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  • Budget vote may hinge on compromise

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Feb. 18 By: Packet Editorial    The Princeton Regional Board of Education is making all the right moves as it pieces together the second question it plans to submit to the voters in April, seeking approval to exceed the district’s state-imposed budget cap by about $1.8 million.    The question is: Will all the right…

  • Historian recounts drama of murder trial

    Historian-in-residence’s talk at Princeton High School recalls a black man’s struggle for justice in 1920s. By: Andrew Cangiano    A murder trial filled with racial tensions. The most famous attorney in America wants the case.    Sounds like the makings of a great piece of fiction, right?    Princeton High School students learned this story wasn’t a fictional…

  • EDITORIAL: Step forward and run for school board

    EDITORIAL Get involved, make a difference in the lives of children.    For people who want to make a difference in the lives of children, and possibly in the tax bills of their neighbors, now is the time to get involved.    School districts are seeking applicants to run for seats on the school board, and anyone…

  • Conroy helps MHS handle pressure

    Junior lifts Cougar girls into swim semifinals By: Justin Feil    While being the defending state champions brings a little extra pressure, it’s nothing that Shana Conroy and the Montgomery High girls’ swim team can’t handle. It might even help.    "I think there’s a lot more pressure," said Conroy, a junior. "Most of the team, we…

  • Edy Davila: An immigrant’s story

    PACKET SPECIAL REPORT A man’s hopes, dreams shatter while others determine his fate. By: Rachel Silverman    It’s hard to hear Edy Davila on the other side of the glass.    Though he’s seated just an arm’s length away, his voice is distant and garbled through the telephone he uses to communicate. Sitting there in his navy…

  • OBITUARIES: Ruth Monahan

    Ruth Monahan    Ruth Margaret Irvine Monahan, 74, of Monroe, died Thursday, Feb. 10, at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge.    Born and raised in Staten Island, N.Y., She settled in Monroe in 1989. She was a homemaker.    Her husband, James J. Monahan Sr., died in 1992. She is survived by her children, Patricia and her…

  • Dilemma for Democrats

    EDITORIAL    Hightstown Borough Council Democrats have an intriguing decision to make. On Tuesday, they likely will appoint someone they’ll be trying to defeat this year.    Following the resignation of GOP Councilwoman Susan Holtzclaw, council members must select her replacement. They can pick one of three people nominated by the Hightstown Republican Committee.    But Ms. Holtzclaw’s…

  • Princeton University conference reflects religious diversity

    Campus interfaith councils from across the country to gather here. By: David Campbell    Princeton University has witnessed growing religious diversity on campus and a growth of interest in religion generally among its students, and it isn’t alone, said Paul B. Raushenbush, associate dean of religious life at Princeton.    One result of these dramatic trends over…

  • New safety plan unveiled in wake of fatal accident

    Wife dies, elderly husband critically injured while walking across Route 571 in West Windsor. By: David Campbell    WEST WINDSOR — In the wake of the tragic death of an elderly woman — in an accident that also left her husband critically injured — Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh held a news conference Thursday unveiling a plan for…