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  • Partner to shake up downtown’s sluggish redevelopment efforts

    Blue Point Grill owner cited as possible partner Marjorie Censer    Robert Powell, principal of developer Nassau HKT Associates, will come before the Borough Council at its June 28 meeting to discuss the addition of a new partner and have a comprehensive review of the downtown redevelopment’s progress.    The company also is expected to present a…

  • Man alleges abuse at Boychoir School

    Boychoir’s current president: School enforces a "model" child-protection program By: David Campbell    A 48-year-old Philadelphia man has sued The American Boychoir School alleging that a former music director there sexually abused him when he was a student at the school three decades ago — and that school officials did nothing to stop it.    Lawyers for…

  • Cover those bolts, open the plaza

    PACKET EDITORIAL, June 21 By: Packet Editorial    Could someone please explain to us why the downtown plaza isn’t open yet?    For weeks — no, make that months — we’ve waited patiently as the entire downtown redevelopment project has slipped further and further behind schedule. Now, it’s gotten to the point where slippage is starting to…

  • Library asks youngsters to get excited by science

       Inquisitive 8- to 12-year-olds who want to put their backyards under a microscope are invited to join retired biochemistry professor Frances Reichl for a week of science exploration at the Plainsboro Public Library from June 27 to July 1.    Experiments, outings into the landscape of the Municipal Complex, and plaster of Paris projects are all…

  • MLL is next up for Giordano

    Hun graduate is now a lacrosse pro By: Justin Feil    Brian Giordano figured it was a pretty unique experience to get to go to the Czech Republic with his college lacrosse team.    The trip got a little more unique when the Princeton resident discovered he’d been selected in the Major League Lacrosse draft fourth round…

  • Sarstedt gets her shot at Carpenter Cup

    WW-PS outfielder selected for inaugural softball event By: Justin Feil    Ashley Sarstedt had read about the Baseball Carpenter Cup Classic and knew that the Mercer County all-star team won it last year.    The West Windsor-Plainsboro South junior couldn’t have known about the Softball Carpenter Cup Classic that she was selected to play in because it’s…

  • Kids get hooked on fun at PBA derby

    Sun shines on Policemen’s Benevolent Association Fishing Derby at Plainsboro Pond. By: Emily Craighead    PLAINSBORO — The sun was shining and the fish were biting for lots of participants Saturday at the Plainsboro Township Policemen’s Benevolent Association Fishing Derby.    Children hurried up to the officials’ tent with silvery, slithering fish dangling from their poles.    Wearing…

  • A grave business

    New trends challenge local funeral homes By: David Campbell    In the hit HBO television series "Six Feet Under," the Fisher family struggles to keep its Los Angeles-based funeral home afloat in a business increasingly dominated by the sinister Kroehner, the mortuary conglomerate gobbling up the independents, where the bottom line takes priority over comfort to…

  • Students say goodbye to old Montgomery High

    Old school to take on new role Kara Fitzpatrick    MONTGOMERY — Today, members of the 34th class will receive their diplomas from Montgomery High School. But there will be no 35th class to graduate from the brick building situated on Burnt Hill Road. Instead, the class of 2006 will be the first to depart as…