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  • Limiting new conflicts is group’s old mission

    Project on Ethnic Relations aims to prevent ethnic strife. By: David Campbell    With a new president slated to take the helm, Princeton-based Project on Ethnic Relations aims to continue its mission of preventing the outbreak of ethnic conflict in Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the other lands of the former Soviet Union.    The…

  • Tsunami benefit casts wave of hope

    Folding origami paper waves as fund-raiser gathers a tide of supporters. By: David Campbell    An ancient Japanese legend holds that a person who folds 1,000 paper cranes will see his or her greatest wish fulfilled.    In 1955, a 12-year-old Japanese girl named Sadako lay dying from radiation sickness from the bombing of Hiroshima a decade…

  • Bank loses bid to display posters in window

    Signs were no problem at Commerce Bank’s 300 other branches, but it’s a no-go in Princeton. By: Jennifer Potash    Commerce Bank has more than 300 locations in the tri-state area, and almost all have a trio of posters in display windows near the rear of the bank.    But don’t count on seeing those posters at…

  • Letters to the Editor, Feb. 8

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Feb. 8 Rights abridged at lawful protest To the editor:     I want to thank Jim Knipper, father of a student demonstrator, for his letter (The Packet, Jan. 25) supporting the students who provided our community with a public and peaceful demonstration of their social and political concerns on Jan. 20,…

  • Technology pitfalls can be avoided

    Consultant has advice for smaller businesses. By: George Spohr    Everything’s in place — the capital, the business plan, the employees — and then comes the thorniest topic of all: Technology.    What kind of computers do you need?    What systems will work with what you want to do on the Web?    Who will provide tech support…

  • WW-P South girls swim to Mercer title

    Pirates capture two relays on way to crown By: Justin Feil    Evelyn Yuen thought this would be her year at the Mercer County Girls’ Swimming Championships.    And, the West Windsor-Plainsboro South junior was confident that it would still be the year of the Pirates, even after they had faced one of their toughest Colonial Valley…

  • Time to study police merger in Princetons

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Feb. 8 By: Packet Editorial    On those several occasions when Princeton Borough and Princeton Township have considered the prospect of consolidating into a single municipality, one of the toughest hurdles to overcome has been the existence of two separate police departments — each with its own chief, its own captains and lieutenants, its…

  • Borough Council to discuss goals for 2005

    Discussion of HiTOPS request also on the agenda tonight. By: Jennifer Potash    The Princeton Borough Council will attempt to frame a set of goals for the coming year when it meets today.    In addition, the council will consider a request by HiTOPS, the Wiggins Street-based nonprofit organization dealing with teen sexuality and reproductive health issues,…

  • Episov, Frantzen win Mercer wrestling crowns

    WW-P South junior of MCT’s most outstanding By: Bob Nuse    Neither Misha Episov nor Tom Frantzen came into the Mercer County wrestling tournament as the favorite to win their weight class.    But that didn’t mean either wrestler was ready to concede the tournament to a wrestler seeded higher. Both Episov, a junior at West Windsor-Plainsboro…