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  • February is a month full of celebrations

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Feb. 15 By: Packet Editorial    Here we are, midway through February, and anyone who isn’t living under a rock is surely aware that this is Black History Month. Barely a day goes by without another observance taking place — at a nearby college or university, high school, middle school, elementary school, nursery school…

  • State loans, grants to aid open space, park projects

    Coventry Farm Park, Greenway Meadows Park, Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association to benefit.    Acting Gov. Richard J. Codey has signed legislation dedicating more than $14.9 million in loans and grants for open space and park projects in Mercer County.    This includes more than $4.2 million for local projects, $3.6 million for planning incentive awards and more…

  • Princeton Township house destroyed by Saturday night fire

    Route 206 blocked off for hours. By: Rachel Silverman    A Route 206 house near Ewing Street was severely damaged by a Saturday evening fire that forced the closing of the highway for hours.    The residents fled safely from the fire, and there were no reported injuries among responding emergency personnel.    "The house is uninhabitable at…

  • Plainsboro police to check child car seats Saturday

       PLAINSBORO — Plainsboro Township police will offer free child car-seat installation inspections from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the township’s public works department, 20 Woodland Drive.    Certified technicians will conduct the inspections. Participants must register in advance for inspections. Free refreshments will be served.    To register and schedule an appointment, contact the township…

  • Gas main line rupture closes Nassau Street

    By: Jennifer Potash    A gas main rupture closed Nassau Street and a couple of businesses for several hours Saturday.    Residents of Pine Street, near Nassau Street, detected a strong natural gas odor around 4 p.m., police said, and members of the police, Princeton Fire Department and Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squared responded to the…

  • Cougars close to success

    MHS ice hockey eyes playoff run By: Bob Nuse    At this time last year, the Montgomery High ice hockey team was preparing for a magical ride through the state tournament that would take the Cougars all the way to the quarterfinals.    The Cougars won’t be making any sort of trip through the states this season…

  • Elementary students learn robotic programming lesson

    Princeton Public Library hosts workshops. By: Andrew Cangiano    The students worked hard, trying to find the right number to plug into the computer program to get the robot to move exactly how they wanted.    One of the students said they should try the number 130, while his teammate argued that 125 would work better.    These…

  • Letters to the Editor, Feb. 15

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Feb. 15 Consider zoning in larger context To the editor:     Andrea and Rick Stine make good points in their letter (The Packet, Feb. 11) concerning Princeton University’s proposal to amend Princeton Borough’s E-3 zoning restrictions in the Murray Place neighborhood. To put the Stines’ concerns in a larger context, I…

  • Hearing slated on new housing development off Nassau Street

    Barsky Brothers project opposed by neighbors. By: Jennifer Potash    The Princeton Regional Planning Board will continue the public hearing for a proposed new housing development along an eastern stretch of Nassau Street on Thursday.    A group of neighbors have objected to the plans, maintaining the proposal will create large-scale houses on small lots that will…