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  • THE STATE WE’RE IN: Court: Citizens can oppose development

    THE STATE WE’RE IN By Michele S. Byers Homeowners should be able to vote against development.    What would you do if 100 new houses were proposed for your neighborhood? You and others just might want to oppose the project, and go to the planning board meetings to make your voices known.    Let’s say the development…

  • Lock restoration transports visitors back in time

    Lock 11 in New Hope will be dedicated Friday at 11 a.m. By: Linda Seida    More than 150 years ago, New Hope experienced one of the earliest versions of a traffic jam, proving that road rage isn’t limited to the days of high-speed travel.    Locks, a signature of the Delaware Canal, raised and lowered mule-drawn…

  • Town eyes new rules for hiring of police

    Police recruits face new testing requirements. By: Joseph Harvie    The Township Council is expected to introduce an ordinance Tuesday that would change testing requirements and eligibility for township police recruits.    Township Attorney Don Sears said Tuesday said that if the ordinance is adopted, less weight would be given to the written portion of the tests…

  • Taking ’em head on

    What glass ceiling? Women take on men in the business world By: Mike Mathis       Some people may not think a woman is qualified to sell air and water purifiers.       But Leanne Gerrard insists she is, and she says she’s been successful at it.       Ms. Gerrard, who was a stay-at-home mother for 25 years, said she…

  • Peace reigns over Princeton public schools

    PACKET EDITORIAL, June 14 By: Packet Editorial    With seniors counting the days until graduation, and everyone else panting in anticipation of imminent escape from sweltering classrooms for the long-awaited summer vacation, another eventful year is about to come to a close in the Princeton Regional Schools.    In many ways, it has been more eventful for…

  • Letters to the Editor, June 14

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, June 14 Hospital plan is sensitive to community To the editor:     The Princeton HealthCare System — Princeton Hospital, to most of us — has, since the advent of Barry Rabner, been a careful listener to the many voices in the community it has openly sought to hear. The entire process…

  • School board to name interim superintendent

    The Lawrence Township Board of Education has selected Thomas Butler to serve as the interim superintendent. By: Lea Kahn Staff Writer    An interim superintendent of schools, who will fill in while the school board searches for someone to replace out-going Superintendent of Schools Max Riley, is expected to be appointed by the Lawrence Township Board…

  • Princeton Packet Baseball Player of the Year

    Hun’s Garrison saved best for last year By: Bob Nuse    Bill McQuade is going to miss being able to send Steve Garrison out to pitch for his Hun School baseball team.    But even more than that, McQuade is simply going to miss having Garrison around.    "He’s just an incredible kid," said the Hun baseball coach,…

  • Princeton Public Library improves online catalog

    "My Account" feature, quick searches, new links among the changes. By: Rachel Silverman    As part of an ongoing Web site makeover campaign, the Princeton Public Library is scheduled to launch a revamped online catalog today.    Changes to the catalog include, among other things, enhanced quick searches, added links, new book listings and a "bookbag" shopping…