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  • 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,…

  • Skyrocketing tax rates make case for reform

    PACKET EDITORIAL, March 12 By: Packet Editorial    It’s tax season again — in more ways than one.    With little more than a month to go before federal income tax returns are due, many taxpayers are still poring over their W-2’s, 1099’s and assorted documentation of itemized deductions to submit to the Internal Revenue Service —…

  • Several Falcons look forward to further opportunities

    By: Ken Weingartner    Losing often leaves a harsh taste. But the words "next year," while not all that sweet, can help counteract the bitterness.    That’s what Monroe High’s Al Rotundo and Anthony Mancini learned last week after seeing their wrestling seasons end with defeats in the Region 5 Tournament at Hunterdon Central.    "It felt good…

  • Telling fish stories

    Library introduces preschoolers to reading. By: Matthew Kirdahy    It may have been snowing outside, but there was nothing but talk of rainbows in the Cranbury Public Library.    Cranbury resident Julie Hardaker held the pages of a storybook up high for all present preschoolers to see.    "It’s the rainbow fish," one child said.    The fish’s scales…

  • Borough waits for more aid

    Jamesburg to wait until the middle of the year to see if state will give extraordinary aid. By: Al Wicklund    JAMESBURG — With general state aid figures a disappointment, Jamesburg Mayor Tony LaMantia and the Borough Council will have to wait until the middle of the year to learn if there’s any help with the…

  • Schizophrenia, Part I: The Importance of Early Intervention

    "It is essential that parents, teachers, community groups and the general public make conscious efforts to move past fears and misconceptions." George Wilson, M.D. By: Lorraine Seabroook with Dr. George Wilson    Unless you know someone who suffers with schizophrenia, you may have just a passing knowledge of this mental health condition. Many physicians and researchers…

  • Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week

    Fedak helps MHS into quarterfinals By: Bob Nuse    Mark Fedak saved his best for last.    Now in his fourth year with the Montgomery High ice hockey program, Fedak has helped take the Cougars to a level they’ve never been before. With wins over Hopewell Valley and Paramus last week, the Cougars reached the state tournament…

  • PU hopes to instill a love of science among young pupils

       How do you keep middle school students interested in science?    Princeton University scientists and engineers say part of the solution may be Silly Putty and fuel-cell cars.    From 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, 700 middle school students, including some from the John Witherspoon Middle School, Princeton Charter School and the West Windsor-Plainsboro School District,…