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  • BACK TO SCHOOL: Students gwet to know Applegarth

       Middle school students got a sneak peak at their new school this week. By: Rebecca Tokarz    MONROE — A group of about 20 wide-eyed and eager preteens walked down a hallway at Applegarth Middle School and looked to the left and right as one of their peers moved them into the school’s gymnasium and through…

  • 25 Ways to Celebrate 25 Years

    marks 25 years of ‘cultural survival’ with a fall festival of the arts.

  • Delay tactics against garage aren’t working

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Aug. 29 By: Packet Editorial    You’ve got to hand it to the Concerned Citizens of Princeton. The group that’s been trying to block the downtown redevelopment plan has been rebuffed at every turn, first by the Borough Council, then in the courts. But instead of recognizing the futility of its efforts, the group…

  • Library ironworkers complain of parking discrimination

    Lack of spaces a refrain that spans office workers, shoppers, visitors and even construction crews. By: Jennifer Potash        A lot of people are unhappy about the difficulty of finding a downtown parking space because of all the construction — and among the more vocal are the construction workers themselves.    Specifically, ironworkers on the site…

  • Students returning to class Wednesday

    Hightstown students head back to school amongst building construction and some staff changes. By: David Pescatore    HIGHTSTOWN — There will be a vaguely familiar face greeting students arriving for the first day of school at the Ethel McKnight School on Wednesday.    That face will belong to Gayle Parker, who is returning to the district, after…

  • COAH may change the way it determines affordable housing requirements

       The New Jerey Council on Affordable Housing may change the way it figures affordable housing obligations. By: Matt Kirdahy    Proposed changes to the way affordable housing requirements are determined could mean Cranbury’s affordable housing obligations would be based on how many new residential housing units are built in the township.    The New Jersey Council on…

  • Palate pleasers to highlight this year’s Cranbury Day

    By: Matthew Kirdahy    One of the biggest parts of Cranbury Day is filling the empty stomachs of the 1,000 adults and children expected to show.    There are some people who are up to the challenge.    On Cranbury Day, which will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sept. 6, the Cranbury Fire Department, the…

  • Sinkler goes home to PHS

    Former JV coach takes over varsity By: Justin Feil    Carol Sinkler would have been happy enough just being able to work again with the Princeton High girls’ tennis team, to be able to come back to where she was born and raised. But that she’s been welcomed so eagerly by the Little Tigers has made…

  • Top producers

    WEIDEL Richard A. Weidel, president of Weidel Realtors, and Scott Monaghan, vice president and general manager, are pleased to announce that the Weidel Pennington office was recently honored as the company’s top office for production for 2002. Fred Nix, manager, and the sales associates of Weidel Pennington, were recognized at a luncheon at the Washington…