies of their books    Author Peter Lawson-Johnston will be at the Princeton University Store on Oct. 10 to discuss and sign copies of his memoir, "Growing Up Guggenheim."    The author is a member of the Guggenheim family’s fifth generation. He has overseen the family’s major…

  • Debate in need of reason and some respect

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Sept. 27 By: Packet Editorial    In a country that was built on the principle of the free exchange of ideas — the notion that reasonable people may differ but remain mutually respectful on matters of public policy — it is disheartening to see just how unreasonable public discourse can sometimes become.    Reasonable people…

  • Pine Street Park rehabilitation to take center stage

    Borough representatives and neighbors to meet Thursday on effort to honor the late David Bradford By: Marjorie Censer    Princeton Borough representatives and Pine Street neighbors will convene Thursday evening for their first "working meeting" to discuss the rehabilitation of the Pine Street Park.    The discussion follows efforts initiated earlier in the year by Pine Street…

  • Montgomery Wawa plans new store, gas pumps

    Location would be next door at Princeton Gamma Tech site. By: Kara Fitzpatrick    MONTGOMERY — An application submitted to the township by Wawa Inc. outlines the company’s plan to relocate its existing convenience store to a 2.98-acre adjacent lot — expanding the facility and adding an on-site gas station.    Under the current proposal, Wawa seeks…

  • WW-P Education Foundation marking 10th year

    Gala celebration to be held Friday By: Emily Craighead    It takes a leap of faith to stay on the cutting edge, but there isn’t always room in a public school budget for leaps of faith.    In the 10 years since its inception, the West Windsor-Plainsboro Education Foundation has sought to keep the district and its…

  • Stuart’s Fitzpatrick fills shoes again

    Junior’s move helps Tartans field hockey start perfectly By: Justin Feil    Megan Fitzpatrick knows how to fill out a pair of shoes.    The Stuart Country Day junior has the unenviable task of moving to the outside wing position that was mastered last year by Taylor Blazewski. Blazewski, the Princeton Packet Field Hockey Player of the…

  • Nitzberg looks to climb MCT ladder

    WW-P South junior happy to earn girls’ tennis tourney seeding By: Justin Feil    Joelle Nitzberg has improved every time she’s played in the Mercer County Tournament.    To improve this year, Nitzberg will have to chart a route as difficult as ever, a route made all the harder by the West Windsor-Plainsboro South junior’s defeat of…

  • Customer service

    Mrs. G. marks 70th anniversary of family appliance business By: Pat Summers    LAWRENCE — For years and years, it seems, whenever you walked into Mrs. G’s TV and Appliances on Route 1 in Lawrence, there she was — Mrs. G herself, a kind of living landmark. Sitting behind a wide desk near the entrance, she…

  • Healthy Munoz looks fit, fast

    Senior serves as example as Knights prepare for HoVal cross country meet By: Justin Feil    Will Muñoz is back to running the way he wants.    Muñoz wasn’t at full strength last fall as he battled a parasite he picked up in a trip to Mexico as well as exercise-induced asthma that wasn’t diagnosed until the…