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  • Clinton urges international cooperation at fund-raiser

    Trenton talk benefits Greenwood House. By: Jennifer Potash    TRENTON — Former President Bill Clinton called for greater cooperation and partnerships among world nations as a means of fostering peace during a visit to the state capital on Sunday.    Mr. Clinton spoke before an audience of 1,800 in The War Memorial’s Patriot Theater as part of…

  • State budget is thankfully voodoo-proof

    PACKET EDITORIAL, May 20 By: Packet Editorial    With just six weeks to go before the start of a new fiscal year, Gov. James E. McGreevey and members of the New Jersey Legislature are understandably getting more than a little panicky. Actual state revenues for the current year are dismal. Projected revenues for the coming year…

  • Beleaguered BIG Map not final, says official

    Community Affairs commissioner says map was never on par with State Development and Redevelopment Plan. By: David Campbell    WEST WINDSOR — State Department of Community Affairs Commissioner Susan Bass Levin did some damage control Friday for the state’s Blueprint for Intelligent Growth, or BIG Map, which the McGreevey administration withdrew last month following criticism of…

  • Princeton’s Community Park Pool to open

       Community Park Pool will open Memorial Day weekend for its 36th year of operation.    As in the past, the pool will be in operation for the three weekends (beginning this weekend) that precede the opening of its seven-days-a-week schedule on Wednesday, June 11. Hours of operation for the weekends will be from 11 a.m. to…

  • WW-P schools want planning input

    By: Gwen Runkle    The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District wants you — to participate in strategic planning.    Strategic planning is a long-term planning process that reviews all operations and functions of the school system. The process leads to the development of action plans for the district to implement from year to year to accomplish its…

  • WW-P North falls in MCT baseball final

    Knights’ run ends with loss to Steinert By: Bob Nuse     TRENTON – In the end, West Windsor-Plainsboro North simply ran into a better baseball team.     The Knights run through the Mercer County Tournament came to an end Monday night when they dropped a 6-1 decision to Steinert in the championship game at Mercer…

  • Tee Time

    For golfers on a budget, a Mercer County golf card is a stroke of good luck. By: Edmund Karam    Although the game of golf, invented in Scotland in the 15th century, was originally intended for the enjoyment of all classes, it has up until recently been considered the exclusive providence of the well-heeled and well-connected.…

  • Princeton reunions, graduation a boon … for some firms

    About 20,000 people are drawn to campus for reunions alone. By: George Frey    Princeton University’s reunions and following commencement festivities take place this year from May 29 through June 3 and, as usual, draw a lot of people to town — about 20,000 alone for reunions — and likewise, opportunities for businesses.    But some merchants…

  • Cut in Montgomery tax rate offset by soaring home values

    Committee adopts $23.3 million budget. By: Paul Sisolak    MONTGOMERY — The Township Committee adopted a $23.3 million budget Thursday that sets the municipal tax rate at 27 cents per $100 of assessed valuation — 4 cents lower than last year’s 31-cent tax rate.    But over the last year, the average assessed value of a Montgomery…