Category: archives
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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 …
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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…
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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…
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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…
