Category: archives
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Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week
Stuart’s Pollack-Robbins makes fast exit By: Justin Feil Even as she prepares to graduate and leave Stuart Country Day, Chloe Pollack-Robbins is already thinking about what she can give back to improve the track and field team. "When I get rich," the Tartan senior said, "I’m going to give them a track and that’s what…
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Blair incident sullies image of profession
PACKET EDITORIAL, May 16 By: Packet Editorial There isn’t a newspaper in America today that isn’t looking at itself in the proverbial mirror and asking: Could a Jayson Blair happen here? A Jayson Blair, for anyone who may have just emerged from five days in a cave, is the new shorthand for an elaborate hoax…
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Traffic loops proposed to end Montgomery congestion
Series of new roads designed to take pressure off Route 206-518 intersection. By: Paul Sisolak MONTGOMERY The Planning Board this week made its first amendment this year to the traffic circulation element of the Master Plan designed to improve the flow of traffic through the Route 206-Route 518 intersection. The board and members of…
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Route 1 safety is focus of federal, state study
Number of accidents on 10-mile section prompts a three-day study. By: Gwen Runkle Due to the abundance of automobile accidents on Route 1, a team of federal and state transportation officials will take a close look at a 10-mile section of the highway over three days next week. The Safety Impact Team includes representatives of…
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Hun trying to defend prep baseball title
Young Raiders putting inconsistency behind By: Justin Feil The Hun School baseball team that entered its Prep A state tournament opener against Peddie on Thursday has a vastly different look, so much so that the defending champions could be featured on ABC’s "Extreme Makeover" program. Most noticeably removed? Those age lines that otherwise might be…
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Letters to the Editor, May 16
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, May 16 By: Gusciora will bring fresh ideas to office To the editor: We are writing to say thank you to the almost 60 Princeton Borough neighbors who attended the reception for Assemblyman Reed Gusciora at our home on May 10. The reception was a robust question-and-answer session in support…
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Josephine Baffuto
Josephine Baffuto, 90, died Thursday, May 8, at the Cranbury Care Center, Genesis Elder Care in Monroe. Born in New York City, she lived in Monroe for over 40 years. She was a seamstress for Gaffner’s Dress Co. in Jamesburg and later for Brodsky’s Dress Co. in South River for 16 years before retiring in…
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Viking track & field teams win big at Highland Park
By: Rich Fisher The Cranbury School track and field teams had an easy time of it on Monday, as the boys and girls squads both rolled to big victories over Highland Park. And while coach Jay Gilligan would rather have stronger competition for his troops, he was happy for the meet if only to sample…
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Residents urge council to put brakes on parking plan
All-day permit parking on residential streets met mostly with criticism. By: Jennifer Potash Nearly 100 Princeton Borough residents Tuesday urged the Borough Council to put the brakes to a proposed parking policy to allow all-day parking on residential streets that now have two-hour restrictions. Administrator Robert Bruschi presented the council with a proposal to allow…
