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  • Garrett jumping for joy

    PHS junior wins first major horse jumping competition By: Mike Newman    "It feels like I am flying," said Emily Garrett, describing the thrill she gets when she clears a jump with her horse.    Garrett, a Princeton High School junior, had that feeling a lot Aug. 31, when she won her first big horse jumping competition…

  • There’s danger in building expectations

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Sept. 16 By: Packet Editorial    When Mayor Marvin Reed and the Princeton Borough Council announced last week that completion of the downtown parking garage will be delayed by at least five weeks and that the project will go at least $300,000 over budget, most of us probably had the same reaction:    Why should…

  • Letters to the Editor, Sept. 16

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Sept. 16 By: Why was Sept. 11 ignored by schools? To the editor:    Last Thursday, we as a nation and a community mourned the loss of those lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001. We in the Princeton community especially were deeply affected as nearly everyone was touched by the loss of…

  • Marching band caps Montgomery’s entry into football

    Performed at Cougars’ first game on Saturday. By: Paul Sisolak    MONTGOMERY — Montgomery High School is marching to the beat of a new band.    A first for the school in its 34-year history, the new marching band is in place to give a boost to the Montgomery Cougars’ new varsity football program, now in its…

  • Depth, doubles carry PHS girls

    Distler, Richardson win deciding point vs. South tennis By: Justin Feil    Jackie Distler and Cat Richardson didn’t have really big plans coming into their senior season of girls’ tennis at Princeton High.    All that’s changed for the PHS second doubles team after winning the deciding point for the Little Tigers in a 3-2 win over…

  • A home opener on PHS’s new field very doubtful

    Installation of artificial surface not expected to be completed by Saturday. By: Jeff Milgram    Workers have begun installing the artificial surface for Princeton High School’s football field but it appears unlikely the project will be completed before the school’s first home game Saturday.    "As each day goes by, it looks less likely," Superintendent Claire Sheff…

  • Area cross country teams among favorites

    PHS, South girls face early showdown Thursday By: Justin Feil    A fifth-place finish at the Meet of Champions should have been enough for girls to be beating down the door to get on the Princeton High cross country team. There were positive steps towards an increase in interest, but it wasn’t quite the uniform shortage…

  • PHS project bids delayed

    Two more weeks added to months of sebacks. By: Jeff Milgram    The Princeton Regional School District has delayed the opening of bids for the Princeton High School construction project by two weeks.    The delay was granted at the request of several contractors who needed more time to complete their bid preparations, Superintendent Claire Sheff Kohn…

  • BREAKING NEWS: Township braces for hurricane

    Officials prepared if Isabel visits Lawrence on Thursday. By: Lea Kahn    Having lived through Hurricane Floyd and its accompanying floods four years ago, Lawrence Township officials are gearing up to handle potential flooding and wind damage that may accompany Hurricane Isabel this week.    It is too soon to know whether Lawrence will get the full…