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  • Legislature dances around true reform

    PACKET EDITORIAL, June 11 By: Packet Editorial    Reasonable people may differ over what constitutes meaningful ethics reform, whether half a loaf of reform is better than none and how best to minimize the corrupting influence of big campaign contributions on public policy.    But what’s going on at the State House in Trenton these days is…

  • EDITORIAL: Pencil ready, venture into larger life

       We have never been asked to give a commencement speech. And considering that we are neither famous nor running for public office, we aren’t expecting an invitation to do so any time soon.    But that doesn’t mean we’re going to let a chance to address this year’s high school graduates slip by. Quite frankly, with…

  • Scholarships granted by the Women’s College Club

        Honored at a Scholarship Tea sponsored by the Women’s College Club of Princeton, which was held at the home of Ginny Mason, were eight recipients of scholarships to four-year colleges. The club is in its 88th year and continues to recognize young women in the Princeton area with outstanding achievements throughout their high school…

  • Repairs in store for WW-P schools

    Officials to take advantage of unexpected $1.3 million windfall. By: Shanay Cadette    Students and school officials in West Windsor and Plainsboro can soon say goodbye to old electrical panels, roofs and floors in their buildings, thanks to an unexpected $1.3 million windfall.    An unanticipated savings in health-care benefits, coupled with tighter controls on special education…

  • OBITUARIES, June 11, 2004

    Michael Ciallella, Jean-Pierre Rosselet, Nuria R. Wemple Michael Ciallella Retired from university     PRINCETON — Michael "Michele" Ciallella of Princeton died Tuesday at the University Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Roccamondolfi, Italy, he was a resident of Princeton since 1957.    He retired after 27 years with the buildings and grounds department at Princeton University.…

  • TANGENTS by John Saccenti: Time for more useless debate

    TANGENTS by John Saccenti: Despite discussion, people will ‘stay the course’ on the own opinions. By:John Saccenti    It seems like a lot of people have made up their minds.    It doesn’t matter about what. Politics, religion, sports — you name it — if there’s a conversation going on, chances are neither participant will change his…

  • PU particle sorter may propel research

    Professors achieve scientific breakthrough with invention of "tango array."    It took a combination of Princeton University engineers, physicists and biologists to pull off a "tango array."    The collaboration wasn’t about the sexy Argentine dance, but the invention of a device that rapidly sorts microscopic particles into extremely fine gradations of sizes, opening a range of…

  • ‘And on his farm he had some shrimp…’

    THE STATE WE’RE IN by Michele S. Byers    When you hear "farmland preservation" it no doubt calls to mind certain images. After all, ever since we sang "Old MacDonald" we’ve known what’s on a farm, right?    Rows of corn! Pumpkins! Apple orchards! And farm animals — cows, sheep, chickens, pigs, ducks, horses and, of course,…

  • McGranaghan wins a round in tournament

    Boys tennis By: John E. Powers    Hopewell Valley Central High School sophomore tennis player Matt McGranaghan’s experience in this past weekend’s state singles tournament at Mercer County Park in West Windsor was brief. But the experience wasn’t so much about this year; it was about the next two years, when Hopewell Valley coach Alma Quinlan…