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  • Promotion campaign gearing up for downtown garage

    With opening little more than a month away, effort aims to lure shoppers back. By: Jennifer Potash    With the new downtown parking garage set to open its gates to motorists in little more than a month, Princeton Borough and Princeton Future are working to lure customers to the downtown.    Princeton Future’s Community Based Neighborhood Retail…

  • OBITUARIES, Feb. 17, 2004

    Karen Besser, Tobias Musicant, Ingrid O. Rose, Dorothy F. Otterbacher, Vinny DiMeglio, Ernest M. DiPolvere, Georgina Andreu. Karen Besser Grew up in Princeton     HINSDALE, Ill. — Karen Besser died Saturday. She was 48.    Raised in Princeton, she was a former resident of Richmond, Va., New York, Boston and Chicago.    A media buyer, she promoted…

  • Major issues reach closure in Princeton

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Feb. 17 By: Packet Editorial    The 500-car parking garage in the heart of Princeton Borough’s central business district is almost finished, the lawsuit to halt construction lies dormant and the once-vocal opponents have pretty much disappeared from public view.    The new, downtown library will open soon, a tenant is already lined up to…

  • MHS ice hockey wins close one

    Late goal by Jacey beats Hun, 1-0 By: Bob Nuse    HAMILTON — The Montgomery High ice hockey team has made a habit of playing close games this season.    And in more cases than not, the Cougars have managed to come away a winner in those games. That experience should help the team as it gets…

  • Former chief will lead Plainsboro police

    Clifford Maurer will be the new civilian public safety director as township drops chief’s position. By: Shanay Cadette    PLAINSBORO — The township’s director of public safety may be new, but he also happens to be an old hand.    Clifford Maurer is new in the sense that the Township Committee appointed him Friday to head the…

  • DOT to discuss design of West Windsor bridge

    Meeting on Alexander Road span set for today. By: Shanay Cadette    WEST WINDSOR — Residents can question state officials about the proposed Alexander Road bridge design today.    Department of Transportation officials will be on hand in Room A at the Municipal Building from 4 to 7 p.m. to present details of the bridge replacement over…

  • February 17, 2004 – Part 4

    By: infoUSA/Donnelley Marketing of Ames, Iowa The Princeton Packet Inc. publishes information on real estate transactions in its core market as a public service because it believes the information is newsworthy and appropriate. The information is all on the public record. In some cases the listing represents the property’s mailing address rather than the municipal…

  • The nuclear ‘log’ is in our own eye

    GUEST OPINION, Feb. 17 By: The Rev. Robert Moore How can you say to your neighbor, "Let me take the speck out of your eye," while the log is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out…

  • Schafer fitting into PU hoops

    Freshman guard helps Tigers sweep Cornell, Columbia By: Justin Feil    Max Schafer came out of DePaul Catholic High as a first-team, all-New Jersey player, but he still had to go through the tough transition from being a top-notch high school player to being a role player in college.    That initial transition lasted the first 13…