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  • Counties share crisis funding

    By: Gwen McNamara    WEST WINDSOR — With the second anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks just around the corner, state Attorney General Peter C. Harvey announced Wednesday the availability of more than $25 million in federal grants to help the state’s counties better prepare for emergencies.    "Interdisciplinary coordination is essential to protect against future…

  • Policy goals create code’s complexity

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Sept. 5 By: Packet Editorial    It will probably surprise no one to learn that the advice offered by Internal Revenue Service centers established to help people prepare their federal income tax returns is wrong nearly as often as it’s right.    According to the Treasury Department, which sent out investigators posing as ordinary taxpayers,…

  • Police plans to get review

    Cranbury Township Committee to ask a third party for architectural advice for new staion. By: Matt Kidahy     The Township Committee will find a second pair of eyes to examine the design plans for the new home of the Cranbury police.    On Sept. 8, the committee will review bids it solicited from architects to work…

  • School bells chime in Princeton

    District rings in new year after one-day delay. By: Jeff Milgram    Teachers got their classrooms in shape with some help from their friends — and custodians — as the Princeton Regional Schools opened normally Thursday, after a 24-hour delay because of construction.    "We’re having a great day," Julianne Inverso, assistant principal at Princeton High School,…

  • Hightstown crime rate decreases

    Uniform Crime Report shows decline in overall crime in Hightstown in the past year. By: Sarah Winkelman    HIGHTSTOWN — For the second year in the row, the borough saw an almost across-the-board decrease in all areas of the Uniform Crime Report. The 2002 report was released by State Police last week.    The total crime index…

  • New firehouse gets the nod

    Council approves $1.1. million to cover town’s share of project. By: Al Wicklund MONROE — Fire District No. 3’s proposed new firehouse, to be built at Centre Drive and Applegarth Road, appears to be on track to have bids out for contractors early next year.    The $3.3 million building, a joint venture involving the fire…

  • Week of September 5th, 2003.

    Hamilton, Hillsborough, Pennington Hamilton    Prudential Fox & Roach Realtors welcomes Joanne Voss-Reynolds to its Hamilton office as a sales associate. Ms. Voss-Reynolds brings nearly four years experience in real estate with last year’ s volume level at $2.5 million. With more than 30 years experience of working with the public, she enjoys helping clients find…

  • For the Sept. 5 issue

    Lawrence J. Schwartz, Estelle A. Leatherman. Lawrence J. Schwartz    Lawrence J. Schwartz, 74, of Turnersville, died on Monday in Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Turnersville.    Born in Roosevelt, Mr. Schwartz lived in Hightstown for many years before recently moving to Turnersville. He was a U.S. Army veteran. Mr. Schwartz was employed as an office service manager…

  • Pre-season play boosts PU men’s soccer hopes

    Tigers believe they can generate more offense By: Mike Newman    For a coach who saw his team score only 19 goals last season, win only four games, and said goodbye to a talented group of graduates, Princeton University men’s soccer coach Jim Barlow is surprisingly excited.    The excitement stems from the preseason which the Tigers…