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  • Panic behavior gives terrorists what they want

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Feb. 14 By: Packet Editorial    For the past few days, we’ve had this uneasy feeling that Osama bin Laden is sitting in a cave somewhere, tuning in al-Jazeera on his little satellite TV and getting an enormous kick out of watching hysterical Americans busily fortifying their homes with plastic sheeting and duct tape.…

  • HHS ice hockey advances to MCT title game

    The Rams beat Notre Dame 3-0. By: Neil Hay    When it comes to Hightstown ice hockey, you sometimes never know which team will show up.    Monday in the opening round of the Mercer County Tournament, it was more a question of how many healthy players would suit up for the Rams.    The answer, fortunately for…

  • Hard work pays off for Monroe wrestlers at GMC’s

    By: Ken Weingartner    One recent afternoon, Monroe High wrestling coach Sal Profaci told his Falcons they could end practice early and head home. The third-year mentor was concerned he was pushing them too hard, and wanted to give them a break.    To his delight, the wrestlers didn’t leave. They lined up on their own and…

  • KIDS AND COMMUNITY: Personal preparedness for threat of bio-terror attacks

    By: Judy Shepps Battle    America is only partially ready for bio-terrorism, according to the review given recently on the CBS Evening News.    While the report applauded an increase in physician knowledge regarding chemical agents, it was critical of the negligible start to the smallpox vaccination program and the lack of strategic planning for attacks using…

  • Peddie boys’ basketball loses Prep A tourney opener

    The Falcons lost 65-54 to Hun. By: Neil Hay    It was one-and-out for the Peddie boys’ basketball team.    Seeded fifth, the Falcons were Defeated, 65-54, by fourth-seeded Hun Wednesday night in the opening of the state Prep A Tournament.    St. Benedict’s is the tournament’s top seed, followed by Blair and Lawrenceville.    Ahead by 27-25 at…

  • Graceful Melodic Invention

    Violinist Aya Muraki is a Juilliard graduate on her way to becoming a stellar musician. She will make a special appearance with the Edison Symphony Orchestra at the Middlesex County College performing arts center March 1. By: Susan Van Dongen Violinist Aya Muraki spent her adolescent years balancing her academic work at Hopewell Valley public…

  • First efforts put borough budget hike close to 7%

    Rising insurance costs a large part of projected increase. By: Jennifer Potash    Princeton Borough officials released a preliminary municipal budget for 2003 Wednesday that represents a nearly 7-percent increase over the previous year’s spending plan.    The first draft of the $19.7 million budget suggests a 5- to 8-cent increase in the municipal tax rate would…

  • Downtown development topic for borough Mayor Reed

       What’s in store for downtown Princeton Borough will be the topic of a speech Wednesday by Mayor Marvin Reed to the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce at the Nassau Club, 6 Mercer St.    The mayor will address the chamber’s Business Council on the opportunity and challenge facing the Princeton area and his vision for the…

  • An ‘imperial’ adventure

    Opera Festival celebrates 20th season with ‘A Russian Winterfest.’ By: Christian Kirkpatrick    It was a night of caviar and vodka, swirling skirts and passionate music. It was A Russian Winterfest to benefit Opera Festival of New Jersey.    The atrium of the Hyatt Regency resounded with Rachmaninoff’s rolling chords Saturday night as guests gathered first for…