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  • Letters to the Editor, May 27

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, May 27 New plantings beautify park To the editor:     I wish to thank all the wonderful people who have beautified the Barbara Boggs Sigmund garden and park at Hamilton Avenue and Chestnut Street.    The idea of a park dedicated to our late mayor was a fine one. But these citizens…

  • East Windsor to host property tax forum

    Assemblymen Michael J. Panter and Robert L. Morgan, and state Sen. Ellen Karcher will discuss property tax reform with residents. By: Marisa Maldonado    EAST WINDSOR — Residents recently expressed their anger over high property taxes at the polls by voting down the $66.6 million school budget by a 61 to 39 percent margin.    On June…

  • Council holds off on proposed zoning change for Engineering Quad area

    Opposition voiced by officials, neighbors. By: Marjorie Censer    The Princeton Borough Council tabled the introduction of an ordinance Tuesday evening that would allow increased density in the zoning district east of Olden Street that includes Princeton University’s Engineering Quadrangle.    The present ordinance provides for an additional 200,000 square feet of floor area, above the floor…

  • Dutch Neck School warning light approved

    Council approves $55,000 expenditure, but wants school board to pick up some of the cost. By: Emily Craighead    WEST WINDSOR — The Township Council on Monday agreed to allocate $55,000 in the capital budget to install a warning beacon in front of West Windsor-Plainsboro School District’s Dutch Neck School.    "Once the funds are available, it…

  • Three armed robbers strike borough store

    Employees of a retail store on Main Street in Hightstown were held at gunpoint while robbers stole thousands of dollars. By: Marisa Maldonado    HIGHTSTOWN — Two employees were held up at gunpoint in a borough retail store May 20 by three men who stole thousands of dollars in cash and merchandise, police said.    The men…

  • School to appeal test results

    Monroe High School testing results have not met the federal testing requirements for the second year in a row. By: Melissa Hayes    MONROE — Despite improvements made by special education students at Monroe Township High School, recent test results have not met federal testing requirements for the second year in a row, according to the…

  • West Windsor-Plainsboro teachers approve three-year contract

    Switch from private health insurer to state program to save district $1.2 million. By: Emily Craighead    The West Windsor-Plainsboro Education Association voted Thursday to accept a proposed three-year contract agreement with the Board of Education.    "I’m pleased with the results," said Deb DiColo, president of the teachers’ union, which represents the district’s approximately 850 teachers.…

  • Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week

    Yetter’s scoring makes MHS best By: Justin Feil    With a better supporting cast, Jim Yetter doesn’t have to score as much as he did in his first two seasons with the Montgomery High boys’ lacrosse team.    The Cougars, however, seem to be a more successful team when he does his usual scoring.    In their first…

  • A time to remember

    Holocause survivors to share stories during annual Ricklis Memorial. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — There is a compelling sameness to the stories of most Holocaust survivors. Each is a vivid, harrowing ride through fear, horror, outrage and sorrow into hope and, eventually, a transcendent love of life tempered by lingering memories of those lost and…