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  • Falcons reel off three in a row behind Salvatore

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    The Monroe High School girls’ varsity softball team finally won its first game of the season this past Monday, but starting pitcher Brittany Salvatore didn’t get to go to Disney World.    Instead, she had to settle for seeing the move Anger Management on Monday night. That was almost as good, since…

  • Big day for deals

    Annual sale a bastion for bargains. By: Matt Kirdahy    It’s that time of year again for weekend bargain seekers to scrounge up any available funds and do some small-town shopping.    Every spring, residents of the Evans Tract — a small subdivision off South Main Street — gather to sell moderately priced baubles and household appliances…

  • Environmental commission endorses sewer plan

    Extension of sewer line seen as protecting Lake Carnegie. By: David Campbell    The Princeton Environmental Commission on Wednesday night unanimously endorsed a plan by Princeton Township to install a sewer extension on Princeton-Kingston Road between Poe Road and Carnegie Drive, which some neighbors have resisted on the basis of the financial burden it would place…

  • Dodson bows out at WW-P school board

    Three installed for new terms at reorganization session. By: Gwen Runkle    The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional Board of Education bid farewell to outgoing board member Dee Dee Dodson before reorganizing Tuesday night.    At an informal dinner gathering, school board members and district administrators thanked Ms. Dodson for her service on the school board and praised her…

  • Raiders frustrate Panthers

    Trent leads Hun lacrosse defense By: Justin Feil    With its second back-to-back game in two weeks, the Hun boys’ lacrosse team wasn’t sure how it would react against Princeton Day School the day after an emotional comeback win over Hill.    "We played a good game (Tuesday)," said Hun head coach Eric Kemp of his squad’s…

  • Township adopts budget for 2003

    East Windsor residents will not see a municipal tax increase this year. By: David Pescatore    EAST WINDSOR — The Township Council on Tuesday adopted a 2003 budget of $16.5 million that carries no increase in the local purpose tax.    The budget represents a 4.5-percent increase from last year’s $15.7 million budget, but the tax rate…

  • Commitee nears end of field debate

    Mulling continues over new Babe Ruth location. By: Matt Kirdahy    The Township Committee has narrowed its options for where to build a new Babe Ruth baseball field.    The committee is considering two alternatives, one that calls for construction of the ball field next to the Cranbury School tennis courts and one that calls for the…

  • Maesie Mangelsdorff

       Maesie D. Rowland Mangelsdorff, 88, died Wednesday, April 16, at her home in Rossmoor.    Born in New Brunswick, she graduated from New Brunswick High School, then the New Jersey College for Women (Douglass College) in 1935.    After college and graduate school, Ms. Mangelsdorff worked as supervisor of personnel records and senior interviewer at American Cyanamid…

  • The real battle over zoning is about to begin

    PACKET EDITORIAL, April 25 By: Packet Editorial    There are times, as any local official can tell you, when difficult decisions about zoning come down to a matter of picking your poison.    For every resident who benefits from a particular zoning decision, there is often another resident who is harmed. Every time one property owner receives…