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  • Montgomery, West Windsor plan harvest fairs

    Fall festivals slated for same day, Saturday, Oct. 16. By: Jill Matthews    West Windsor and Montgomery may be separate municipalities, but they will share a common theme next week — hosting fall festival celebrations on the same day.    Community organizations will sponsor harvest fairs, the first for both municipalities, on Saturday, Oct. 16.    The West…

  • Township honors 25-year employees

    Four East Windsor Township employees were recognized for their 25 years of municipal service. By: Dana Lynn Flatekval    EAST WINDSOR — Four township employees were recently recognized at a Township Committee meeting for their 25 years of municipal service.    Mayor Janice Mironov said at a meeting on Sept. 7 that it was important to mark…

  • Newest voters have chance to sway outcome

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Oct. 8 By: Packet Editorial    Those astonishing voter-registration numbers coming out of Princeton Borough Hall — and municipal and county election offices all across America — suggest there is an extraordinarily high level of interest in this year’s presidential race.    And that, regardless of the outcome, is very good news.    We’ll leave it…

  • Movie Timetables

    Going to the movies tonight? Find out where and when the show you want to see is playing. Movies and times are valid from October 8, to October 14, 2004. Because of the possibility of last-minute schedule changes, it is wise to call the theater before leaving home. Please note: In the event that theaters…

  • Four officers join the force

    Monroe gets four new officers to keep crime rate down while the population increases. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — The number of police officers in the township grew by four Monday when new patrol officers were hired as part of a department expansion.    According to Capt. John Kraivec, officers Griffin Banos, Richard Livingston, Paul Pappas…

  • Psoriasis treatments offer help and hope

    Outbreaks are often unpredictable and capricious, depending upon the individual By: Lorraine Seabrook and Jerry Bagel, M.D.     Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease, characterized by small or large red patches, which affects over 3 million Americans. While researchers have yet to develop a cure, treatment methods can be quite effective.     Jerry Bagel, M.D.,…

  • Sharbell’s Plainsboro Village families enjoy terrific school system

    Extraordinary value awaits at Sharbell Development Corp.’s inviting Plainsboro Village The impressive homes at Plainsboro Village start attractively from the low $500’s. Spacious floor plans range as high as 3,150 square feet, and include 3 to 5 bedrooms, up to 3 full baths, and 2-car garages.    Extraordinary value awaits at Sharbell Development Corp.’s inviting Plainsboro…

  • Watershed association gets $30K grant for internship, programs

       The Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association has been awarded a $30,000 renewal donation from the J. Seward Johnson Sr. Charitable Trust.    The contribution will fund a college student chosen for the Watershed’s 2004-2005 environmental education internship program, as well as a program to offer Stony Brook’s award-winning environmental education programs at open spaces in communities throughout…

  • Extra DOT funding to speed Nassau Park access project

    The goal: Finish Route 1 intersection by Black Friday. By: Jill Matthews    WEST WINDSOR — The state Department of Transportation announced Thursday that it would pump an extra quarter of a million dollars into the traffic-improvement project at the Route 1-Nassau Park intersection to bring the project, which was beginning to fall behind schedule, up…