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  • Area towns get state roadwork grants

       Several municipalities in The Packet’s coverage area received road improvements grants on Monday.    The New Jersey Department of Transportation announced grants totaling $67.5 million for 408 municipalities.    "These grants will make local streets safer, pay for needed sidewalks and crosswalks and help revitalize downtown areas," said Jack Lettiere, DOT Commissioner.    Peter Cantu, mayor of Plainsboro…

  • Laptops-for-all plan greeted with doubts

    Montgomery school superintendent pushes proposal but some on the board raise concerns. By: Kara Fitzpatrick    MONTGOMERY — Making an all-out effort to demonstrate the need for improving technology in the district’s schools, Superintendent Stuart Schnur led a presentation Tuesday about the benefits, options and costs of expanding the number of laptops at the new Montgomery…

  • OBITUARIES: Jeanette Kraut

       Jeanette Pincus Kraut, 82, died Sunday, Dec. 12, at Pavilions at Forrestal, Plainsboro.    Born in Torrington, Conn., she lived in Highland Park for 16 years before moving to Monroe 15 years ago. Prior to retiring, she was the supervisor for the Middlesex County Food Stamp Program for more than 20 years. Ms. Kraut was a…

  • Firehouse hosting Santa Claus

    The East Windsor Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 invites children and their parents to visit their firehouse located on One Mile Road from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Dec. 18.    EAST WINDSOR — Children can have their picture taken with Santa Claus and tour the inside of a local firehouse on Saturday.    Members of…

  • OBITUARIES: Helen LaVenia

       Helen A. (Plyer) LaVenia, 86, of Mount Wolf, Pa., formerly of Jamesburg, died Sunday, Dec. 12, at Memorial Hospital, York, Pa.    Born on April 26, 1918, she worked for Greater American Insurance Co. She was a graduate of Bay Ridge High School in Brooklyn, and was an avid reader of Danielle Steele and Nora Roberts…

  • Princeton environmental panel bids farewell to three

    Commission sets sights on "green" building standards, stormwater management and parklands management. By: David Campbell    The Princeton Environmental Commission will see a change of the guard in 2005 as three current members depart the advisory body. But the commission’s agenda, which includes "green" building standards, stormwater management and parklands management, is expected to move forward…

  • O’Bren sees how the other half lives

    After dominating opponents as an 8th-grader at Cranbury School, the 6-foot-2 PDS freshman is forced to guard a 6-10 Duke recruit By: Bob Nuse    A year ago at this time, Clint O’Brien was playing middle school basketball in Cranbury, where he rarely came across a bigger player.    In many cases, O’Brien found himself the main…

  • PU teams aim to win one for the needy

    Community service puts athletes into action. By: David Campbell    Princeton University athletes are banding together to spread some gift-giving cheer among needy families this holiday season.    This is the fifth year of a special community-service project organized by a campus group called Athletes in Action.    Under the club’s Teams and Toys Holiday Project, each of…

  • OBITUARIES, Dec. 17, 2004

    Rufus C. Benton, Barbara J. Kirk, Earl F. Cramer, Henry W. Gerberding. Rufus C. Benton Company founder     Rufus C. Benton of Princeton died Monday at Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City. He was 73.    A graduate of Penn State University, he was the founder of Chemcut Corp. of State College, Pa., and of Benton…