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  • Americans haven’t gotten the message

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Aug. 30 By: Packet Editorial    How much higher does the price of a barrel of oil have to climb before we decide, as a nation, to stop complaining about it and start doing something about it?    Here in New Jersey, we actually have less to complain about than many Americans. In part because…

  • Getting connected

    Out from behind the computer, people meet face to face. By: Hilary Parker    Time was, people feared the Internet would be the end of society as we know it. With all of our needs met online and no need to socialize, we would all become pale-skinned hermits behind our computer screens.    They could not have…

  • Open Late

    Doylestown, Pa., gets into the swing of First Friday. Related Story: ‘Peaceable’ Friday By: Megan Sullivan    Follow the big yellow flags. If it’s the first Friday of the month, these yellow flags mean slow down and stop in downtown Doylestown, Pa., for its newly conceived celebration of the arts.    Appropriately named First Friday, the celebration…

  • Autistic children inspire couple to raise $12,000 at walk

    Borough patrol officer and wife, parents of two autistic children, collect money for autism research. By: Marjorie Censer    Princeton Borough Patrol Officer Adam Basatemur and his wife, Amy Basatemur, set a goal last year: Raise $5,000 for the Montgomery-based National Alliance for Autism Research at its annual walk in October.    The Basatemurs soared past the…

  • Eastern Relax set to tackle fatigue on Nassau Street

    By: Marjorie Censer    If you’re overworked and fatigued, the owners and manager of Eastern Relax are hoping you’ll stop in to their new facility on Nassau Street.    Located above Mehek, the Chinese therapy provider is owned by three former employees of an Atlantic City therapeutic business, Derek Ping, Shalin Lin and Albert Lee. Mr. Lee…

  • World (Series) perspective

    Father’s health biggest concern for Montgomery after finals loss By: Justin Feil    The Montgomery 13-year-old all-star baseball team advanced farther than any team in program history when it reached the Babe Ruth World Series final.    Its 7-5 championship loss to Jefferson Parish, La., on Saturday, was lost in the emotional events before the end to…

  • Here’s looking at you, Princeton …

    Arts Council of Princeton to feature classic film as theme for "Dining by Design" benefit.    The classic film "Casablanca" (1942), starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, provides the theme of this year’s "Dining by Design" benefit for the Arts Council of Princeton.    The event, which will take place Saturday, Oct. 15, will marry the culinary…

  • Letters to the Editor, Aug. 30

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Aug. 30 Elks Club thanked for school support To the editor:     As the director of Rock Brook School, I would like to thank the Princeton Elks Club for all of the support they have given to our school over the years.    Rock Brook is a small school in Skillman for…

  • Gaudioso Radvany’s summer spent with field hockey

    Stuart freshman goes to Junior Olympics By: Bob Nuse    Most high school students prefer to spend their summer at the beach or at the pool, or maybe just lying around doing nothing.    For Jaclyn Gaudioso Radvany, the summer was spent playing field hockey. The freshman at Stuart Country Day School capped off what turned out…