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  • May 20, 3:03 p.m.: Dispatches and editorials on the local scene

    On school redistricting and the school budget in South Brunswick and food drives in Cranbury, Jamesburg and Monroe. By: Hank Kalet    Read this week’s Dispatches on the local redistricting wars. And our editorials on the school budget in South Brunswick and area food drives in Cranbury, Jamesburg and Monroe.

  • Death penalty isn’t freedom’s best first step

    PACKET EDITORIAL, May 20 By: Packet Editorial    With the body count mounting every day, with car bombers and snipers and drive-by shooters taking deadly aim at Iraqi and American targets all across his country, Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari issued a stern warning this week.    "The new government will strike with an iron fist against…

  • Peddie softball wins Prep A and MAPL titles

    By: Neil Hay    After coming so close on several other occasions, the Peddie softball team finally found a way to solve Hun’s Emily Rosenthal.    Not once. But twice.    By doing so, the Falcons won the state Prep A softball championship and finished first in the Mid-Atlantic Prep League.    How’s that for getting even.    It was…

  • Councils cut school budget by $1 million

    East Windsor and Hightstown councils agree to cuts items such as furniture for students and computer maintenance, as well as funding from an adult education program. By: Marisa Maldonado    HIGHTSTOWN — The East Windsor and Hightstown councils trimmed $1 million from the defeated school budget Tuesday, ending more than a month of debate by cutting…

  • Community plans party for drug-free children

    The Municipal Alliance Committee on Drug and Alcoholism and Cranbury School will host their 15th annual Drug Free Fair. By: Josh Appelbaum    Sometimes it takes a community to keep children off drugs.    That is why the Municipal Alliance Committee on Drug and Alcoholism and Cranbury School will host their 15th annual Drug Free Fair on…

  • Century of history toasted at Waxwood celebration

    A once segregated school building becomes new housing and a National Historic Register site. By: Marjorie Censer    For some of those who gathered Thursday at The Waxwood on Quarry Street to celebrate its designation as a National Historic Register site, the building is more than just a part of Princeton’s history — it’s a part…

  • AROUND CRANBURY: Evans to offer bargains galore

    AROUND CRANBURY By Lorraine Sedor The Evans Tract multi-family yard sale returns on Saturday.    Tomorrow, back by popular demand, is the Evans Tract multi-family yard sale. The sale begins at 8 a.m. and runs until the last treasure is sold.    Organizers say there are lots of great items, including furniture, but you’ll just have to…

  • Giving up the ghost

    A team of experts hunts for evidence of the paranormal at Buckelew. By: Elaine Worden    JAMESBURG — It was a little after 10 p.m., and I was wandering around the third floor of the Buckelew Mansion looking for ghosts. In the dark. On Friday the 13th.    The South Jersey Ghost Research Group, which calls itself…

  • GUEST OPINION: A special emphasis on school security

    GUEST OPINION By Acting Gov. Richard J. Codey Terrorists should not make us afraid to send our children to school.    Every parent’s nightmare unfolded over three days last August, during the massacre of 300 adults and children at a school in Russia.    In many ways, that attack was as horrifying to the Russian people as…