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  • Club helps needy and spurs friendship among neighbors

       When a friend suggested I attend a Monroe Township Mothers Club meeting in the fall of 2001, I decided to go even though I had no idea what the group was all about. Being a new mom, I hadn’t yet attended any club-sponsored events in the community, so the organization was a mystery to me.…

  • Drought crisis is over but a threat remains

    Ten months of water-use restrictions end. By: David Campbell    Gov. James E. McGreevey on Wednesday lifted New Jersey’s drought emergency, ending 10 months of water-use restrictions. But he warned that future droughts are possible.    "While the short-term crisis is over, the long-term threat still remains," Gov. McGreevey said. "I am asking all New Jerseyans to…

  • Marian Martin Glaubitz

    Calling hours Saturday    Marian Martin Glaubitz, 91, of Hopewell Township, died Thursday at Chandler Hall Hospice, Newtown, Pa.    She was a resident of Hopewell Township for the past 10 years.    Mrs. Glaubitz was born on the family farm on the shore of Lake Erie, Dec. 23, 1911. Her family grew grapes for Welch’s grape juice,…

  • Gas station robbed; attendant assaulted

    A school board member’s son allegedly was involved in the incident. By: Scott Morgan    EAST WINDSOR — Two township men turned themselves in to police shortly after assaulting a man at a Route 130 gas station Jan. 3, police said.    Detective Sgt. Bill Froehlich reported Tuesday that 20-year-old Jamestown Road resident Benjamin Grunwerg, son of…

  • Tax-free ride down Prospect simply unfair

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Jan. 10 By: Packet Editorial    If you ever wondered how it is that so many Princeton University graduates go on to enjoy such enormously successful (not to mention extraordinarily remunerative) careers, here’s a clue:    They’re smart.    They’re smart enough to get admitted to Princeton in the first place. They’re smart enough to absorb…

  • Elementary students may be moved; class sizes to rise

    To ease overcrowding at the Perry L. Drew School, some students who would attend that school may go to others. By: Mark Moffa    HIGHTSTOWN — Some elementary school students would be moved to different schools and many teachers would face larger class sizes next year, according to a proposal submitted to the school board Tuesday…

  • Ruth Brown

       Ruth L. Brown, 94, died Sunday, Jan. 5, at Care One of East Brunswick.    Born in Newberry, S.C., she was a guidance counselor in the Chicago school system before retiring. She relocated to New Jersey in 1978 and resided in Somerset before moving to Kendall Park.    Funeral services were held Thursday, Jan. 9, at Ebenezer…

  • Unlimited colors at Gourgaud

    First show of 2003 draws 40 to gallery. By: Al Wicklund The talent of the members of Watercolorists Unlimited made it a successful start to the year for the Central Jersey artists group and for Cranbury’s Gourgaud Gallery.    Lisa Walsh of Cranbury, a Watercolorist artist and a member of the township’s Arts Review Committee, said…

  • More cuts due in PHS plan

    School board tells architect to trim another $5 million. By: Jeff Milgram    Members of the Princeton Regional Board of Education are telling their architect, The Hillier Group, to come up with at least $5 million more in cost-saving cuts to the plans for construction at Princeton High School.    "We need to do more redesigning," said…