Category: archives
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First aid, fire need members
Needs members to fill 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. slots. By: Josh Appelbaum The Cranbury First Aid Squad is having difficulty scheduling daytime crews and its 24 volunteers are working extra shifts these days. That’s why the squad, along with the Cranbury Volunteer Fire Company, is looking for new volunteers to come on board. Ed…
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Despite garbage strike, trash pickups continue
Waste Managment job action goes into second week. By: Jennifer Potash Despite a nearly two-week-long strike by union garbage collectors, trash is being picked up in Princeton Borough and Princeton Township. The borough’s trash hauler, Waste Management, is in the middle of a labor dispute with its Teamsters union members, who rejected a contract offer…
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Einstein’s honesty and humility focus of lecture
U.S. Rep. Rush Holt kicks off "Think Einstein, 2005." By: David Campbell EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is part of a continuing series The Packet is running throughout 2005, the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein’s "annus mirabilis" his miraculous year. David CampbellStaff Writer U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, in a lecture Thursday evening on the centenary…
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PRESS FORUM: What did you think of President George W. Bush’s inaugural on Thursday?
PRESS FORUM Join the debate. The Cranbury Press is hosting a weekly forum that allow readers and users of the World Wide Web to offer their opinions on a variety of issues. The forum is designed to encourage debate and to offer the community information about the direction residents of Cranbury, Jamesburg and Monroe want…
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Students raise funds for victims of tsunami
Seventh grade students at Melvin H. Kreps Middle School collect donations for tsunami victims. By: Michael Ross HIGHTSTOWN Three seventh-graders are spearheading a coffee-can collection to raise money for victims of the tsunami disaster. Ruchika Talwar, Chloe Rothbloom and Lindsey Schulman are leading the charge at the Melvin H. Kreps Middle School to aid…
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Plainsboro’s food pantry nearly bare
More demand for assistance reported. By: Jill Matthews PLAINSBORO The shelves at the municipal food pantry have been stark since the end of the holiday season and the panty is looking for organizations interested in making donations on a monthly basis, Township Committeewoman Ginger Gold Schnitzer announced at last week’s committee meeting. Jan Bayern,…
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Report projects huge growth in truck traffic on major road
Truck traffic predicted to increase by 80 percent by the year 2020. By: David Campbell Roadways throughout the state including Route 1 and Route 206 will witness a huge increase in truck traffic, and some roads will see a growth in truck-related traffic fatalities, according to a report released Jan. 12 by transportation watchdog organization…
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Local duo would rather switch than sit
Ex-forwards Faulkner and Carduner excel on defense for PHS By: Rich Fisher The exploits of Cranbury’s John Ryan and Peter Teifer are well known when it comes to the Princeton High ice hockey team, which is only natural since Ryan leads the Colonial Valley Conference in scoring and Teifer is third on the Little Tigers…
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OBITUARIES: Loretta G. Hummel
Loretta G. Hummel Loretta G. (Smith) Hummel, 89, died Monday, Jan. 17, at Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy. Born in Maywood, she lived there most of her life before moving to Pocono Farms in Tobyhanna, Pa., in 1975 and finally to Rossmoor in 1984. She was a secretary for over 30 years for…
