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  • Budget proposed with no tax increase

    The East Windsor Township Council’s budget is 4.5 percent more than last year, but taxes will not increase. By: David Pescatore    EAST WINDSOR — The Township Council on Tuesday proposed a 2003 budget of $16.5 million that carries no increase in the local purpose tax.    The proposed budget represents a 4.5 percent increase from last…

  • School taxes may jump 15, 17 cents

    The East Windsor Regional School District is asking voters to approve tax hikes of almost 6 percent. By: David Pescatore    HIGHTSTOWN — The East Windsor Regional Board of Education on Wednesday approved a 2003-2004 budget of $58.5 million that would, if approved by voters, result in a property tax increase of nearly 6 percent.    Once…

  • Anne-Marie Hawley

       Anne Marie K. Hawley, 63, of Jamesburg, died Monday, March 24, at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge Division.    She worked for Roadtex Corp. in Hillside as the director of safety. She had worked at Rutgers University in the biochemistry and microbiology department and was a member of the AFSCME local at Rutgers.    Her husband…

  • Young Monroe boys track team gained experience

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    From several aspects, this was a rough winter for the Monroe Township High School boys’ track team. The Falcons were in a rebuilding year, so youth and inexperience were compounded by the difficult training conditions due to bad weather.    "We were very young," Falcon head coach Lew Stonaker said. "There weren’t…

  • Finding Family in Film

    ‘An Evening of Documentaries’ will serve as an appetizer for what the Trenton Film Society hopes will be a successful film festival slated for April 2004. By: Jim Boyle Raymond and Danny Jacob (above) shoot some hoops during Why Can’t We Be a Family Again? New York City street performer S.K. Thoth (left) is the…

  • Proud father’s worries focus on son’s dangerous mission

    Sydney Souter has a personal reason why he’s opposed to a resolution proposed by the Coalition for Peace Action. By: David Campbell    Snowden Lane resident Sydney S. Souter has a personal reason why he’s opposed to the Coalition for Peace Action’s resolution opposing war in Iraq, a resolution the Princeton Township Committee declined to consider…

  • School budget set for voters

    Cranbury Board of Education adopts new financial plan By: Matt Kirdahy    Princeton High School tuition and items needed for a new school expansion, including a custodian and utilities bills, are among the driving forces behind a proposed school budget.    The Cranbury Board of Education adopted a $11.56 million 2003-2004 budget on Tuesday that would increase…

  • GOP shouldn’t waste local opportunity

    PACKET EDITORIAL, March 28 By: Packet Editorial    All things considered, this seems like a pretty good time to be a Republican.    In Washington, Republican President George W. Bush is not only riding a wartime wave of popularity but also wielding an enormous amount of power, bolstered by GOP control of both houses of Congress. In…

  • Harry’s Brook water tests reveal no coal tar

    By: Jennifer Potash    The environmental cleanup of the underground coal tar at the Princeton Public Library and parking garage construction sites has not led to contamination of Harry’s Brook, borough officials say.    In a report submitted by Princeton Regional Health Officer William Hinshillwood to Borough Administrator Robert Bruschi, tests conducted by the Health Department on…