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  • Montgomery GOP seeking candidates for local office

       MONTGOMERY—The Montgomery Township Republican Organization is seeking candidates to run for two seats on the Township Committee.    The Republican Committee will be interviewing interested individuals at a meeting to be held later this month. Candidates should be a registered Republican to be considered.    The organization is also seeking interested individuals for district committee seats.    Interested…

  • Galuchie and Wooden

    Jack Galuchie    Jack Galuchie, 75, of Pennington and Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, died Friday at the University Medical Center at Princeton.    Born and raised in Jersey City, he received a bachelor’s degree from New York University in 1952. He was a CPA for over 40 years and worked his entire professional career with KPMG…

  • Rocky Hill takes the bumpy path to speed control

    Traffic humps coming to Montgomery and Princeton avenues. By: Jill Matthews    ROCKY HILL — Be careful how fast you drive in Rocky Hill.    That is the buzz that has been hovering around Rocky Hill since the borough began implementing various traffic-calming measures over the past few years, including the hiring of South Bound Brook police…

  • Enrollment up at Jamesburg schools

    New Jersey School Report Card shows students are on the rise and 100 percent of classrooms are internet ready. By: Joseph Harvie    JAMESBURG — Enrollment at the John F. Kennedy and Grace M. Breckwedel schools is on the rise, according to New Jersey School Report Cards, released last week.    According to the report card, the…

  • Technology is muse for students’ creations

    Community Middle School showcases talents of its students. By: Shanay Cadette    Educators rapped and boogied across a movie screen in the name of computer technology Monday.    In fact, computer technology served as the muse for all of the students who displayed projects at a showcase held at Community Middle School this week.    Some 100 students…

  • Letters to the Editor, March 12

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, March 12 By: Keep 2-hour parking limit near PHS To the editor:     As a resident of the Princeton High School neighborhood, I do not agree with The Packet’s editorial stance that the two-hour parking regulations on neighborhood streets should be lifted to create more parking for students, teachers and/or construction…

  • New round of bonding continues sewer work

    Princeton Township Committee approves $693,000 in financing ordinances. By: David Campbell The Princeton Township Committee unanimously approved $693,000 in bonding ordinances Monday night for sewer and sidewalk projects throughout the municipality.       Bonding for $370,000 will go toward ongoing work by the Sewer Operating Committee to replace sanitary-sewer laterals on private properties in the township.       "It…

  • Curriculum chief: District must challenge each student

    East Windsor School District Assistant Superintendent in charge of curriculum explains the district’s goals. By: David Pescatore    HIGHTSTOWN — School district Assistant Superintendent Norine Seiden addressed concerns about her curriculum and instruction department while stressing the goal of improving student achievement during a Board of Education meeting on Monday.    Ms. Seiden’s remarks come in response…

  • New Cranbury hotel opens

    Staybridge Suites almost completely occupied one month after opening. By: Matthew Kirdahy    The new Staybridge Suites in town is almost completely occupied and it’s only a month old.    Staybridge Suites is a three-story, 54,819-square-foot hotel on Cranbury-South River Road. Holiday Inn, a division of Intercontinental Hotels Group, owns the 87-room extended stay hotel.    Roseann Bodner,…