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  • Salaries drive tax increase

    Township could see 5.5 percent increase in municipal taxes. By: Al Wicklund    An increase in the amount paid for salaries and wages could mean a 5.5 percent increase in municipal taxes this year.    The Township Council introduced a $28 million municipal budget that is $2.5 million more than the current year’s spending plan.    If adopted,…

  • Princeton Friends of Opera make debut

       The Opera Festival of New Jersey Guild, the defunct opera troupe’s volunteer support organization, has transformed itself into a new independent organization, Princeton Friends of Opera.    PFO’s president is Jean Brown of Princeton, who formerly served as president of the OFNJ Guild.    "We chose to form as an independent entity, and not affiliate with any…

  • ‘The Passion of the Christ’

    Mel Gibson’s bloody epic serves as a lightning rod for controversy and a Rorschach test for audiences. By: Bob Brown James Caviezel stars as Jesus in Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ.    Mel Gibson has said he wanted his film to shock. And in many ways it does. But in other ways, it is…

  • DOT erects sign at Woodside Drive

    "Trucks Over 4 Tons, No Right Turn" will be installed at the corner of Route 33 and Woodside Drive in East Windsor. By: Lauren Burgoon    EAST WINDSOR — A long-awaited sign was installed at the corner of Route 33 and Woodside Drive more than a year after the township first asked the Department of Transportation…

  • Dry cleaner digging business out of hole

    Jem Cleaners temporarily closed and customers left scrambling. By: Shanay Cadette    WEST WINDSOR — The case of the cavernous hole and closed dry cleaning business has been solved, at least temporarily.    Hank Moon, owner of Jem Cleaners in the Ellsworth’s shopping center, said water leaked into the basement wall of his Cranbury Road business, causing…

  • Falcons enjoy history-making district

    Gain two champs and advance five wrestlers to region tournament By: Ken Weingartner    Heading into the District 20 Tournament last weekend, Monroe High’s wrestlers knew they had the potential to do something special.    So following their final practice, the wrestlers met to discuss their goals. But it’s one thing to talk the talk, it’s quite…

  • OBITUARIES, March 5, 2004

    Doris Bird, Norman L. Endersby, Morgan K. Cameron, Richard H. Williams, Mary K. Applegate, Robert L. Foose. Doris Bird Active Princeton volunteer     Doris Bird of Princeton Township died Feb. 24 at Merwick Rehab Hospital & Nursing Care from complications of a stroke. She was 82.    Born in Framingham, Mass., she moved with her parents…

  • School board races produce big surprises

    PACKET EDITORIAL, March 5 By: Packet Editorial    You could have knocked us over with a feather when we found out Monday afternoon how many people had filed to run for school board seats in the Princeton, West Windsor-Plainsboro and Montgomery school districts.    It turns out the size of the candidate field in each of our…

  • New WW business administrator values communication

    Christopher Marion, a former township resident, to come on board March 29. By: Shanay Cadette    WEST WINDSOR — Christopher Marion remembers watching officials debate township issues on local television when he lived here several years ago.    He will become one of those officials when he ends his tenure as business administrator in Marlboro Township and…