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  • Second quarter dooms MHS in setback to North Brunswick

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    There are games where basketball players would like to be able to pick the best three out of four quarters to count towards the final score. A recent White Division contest at North Brunswick High School was one of those games for the Monroe Township High School girls’ varsity.    Given the…

  • Stannard is new mayor

    Town committee unanimously vote Richard stanard in as mayor of Cranbury. By: Matthew Kirdahy    There’s a new mayor and it’s Richard Stannard.    The committee unanimously voted for Mr. Stannard after fellow Democrats Pari Stave and Tom Panconi were sworn in to their three-year terms on the Township Committee, Monday.    Ms. Stave was re-elected in November…

  • PHS Cranbury Report

    By:    Here’s a look at how athletes from Cranbury did for the Princeton High athletic teams this past week. Results are compiled from daily newspaper reports, so please let us know if we are missing any Cranbury names. BOYS HOCKEY    Peter Teifer had three goals and one assist in an 11-1 win over Hamilton on…

  • PU women set for Ivy opener

    Freshman Digovich, Tigers at Penn tonight By: Justin Feil    Without the help of her roommate, Katy Digovich has a hard time naming the seven other Ivy League schools that the Princeton University women’s basketball team will have to go through for a conference title.    She knows Harvard a bit. They’re the only other Ivy school…

  • Town ponders splitting West

    40 acres of West farm to possibly be split, half of it would be preserved. By: Matthew Kirdahy    Some Township Committee members say dividing the West property into two parcels, leaving half as open space and half for township use, is a good idea.    On Dec. 22, the Township Committee said it would introduce an…

  • Photos in pastel at Gourgaud

    Rossmoor woman has photos in pastel on display at Cranbury gallery. By: Matthew Kirdahy    At dusk, the sun looks over Rossmoor in Monroe and finds resident Barbara Harding Seibert snapping a photograph of its red, orange and yellow sky.    Ms. Seibert transferred the photo to paper using pastels and now it’s on display at the…

  • Wilson to lead Montgomery as mayor for third year

    Birge and Caliguire sworn in to their first elected terms at reorganization meeting. By: Jill Matthews    MONTGOMERY — An upbeat atmosphere marked the start of the Montgomery Township Committee’s annual reorganization meeting Tuesday.    Louise Wilson and Karen Wintress were unanimously selected to serve a third consecutive year as Montgomery Township’s mayor and deputy mayor, respectively.…

  • Woman’s death called a result of pneumonia

    Princeton Township resident was found dead in her kitchen last month. By: David Campbell    Toxicology results indicate that the death of a Crest View Drive woman who was found dead in her kitchen shortly after Thanksgiving was "medical related," Mercer County Administrative Assistant Prosecutor Angelo Onofri said this week.    The death of Sandy O’Grady, 42,…

  • Letters to the Editor, Jan. 9

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Jan. 9 By: To the editor:    The year-end headline, "For borough, it was a year of building and drinking" (The Packet, Dec. 30), is somewhat startling, but no new problem. In the "Hunterdon County" section of "Old Inns and Taverns in West Jersey" by Charles S. Boyer, I came across "The…