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  • City employees may not get annual raise

    The mayor and City Council are waiting to see if Lambertville gets $150,000 in state extraordinary aid. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — City employees will have to wait until June to find out how much of a raise they’re getting this year, or even if there will be a raise at all.    The mayor and…

  • Lightning adds to stormy year at high school

    PACKET EDITORIAL, May 11 By: Packet Editorial    Just when you thought no other catastrophe could possibly befall Princeton High School, it did.    Last Friday, sometime around 4 in the morning, a bolt of lightning struck PHS — which was fitting, in a way, given everything else that has happened to the high school of late.…

  • Raiders prep for girls ‘A’ tourney

    Hun lacrosse wins 10th straight game By: Justin Feil    If getting a shot by Teresa Grzeczkowicz was as hard as spelling her name is, the Hun girls’ lacrosse goaltender might never give up a goal.    As it is, she has made quite a name for herself in the cage in her junior year. She has…

  • Downtown businesses are on the move

    Gap, J.E. Caldwell & Co. among those leaving; Polo Ralph Lauren to make the scene. By: Jennifer Potash    Gap, J.E. Caldwell & Co. and Mother and Baby Co. will leave Palmer Square in late June, and Polo Ralph Lauren is slated to move into the square later this year.    David Newton, vice president of Palmer…

  • PNC Bank seeks branch in heart of Princeton Junction

    A replacement for Lucar Hardware and ice cream parlor. By: Shanay Cadette    WEST WINDSOR — PNC Bank aims to build a new facility at a location many residents consider to be the heart of Princeton Junction, complete with an eye-catching "decorative gateway" featuring an expansive green space.    The Zoning Board of Adjustment heard beginning testimony…

  • WW-PN’s best MC track finish could be better

    PHS’ Gengel wins first girls’ pole vault title By: Justin Feil    The biggest sign of just how far the West Windsor-Plainsboro North boys’ track and field team has come in four years was the disappointed looks on the faces of the Knight athletes after the conclusion of the Mercer County Championships on Saturday.    Despite a…

  • Costs force redesign of Montgomery senior center

    Bids come in $500,000 over budget. By: Jill Matthews    MONTGOMERY — The plan for the expanded Otto Kaufman Community Center is getting a facelift because construction bids, which came in more than $500,000 over the approved budget, have forced the township to redesign the plan.    Chip Vaughan of the Vaughan Company, which created the original…

  • Starship enterprise

    Rocket Fete boldly going where no fete has gone before. By: Jillian Kalonick    In order to follow the festivities of last year’s 50th June Fete, the Auxiliary of the University Medical Center at Princeton had to "think outside the box." In developing this year’s theme, auxiliary co-chairs Jody Erdman and Karen Fein-Kelly expanded their scope…

  • Jazzing up the Town

    Radio host Bob Perkins recommends his favorite venues in the City of Brotherly Love. By: Daniel Shearer TIMEOFF PHOTOS/DANIEL SHEARER Legendary Philly jazzman Bootsie Barnes keeps things hoppin’ during a Wednesday-night gig at Ortlieb’s Jazzhaus with organist Lucas Brown and drummer Byron Landham. Below, Ortlieb’s peeling front door.    Tucked into a nook on North Third…