Category: archives

  • New superintendent to make changes

    East Windsor School District’s new superintendent, Ronald Bolandi, will deliver his first "State of Affairs" address at the May 10 Board of Education meeting. By: David Pescatore    HIGHTSTOWN — Ronald Bolandi commands attention.    The school district’s new superintendent never takes his eyes off of you as he speaks, except to close them in a brief…

  • Saleof Wright South Mulled

    Cranbury – Township not sure if they want to lease out or sell Wright South. By: sarah Winkelman    The Township Committee is closer to coming up with a starting bid price for the Wright North and Barclay farms and hopes to sell the properties at auction on Oct. 7.    However, the Township Committee said it…

  • Encourage patriots to give their opinions

    EDITORIAL    In an article on Page 1 this week, Staff Writer David Pescatore describes the activity of Cub Scout Pack 53 as it folds small American flags to send to troops abroad. Such an effort is noble, and parent Donna Wickersty and Den Leader Colleen Noebels should be applauded. Many of us think the United…

  • LETTER: Missing voters defeat budget

    To the editor:     "Missing voters the cause in budget defeat." That may be the headline, but for someone who does not go past the opening sentence, it would appear that the PRCs are again to blame for a defeat that, if the parents of the children in the Monroe Schools had made an effort…

  • Hadley

    "Hadley," an 8-month-old black and white female cat, is in need of a loving home and available for adoption from SAVE, 900 Herrontown Road, Princeton. For information about adopting "Hadley" or another dog or cat, call (609) 921-6122. SAVE: http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/NJ143.html

  • All in a day’s work

    The Packet celebrates Take Our Kids to Work Day. By: Jennifer Potash    Imagine over two dozens kids between the ages of 5 and 12 descending on your workplace for the day. That might lead many to call in sick or at least take a very, very long lunch.    But many businesses and organizations embrace the…

  • ‘I’m a public school kid’

    Anne Burns draws on upbringing to lend direction to board. By: Jeff Milgram    It is fitting, perhaps, that one of the major influences in the life of Anne Burns, the new president of the Princeton Regional Board of Education, is her high school English teacher.    "He was the classic Jesuit kind of guy," Ms. Burns…

  • Bald eagle family grows with at least one hatchling

    Public continues to respect privacy of distinguished new homesteaders. By: David Campbell    The Princeton area’s newest homesteaders — a nesting pair of American bald eagles — now have a third mouth to feed, and possibly a fourth, according to a spokeswoman for the state Department of Environmental Protection.    The eagles’ young offspring, one or possibly…

  • Scouts plant tree to honor Earth Day

    Tiger Cub Scouts Pack 52 plant dogwood and chokeberry saplings to celebrate Earth Day. By: Sarah Winkelman    On April 22, people around the world picked up trash, carpooled to work or took shorter showers in celebration of Earth Day.    In Cranbury, Tiger Cub Scouts Pack 52 chose to observe Earth Day by planting trees. The…