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Fragrance company dedicates new facility
Firmenich holds champagne opening for Plainsboro building. By: Gwen McNamara PLAINSBORO Firmenich, the world’s largest private fragrance and flavor company, has a new asset it believes will make it a leader in the North American fine fragrance industry. Beneath cloudy skies Wednesday, more than 100 Firmenich employees gathered with champagne in hand to dedicate…
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Golfers to help fight cancer
James C. Weber, Sr. Memorial Golf Tournament to be held at Bunker Hill course By:Joseph Harvie On Saturday, the rolling green hills of Bunker Hill Golf Course in Griggstown will host a memorial fund-raiser for a township man who loved the game. At 11:28 a.m., the first foursome will tee off to raise funds for…
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Remembering a neighbor and friend
Cranbury resident died Sept. 4 By:Leon Tovey Edith Patterson will be remembered fondly by her friends and family. The 92-year-old former Cranbury resident, who died Sept. 4 at her home in Lansdale, Pa., will be memorialized in a graveside service at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Newtown Cemetery in Newtown, Pa., and at least one…
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‘Buy Local’ campaign is lined up for October
An effort to encourage shoppers to come downtown during a typically slow sales month. By: Jennifer Potash Princeton Future’s Community-Based Neighborhood Retail Initiative will launch another Buy Local campaign to encourage residents to support small businesses, many of them owned by Princeton-area residents, during the typically slow sales month of October. Princeton Future is a…
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Brainerd polluted during rainfall
Pertoleum, phosphorus runoff during storms By:Josh Appelbaum The results of tests by the Cranbury Environmental Commission show that water runoff from township roads and highways during and after heavy rains are pushing pollutants into Brainerd Lake and the Cranbury Brook. Commission member Peter Sibley said pollutant levels were acceptable during dry weather, but were elevated…
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Students get used to middle school
Woodland grads travel across town By:Josh Appelbaum New students, crowded halls and longer bus rides are just some of the differences new seventh-graders from Woodland are noticing as they get adjusted to being middle school students at Applegarth. Former Woodland students, most of whom walked or took short bus rides to elementary school, now travel…
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Pay to play must be curbed at state level
PACKET EDITORIAL, Sept. 17 By: Packet Editorial West Windsor Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh sent an important message to his constituents this week about ethics in government. In a noble gesture, the mayor announced that if the transit village project proposed for the area around the Princeton Junction train station ever comes to pass, the township won’t…
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Falcons stun EB in boys soccer
By: Carolyn M. Hartko There was one big upset in boys’ soccer in the Greater Middlesex Conference this past week. Monroe Township High School, a White Division team, beat the Red Division’s East Brunswick squad, 3-1. It’s the first time in the six-year tenure of Steve MacKenzie as head coach that the Falcons have been…
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Week of September 17, 2004
Princeton, Pennington, Bordentown, Brick, West Windsor Princeton Patricia Cooke, a sales associate with the Princeton Office of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New Jersey and Rockland County, New York recently attended the prestigious Coldwell Banker Elite Retreat in Salt Lake City, Utah. Held at the Grand America Hotel from August 12 through 14, the Elite…
