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  • Schools merit resources for finest education

    PACKET EDITORIAL, April 12 By: Packet Editorial    Each of our local school districts faces a unique set of challenges as it puts the fate of its 2005-2006 budget into the hands of voters a week from today.    In Princeton, the $67.1 million budget is accompanied by a $1.9 million second question, which is always a…

  • Cougars react to pressure

    MHS softball used to close contests By: Justin Feil    The Montgomery High softball team’s reputation for being pretty good under pressure has carried over from last year to this year.    Of course, the Cougars have to have ice in their veins to put up with their penchant for late-inning dramatics on top of a game…

  • Candidates Forum, April 12

    CANDIDATES FORUM, April 12 Michael Mostoller Princeton Regional Board of Education     It has been a privilege to serve on the Princeton Regional Board of Education these last three years as the district has added new facilities, reached a new contract with the teachers mutually arrived at early in the process, appointed a new superintendent…

  • Montgomery school district agrees to survey of school start times

    A response to protests by parents of revised transportation schedule set to begin in September. By: Kara Fitzpatrick    MONTGOMERY — Superintendent Stuart Schnur has agreed to conduct a survey to assess the satisfaction of parents of elementary school children with a revised transportation schedule that has drawn considerable opposition in recent weeks.    Most of the…

  • Seven at university named Guggenheim fellows

       Seven Princeton University faculty members are among 186 artists, scholars and scientists selected from more than 3,000 applicants for 2005 Guggenheim Fellowships, the university has announced.    Each Guggenheim Fellow is appointed on the basis of distinguished achievement in the past and exceptional promise for future accomplishment. Fellows receive a grant to support their work. The…

  • South football coach on move

    Solomon leaves Pirates to return home to Franklin By: Bob Nuse    Louis Solomon certainly enjoyed his time as the head football coach at West Windsor-Plainsboro High South.    But when the opportunity arose for him to go home, it was one he could not pass up.    After two years with the Pirates, Solomon has been named…

  • Changing global economy hurts Central Jersey businesses

    By: George Spohr    Business trends in far-flung markets in China, Europe and the Middle East are having harmful repercussions for Central Jersey businesses.    That was the message delivered by William Hawkins, a senior fellow at the Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Business & Industry Council, during a recent swing through Princeton.    There’s a "competition between powers" between…

  • Mary L. Beilman dies; chaired Packet board

    Widow of Bernard Kilgore was active in community affairs.    VERO BEACH, Fla. — Mary Louise Beilman, chairman of the board of The Princeton Packet Inc., died Sunday. She was 93.    Born in Greencastle, Ind., she was a Princeton resident since 1942.    Mrs. Beilman was the widow of Bernard Kilgore, one-time chairman of the board of…

  • Milestones

    Issue of April 11, 2005 By: Sara Carpenter AWARDS    Two area residents were among four New Jersey women honored with the first Alice Paul Equality Awards. The Alice Paul Institute established the awards to honor individuals who have demonstrated a strong and long-standing commitment to advancing women’s equality in New Jersey through advocacy, litigation, education,…