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  • 3M set back by tests of runoff control scheme

    Filtration basin at quarry fails to perform adequately. By: Paul Sisolak    MONTGOMERY — The Township Planning Board and the 3M Co. decided to return to the drawing board Monday evening when initial tests of a proposed sand filtration basin as part of the company’s storm-water management project proved disappointing.    3M and both Montgomery and Hillsborough…

  • Twin Rivers’ auditor gives good marks

    An independent audit showed the Twin Rivers Community Trust is on sound financial ground. By: David Pescatore    EAST WINDSOR — The Twin Rivers Community Trust received a clean bill of financial health, according to a recent independent audit.    "The trust is in good financial shape. (Its) audit checks out every year," said Annette Murray, certified…

  • Incarceration’s high costs may make the case

    Editorial By:    Another dubious milestone in American history was achieved recently when the nation’s prison and jail population topped 2 million for the first time.    Don’t we all feel safer now?    The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that our prisons and jails hold one in every 142 U.S. residents. During the 12-month period ending June…

  • Allentown official eyes Assembly seat

    Rovner seeking position representing 30th Legislative District. By: Cynthia Koons    ALLENTOWN — Newly appointed Allentown Borough Council member Jerry Rovner is interested in upping the scope of his political career with a run for New Jersey General Assembly this spring.    He said he is running for one of two 30th Legislative District seats in the…

  • WW-PN rallies for third straight win

    Nicolosi enters game in time to be hero By: Justin Feil    West Windsor-Plainsboro High North’s Samantha Nicolosi was paying attention to the varsity softball game against Princeton High even as she pitched in the junior varsity game Wednesday.    She saw Princeton’s Eliza Stasi increase the Little Tiger lead to 3-0 with a triple in the…

  • Deer-feeder is defiant in face of stiff penalty

    Found in violation of Princeton Township ordinance, resident is fined $4,000. By: David Campbell    A municipal court judge on Tuesday found Roper Road resident Tamara Gund guilty on four counts of violating Princeton Township’s ban on feeding deer, sentencing her to a 30-day suspended jail term and fining her $4,000.    Township Attorney Edwin Schmierer said…

  • Ronan keeps busy between sets

    By: Ken Weingartner        Even though the Monroe High boys’ tennis team has seen limited action so far this season, John Ronan hasn’t been at a loss for things to do.    The junior is involved in numerous extracurricular activities, including band and drama, in addition to preparing for advanced placement exams.    "I’m pretty busy," Ronan…

  • Voter turnout is worse than embarrassing

    PACKET EDITORIAL, April 18 By: Packet Editorial    Back in February, when only four candidates filed petitions to run for four available seats on the Princeton Regional Board of Education — thus ensuring an uncontested election — we figured the attitude of Princeton residents could best be summed up in one word: apathetic.    After Tuesday’s showing…

  • ‘100 Homes for 100 Families’

    Princetonians aiding Martin House’s provision of affordable homes in Trenton. By: Dennis O’Neill    Strangers who drive through the Wilbur section of Trenton are apt to roll up their windows and push a little harder on the accelerator. The dilapidated buildings and vacant lots that mark the landscape of the state capital’s poorest neighborhood do not…