Category: archives

  • Letters-Oct. 9, 2003

    Truckers like race drivers To the editor:    One of the annoying things, about the trucks invading our fair borough is the amount of noise that they generate when down shifting.    And it is totally unnecessary for trucks to do this except on a long steep hill like Centre Bridge hill.    However, the cowboys who drive…

  • Roof bids rejected at school

    Drainage needs were not included in the original specifications. By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — South Hunterdon Regional High School’s Board of Education has rejected all five bids for a new roof because the lowest bid was $64,000 over the project’s budget.    In the initial cost estimate, "the roof work numbers were accurate," said Armand…

  • Obituaries-Oct. 9, 2003

    Jason Thumann    NEWTOWN, Pa. — Jason Michael Thumann, 15, died Tuesday, Sept. 30, at Holland Glen Home in Hatboro, Pa.    Born in Doylestown, Jason had lived in Newtown with his parents until last year.    He was a member of St. Bede’s Roman Catholic Church. He attended BARC School and the McDonald’s School, both in Warminster,…

  • ‘for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf’

    The Rutgers Theater Company opens its season with Trenton playwright Ntozake Shange’s powerful work. By: Stuart Duncan    Playwright Ntozake Shange was born in Trenton. Her play for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the Rainbow is enuf startled Broadway veterans. It consisted of seven colored girls (the word would shortly become "black" and then "African-American")…

  • ‘The Lawrenceville Ten Minute Play Festival’

    Head to the Lawrence Library for an evening of short, short works. By: Stuart Duncan    The 10-minute play is an art form largely unknown in our area. It is rooted in Louisville, Ky., and spread to the Midwest, encouraged apparently by high-school English teachers, discouraged by trying to get ninth graders to read Romeo and…

  • DOT official sees Route 1 relief on way

    One target for improvement: the intersection with Nassau Park Boulevard. By: Gwen McNamara    Whether it’s congestion or accidents, traffic lights or road width, Route 1 has no shortage of problems.    But some relief is on the horizon, according to state Department of Transportation Commissioner Jack Lettiere, who believes there is a regional solution.    At a…

  • Political winds carry a stench in California

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Oct. 7 By: Packet Editorial    In California — where counties have defaulted on their bonds, energy policy has gone haywire, agriculture is taking a beating, serious air-pollution problems remain unaddressed and millions of residents are without health-care coverage — they’ll be choosing a governor today, based primarily on who groped whom and when.…

  • Oct. 7, 9:05 p.m.: Top of the Top Ten

    Favorites by favorites. By: Hank Kalet    This week’s Top Ten is a fairly simple one: My favorite albums by my favorite rockers (for the purposes of this list, I’ve excluded Johnny Cash).    Here goes:    1. The Beatles, "Revolver." Solo albums: John Lennon, "Plastic Ono Band"; Paul McCartney, "Band on the Run," George Harrison, "All Things…

  • ‘Plans for the Future’

    Princeton Senior Resource Center focuses on old age living with security and grace.    A rare opportunity to have many of the questions that complicate aging well and "in place" will be offered by the Princeton Senior Resource Center on Saturday, Oct. 25, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m., at the Suzanne Patterson Center.    Residents are…