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  • Knights holding court

    Church group set for membership drive. By: Leon Tovey    JAMESBURG — Today is the first Friday in Lent and thanks to the St. James Council of the Knights of Columbus, local Catholics will have the opportunity to spend a night on the town without the temptation to violate the church’s injunction against eating meat on…

  • Feb. 11, 5 p.m.: Wading into a sea of absurding

    Much ado about nothing: The right turns the nutty professor into a liberal whipping boy. By: Hank Kalet    Slate captures the complete absurdity of the current rage du jour — that nutty professor from Colorado. Wade Churchill is a lot of things — loud, extreme, illogical — but he should not be seen as the…

  • Montgomery seniors captivated by Chinese New Year

    Year of the Rooster marked at senior center. By: Kara Fitzpatrick    MONTGOMERY — It may sound strange, but Shimin Tang plays the gourd.    The gourd flute, that is.    With the scent of fried niangao and red bean dumplings drifting into the room, Mr. Tang played his unusual flute to a captivated audience during the Montgomery…

  • AROUND CRANBURY: Cranbury Library is the place to be

    AROUND CRANBURY By Lorraine Sedor Library offers tons of activities, from movies to the Reading Buddies Club.    The Cranbury Public Library presents high school movie night on Saturday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. The feature film is "Mean Girls" starring Lindsay Lohan. Admission is free and refreshments are provided. This event is for high school…

  • Convention could find sustainable tax solution

    GUEST OPINION, Feb. 11 By: George S. Hawkins I have attended scores of local hearings over the last seven years, and the most startling lesson I’ve learned is this: If you have kids, New Jersey’s towns don’t want you.    I don’t mean our elected officials don’t value children. They just don’t want them moving into…

  • Enslaved for 10 years, native of Sudan tells his shocking story

    "Freedom" is a very precious word to Francis Bok. By: David Campbell    Francis Bok was enslaved for 10 years in his native Sudan before fleeing to the United States, where today he is an abolitionist and author who travels the county speaking out against slavery. At an address presented Tuesday at Princeton University, he urged…

  • Montgomery’s laptop plan for high school gets more mixed reaction

    Students voice support; some of their elders worry about cost. By: Kara Fitzpatrick    MONTGOMERY — The focus of discussion during the Board of Education meeting Tuesday again shifted to the proposed one-to-one laptop proposal — a plan to equip the new high school with computers that has been greeted with mixed feelings by the board…

  • Mayer in key role for PDS hockey

    Panthers reach prep state final By: Justin Feil    After playing right wing for the third line last season, Derek Mayer was ready to move into a bigger role in his second year with the Princeton Day School boys’ ice hockey team.    "I was pretty sure I’d have a key role," said the Panther sophomore. "I…

  • Plainsboro’s hidden natural treasure

    PACKET SPECIAL REPORT Plainsboro Preserve’s 1,000 acres was the fruit of pioneering planning efforts. By: Jill Matthews    PLAINSBORO — Tucked away in the northwestern part of the township is a little-known environmental oasis.    Just about a mile from the hustle and bustle of congested Route 1 and plopped in the middle of highly developed central…