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  • Three of four incumbents plan to seek re-election

    School board elections set for April 15. By: Jeff Milgram    Three of the four incumbents on the Princeton Regional Board of Education are expected to run in the April 15 school board election.    Up for election are two three-year seats from Princeton Borough, a three-year seat from Princeton Township and a one-year unexpired term from…

  • Montgomery to seek more school funds

    Second ballot question likely to be put to voters in April will come down to a choice over class size. By: David Campbell    MONTGOMERY — The Board of Education indicated Tuesday night that a second ballot question likely to be put to voters in April will come down to a choice over class size.    The…

  • Letters to the Editor, Jan. 31

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Jan. 31 By: What needs culling is our math sense To the editor:     In her letter to the editor (The Packet, Jan. 28), Barbara Metzler writes, "Hunting causes the reproduction rates of a deer population to double or triple" and impugns to the Division of Fish and Wildlife the motive…

  • Monroe boy struck down in accident

    Local teenager dies in car crash By: Al Wicklund    Osvaldo Bautista, a 15-year-old boy from Puebla, Mexico, came to Monroe less than a year ago to earn money to bring his mother to a better life in the United States.    Osvaldo Bautista’s dream of helping his family ended 3:21 a.m. Sunday when a car in…

  • Advances in home medical equipment

    HEALTH MATTERS By: Lorraine Seabrook    Although you may not realize it until you, or someone close to you, require some kind of home health care product, the home medical equipment field has grown tremendously over the last decade, thanks to technological advances and thoughtful planning. It is no overstatement to say that these products offer…

  • EDITORIAL: Move to ban ‘pay to play,’ but cautiously

    Editorial: A close look at campaign finance reform    "Pay to play" is the latest catchphrase in the lexicon of campaign finance reform, raising the specter that those who contribute to political campaigns are expecting a return on their investment in the form of government contracts and jobs.    This is nothing new, of course. Law firms…

  • Roberto Pagano

       Roberto Pagano, 70, died Sunday, Jan. 26, at home.    Born in Bacoli, Italy, he came to the United States in 1973 and lived in Sayreville for 15 years, Marlboro for seven years and finally in Jamesburg for the past eight years. He was the owner and chef at Dusal’s Restaurant in Monroe for 15 years,…

  • Peddie girls continue to dominate home court

    Marlboro, Germantown Academy latest victims of local basketball powerhouse. By: Kyle Moylan    The Peddie girls’ basketball players and coaches will tell you that it’s hard for them to get teams to come to the Hightstown campus. Actually, that not quite true. Other teams have no problem with going to Peddie. It’s what happens there and…

  • Joseph Foster

       Joseph Foster, 78, of Monroe, died Sunday, Jan. 26, at his home.    Formerly of Milltown, he also lived in Edison before moving to Monroe 11 years ago. Mr. Foster worked in the automotive business for 40 years. During World War II, he served in the United States Navy and was an active member of the…