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  • Thieves hit new homes

    K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons senior development burglarized By:Sarah Winkelman    Four houses under construction in K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons senior development were burglarized between 4 p.m. July 2 and 7:40 a.m. Tuesday, police said.    According to police, the thieves made off with $10,720 worth of appliances from the new development off Old Cranbury Road.    Among the…

  • A fun kid of summons

    Youngsters earning free pizza for wearing helmets By:Sarah Winkelman    The lure of free pizza and desire to protect their noggins has many Cranbury youngsters strapping on their bicycle helmets this summer.    Sgt. Peter Ziegler said the Cranbury Police Department’s 16 officers have issued an unprecedented amount of pizza summonses this summer, even though the program…

  • Anti-Semitic grafitti mars road in township

    For the fourth time since March 2003, anti-Semitic graffiti has been found in East Windsor. By: Dana Lynn Flatekval    EAST WINDSOR — Anti-Semitic and anti-American graffiti has once again appeared in the township.    East Windsor police officers noticed numerous swastikas and profane statements painted on the sound and concrete barriers of Route 133 while patrolling…

  • Twin Rivers festival planned

    Twin Rivers Day Weekend Festival is slated to begin on Saturday, July 10 with music, rides and other activities. By: Dana Lynn Flatekval    EAST WINDSOR — Twin Rivers residents can get ready to have some fun at the Twin Rivers Day Weekend Festival beginning on July 10 at the Quad 1 baseball field.    A free…

  • Man is killed, woman badly hurt in Route 33 crash

    Head-on collision in Millstone By:Joseph Harvie    MILLSTONE — One person died and another suffered serious injuries as a result of a motor vehicle accident Tuesday on Route 33 in Millstone.    State police said Wayne O. Gordon, 42, of Manalapan was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident and Laurie A. Hochberg, 48, of West…

  • THIS WEEK

    For the week of July 9-15 All Week    Artist Exhibit: The paintings of artist Robert Hummel will be on display in the entrance lobby of the Cranbury Inn Restaurant on Main Street through July 31.    The paintings feature Cranbury scenery, including Brainerd Lake, historic homes on Main Street, The Cranbury Inn, Haggerty’s Florist, the Cranbury…

  • Towns deserve right to enact smoking bans

    PACKET EDITORIAL, July 9 By: Packet Editorial    When we heard this week that rebellious pub-goers in County Cork have started a movement to flaunt Ireland’s three-month-old ban on smoking in public places, it got us to thinking: How is it that these smokers will be hit with stiff fines for lighting up in the pubs…

  • Cranbury School aids softball sweep

    By: Rich Fisher    While the Cranbury School did not have a scintillating won-lost record this past spring, several of the young players (and there were a lot of them) gained valuable experience that is helping their efforts in the District 12 tournament.    "It helped me a lot," said Deanna Boehm, the Vikings starting pitcher who…

  • A quiet space

    Artist makes a big statement in the most subtle of ways. By: Michael Redmond    "I think of libraries as quiet places to think and read," said the noted Princeton artist Margaret Kennard Johnson, very quietly, during an interview in the Quiet Room of the Princeton Public Library.    Complementing the quiet environment of the Quiet Room…