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  • Roadway maze an inevitable rite of summer

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Aug. 8    Here’s a quick little quiz to test your powers of observation.    Which of the following has been the most common sight in Princeton this summer?    A) Students    B) Deep blue, smog-free skies    C) "Impeach Bush" bumper stickers    D) Angelic youths at Palmer Square helping little old ladies across Nassau Street    E)…

  • Borough won’t tolerate bikes on the sidewalk

    Police adopt a zero-tolerance policy along part of Nassau Street By: Jennifer Potash    The Princeton Borough Police Department is adopting a zero-tolerance approach toward bicyclists and skateboarders riding on the Nassau Street sidewalk.    Due to complaints from merchants, patrol officers who spot anyone riding a bicycle, skateboard or scooter or using roller blades or roller…

  • Letters to the editor

    For the Aug. 8 issue A thank you to concert supporters To the editor:    Let’s thank the people that organized and sponsored our first downtown concert of the summer: Coleman Chrysler, Meadow Lakes, Minute Maid and others. The Billy Hill Band put on a superb show, full of gritty, soulful and funky guitar and vocal…

  • National Night Out message gets local delivery

    The East Windsor and Hightstown community turned out to show the spirit of National Night Out this week, despite the rain. By: David Pescatore    EAST WINDSOR — A soaking afternoon rain was not enough to keep township residents off the Police Department’s lawn for Tuesday evening’s celebration of the National Night Out Against Crime .…

  • Disappearing act

    There just isn’t much call for outdoor phone booths these days. By: David Campbell    The last standing phone booth in Princeton is a forlorn sight to behold. There it stands on the edge of a former gas station lot on Witherspoon Street, concealed behind an overgrowth of shrubs and weeds, its surroundings littered with cigarette…

  • Montgomery battles crime, boosts safety at Night Out

    Displays and demonstrations a big draw. By: Paul Sisolak    MONTGOMERY — National Night Out was so important to the township it was made a daylong event.    The first half of the crime and drug prevention campaign, now in its third year in Montgomery, took place Tuesday morning and afternoon in Montgomery Park. Township police, fire,…

  • Letter: Movie event was a great success

    To the editor:     I would like to thank all the Cranbury residents who came out for our Picnic in the Park-Movies in the Dark event on Thursday, July 31.    Although the weather did not fully cooperate, 50-plus people did gather under the tent for an old Popeye cartoon and the original 1931 Frankenstein film.…

  • Derby attracts anglers

    Monroe residents wait for a nibble at annual fishing derby. By: Al Wicklund MONROE — The fish were biting, the kids were excited, and the parents and grandparents proud and happy Tuesday at the Monroe Township Recreation Commission’s 16th annual Fishing Derby at Molder’s Fish Farm in Old Bridge Township.    It wasn’t even a terrible…

  • Town weighs revisions for historic zone

    HPAC members are proposing to revise current boundaries of historic district. By: Matt Kirdahy    The Historical Preservation Advisory Committee is proposing to shrink the size of the town’s historic district.    A proposed ordinance amendment would redefine the existing boundaries of the historic district; ease some rules requiring homeowners in the historic district to gain approval…