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  • LETTERS: Helping hurting neighbors

    To the editor:     The recent unexpected and disastrous flood that swamped our neighboring township of Jamesburg, and the assumed possibility of a rejection of any financial aid from either the state or federal government, make this aid a totally local responsibility.    When your neighbor is hurting, as in this case, all other issues should…

  • Safely outfitting school kids

    Many physicians agree that a backpack should not weigh any more than 15 percent of a child’s body weight By: Bert Mandelbaum, M.D. in Collaboration with Gloria N. Beck    Back-to-school sales are in full force, letting us know that the start of a new school year is just around the corner. When buying this year’s…

  • Woman sees through the lens of a camera

    High school student finds Africa picturesque By: Emily Craighead    WEST WINDSOR — Everywhere she goes, Kali McMillan takes her camera.    She sees colors that words could never capture — and fleeting emotion in eyes defying description.    With her camera, Kali, a rising senior at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, immortalizes those moments.    This summer, she…

  • For the Aug. 12 issue

    James V. Marsh, Anna K. Snook, Jakob G. Mahler, Joseph A. Giaquinto. James V. Marsh    CRANBURY — Lt. Col. James V. Marsh, 86, died Aug. 5 in Princeton.    He is survived by his children, James Marsh Jr. of Defuniak Springs, Fla., Linda Wells of Carson City, Nev. and June Marsh of Cranbury; four grandchildren and…

  • MHS has fun fundraising

    Soccer teams’ marathon pays off By: Justin Feil    You can’t spell fundraiser without F-U-N.    That’s the way the Montgomery High School boys’ and girl’s soccer teams looked at their first co-ed soccer marathon. The event ran from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday with the idea of raising money for the MHS soccer booster club.    Players…

  • Well-rested and massaged by foot

    Motorcyclist makes pit stop here By: Emily Craighead    MONTGOMERY — With the agility of a monkey maneuvering among tree branches, Lisa Diemer dangles from two horizontal bars, moving her feet in slow, strategic movements.    On a table below, Chuck Lamb lies on his stomach, engrossed in one of his passions — Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy,…

  • TANGENTS: Reflections on a grad’s choice

    TANGENTS By John Saccenti Enlisting in the military is a personal decision.    I remember sitting in a restaurant in Lawrenceville just a few months ago, celebrating the high school graduation of my wife’s nephew. It was probably less than two hours after the ceremony, and the nine of us had taken up three tables. There…

  • Editorial Assistant – Allentown, NJ

    The Princeton Packet, Inc., a group of award winning community newspapers is looking for a full-time (M-F, 9 am – 5:30 pm) editorial assistant in its Allentown, NJ office Will be responsible for processing office mail, telephones, typing (copy input) under deadline, supplies and petty cash. Will take phone messages and direct visitors. Will provide…

  • NJ Transit delays Monroe shuttle bus

    Officials wait for five passenger buses and blame NJ Transit for delay. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — Nearly three years after receiving $400,000 in federal funds to improve commuter bus service in the township, officials are still waiting for delivery of five passenger buses purchased with the money.    And they will have to continue waiting…