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  • Rise in chopper traffic stirs protest at airport

    The final word on the helicopter issue may come from the Federal Aviation Administration. By: Paul Sisolak    MONTGOMERY — Neighbors of Princeton Airport on Route 206 are poised to protest the possibility of increased helicopter traffic in the vicinity of their homes.    Residents are worried that a heliport initially planned for construction on the Route…

  • Land trust finds ways to keep our area green

    Delaware & Raritan Greenway has preserved more than 6,000 acres of land valued at more than $113 million. By: David Campbell    Regional land trust Delaware & Raritan Greenway just keeps getting greener.    Last month, Greenway Executive Director Linda Mead stood with Gov. James E. McGreevey to announce the preservation of the 400-acre United Water property…

  • Consumers can help ‘complete the cycle’

    GOOD EARTHKEEPING, July 8 By: Sandy Batty    Each year in the United States, we discard over 200 million tons of unwanted materials into landfills and incinerators. Trash disposal is expensive and polluting, and landfill space is finite.    Recycling is an important part of the answer to this problem. Collecting and turning used plastics, metals and…

  • Beyond Organic

    A handful of local farmers are finding alternatives to factory farming, an effort with the potential to radically alter the way we eat and live. Part one in a three-part series on the regional organic movement. By: Amy Brummer    Over Kelley Harding’s dining room door is a small folk painting of a farmhouse flanked by…

  • Interlocal policing on brink of approval

    Agreement will call for South Bound Brook police to patrol Rocky Hill on a part-time basis for three months. By: Paul Sisolak    ROCKY HILL — The Borough Council is expected to enter into a pilot, interlocal policing agreement Thursday with South Bound Brook.    The council will hold a special meeting 7 p.m. Thursday at which…

  • Loss doesn’t alter Princeton 12s’ outlook

    Could face Cranbury-Plainsboro in losers’ bracket tonight By: Justin Feil    EWING — Even after its first loss of the District 12 Little League baseball tournament dropped it to the losers’ bracket, the Princeton 12-year-olds didn’t feel any more pressure than usual.    "They have already put the game behind them," said Princeton manager Larry Peterson of…

  • Bad time to go out on limb for library branch

    PACKET EDITORIAL, July 8 By: Packet Editorial    It isn’t at all surprising that many Princeton Township residents are finding the temporary home of the Princeton Public Library a whole lot more convenient than the permanent one.    For anyone who lives more than walking distance away from the central business district, getting to the Princeton Shopping…

  • Chess wizard takes ’em on at the library

    16 take part in a simultaneous chess match against a university student, sponsored by the Princeton Public Library as part of its summer games program. By: Dennis O’Neill    Ten-year-old Jordan Roth has been looking for a good game of chess and found one at the Princeton Public Library.    Jordan was one of 16 participants in…

  • Princeton Borough may leave police post vacant

    Borough Council to discuss police personnel issues in closed session. By:Jennifer Potash    With mounting budgetary pressures, Princeton Borough may alter its police department staffing levels.    The Borough Council will discuss police personnel issues tonight in a closed session.    The council is said to be considering leaving vacant the administrative lieutenant position upon Lt. John Reading’s…