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  • Sectional final appearances please MHS, WW-PS

    Cougars lose to Rumson, Pirates fall to PHS By: Justin Feil    In advancing to their respective Sectional finals, both the Montgomery High and West Windsor-Plainsboro South boys’ tennis teams bettered last year’s state tournament finishes.    The Cougars, who bowed out in the Central Jersey Group II semifinals last year with a 5-0 loss at the…

  • For the May 23 issue

    Stanley L. Moody, Betty L. Beam, Helen B. Fischer. By: Stanley L. Moody    CRANBURY — Stanley L. Moody, 87, died May 5 at The Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Cranbury, he was a lifelong resident.    Mr. Moody was a Navy veteran of World War II, and was honorably discharged in 1945. He formerly worked…

  • Town plan calls for retail site

    Mulling continues over zoning for shopping. By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — A proposed amended Master Plan that includes 6-acre, single-family building lots in the southern part of Monroe Township and a retail site in the northern part, had its first night of a public hearing Monday.    Planning Board Chairman David DeMarco said the hearing will…

  • Hundreds of motorists stopped in seat-belt campaign

    Police push ‘Click It or Ticket’ effort. By: David Campbell    Strap on your seat belts, Princeton.    As the Memorial Day holiday weekend begins, police in Princeton Borough and Princeton Township are cracking down on motorists and front-seat passengers who violate New Jersey’s Primary Seat Belt Law, which makes buckling up mandatory.    The zero-tolerance campaign is…

  • Prime-time move

    Princeton public-access TV channel finally gets some room. By: David Campbell    TV30, Princeton’s public-access cable channel, moved this week from its closeted space in The Arts Council of Princeton to more spacious quarters in the Valley Road building.    The move will provide the station with room it was lacking to serve its roughly 7,000 viewers…

  • PHS boys’ lacrosse has revenge on mind

    Little Tigers host rematch with Hunterdon Central today By: Justin Feil    When Brian Cohen first saw the bracket for the New Jersey state boys’ lacrosse tournament, he couldn’t help but to think beyond the Little Tigers’ first game.    PHS had no history with 50th-seeded Camden Catholic, but down the road lay a path littered with…

  • Joseph O’Neill merits nod for borough mayor

    PACKET EDITORIAL, May 23 By: Packet Editorial    The next mayor of Princeton Borough will almost certainly be chosen not in the Nov. 4 general election but in the June 3 Democratic primary. This lends greater urgency to the contest between Assemblyman Reed Gusciora and Borough Councilman Joseph O’Neill, and obliges the registered Democrats and unaffiliated…

  • DATES TO REMEMBER

    For the weeks beginning June 6 June 6, 7 & 8    Monroe Musical: The Footlights Club of Monroe Township High School will present the musical, "A Grand Night for Singing," on June 6 and 7 at 7:30 p.m. and on June 8 at 4 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at MTHS.    The show is…

  • Peddie girls become state champions

    Peddie’s lacrosse team defeated Lawrenceville 10-7. By: Kyle Moylan    Following its dramatic win over the Soviet Union in the 1980 Olympics, the United States ice hockey team still needed to go out and defeat Finland to win the Gold Medal.    On the way to its first Prep A Tournament championship in the history of the…