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  • Pair charged in Franklin kidnapping

    Man forced into car and taken to Red Roof Inn in South Brunswick. By: Hank Kalet    Two men were arrested Tuesday morning on kidnapping charges after they allegedly forced a man into their car in Franklin and brought him to the Red Roof Inn.    According to police, Zacharia Enhamri, 22,of New Brunswick, Dalion Hayne, 21,…

  • Must we give ‘trickle down’ another try?

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Jan. 7 By: Packet Editorial    So here we are, less than a week into 2003, and already the New Year’s resolution of many of America’s wealthiest citizens — to make (or at least keep) more money this year than they did last — is on the verge of being hand-delivered to them by…

  • Township dedicates new hall as it reorganizes

    Marchand is mayor again. By: David Campbell    Phyllis Marchand was sworn in for an eighth term as Princeton Township’s mayor at the Township Committee’s annual reorganization meeting Sunday.    A standing-room-only crowd of around 150 was on hand for the committee vote of 4-0, with Committeeman Bernard Miller absent, to select Mayor Marchand, who is serving…

  • Russian Winterfest to benefit Opera Festival

       In celebration of Opera Festival of New Jersey’s forthcoming 20th anniversary season, the board of trustees are hosting "A Russian Winterfest" on Feb. 8, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Princeton in West Windsor. U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12) and his wife, Dr. Margaret Lancefield, are serving as honorary chairs of this year’s…

  • Seminars, Meetings and Events

    TUESDAY, JAN. 7 • Business Network International, Princeton Chapter networking breakfast, 7-8:30 a.m. at Merrill Lynch, cafeteria, 7 Roszel Rd., West Windsor. Info: (609) 924-4469. • Le Tip of Princeton, networking breakfast, 7-8:30 a.m., Best Western Palmer Inn, Route 1 South, West Windsor. Reg. req. Info: (609) 243-0001, ext. 13. • JobSeekers, workshop, support group, discussion on changing…

  • Architect presents revised PHS plans

    New options said to fall within budget with completion ahead of original schedule. By: Jeff Milgram    Members of the Princeton Regional Board of Education met with their architect Friday and came away with a redesign of Princeton High School that calls for more renovation, less demolition and a compressed schedule that may save the district…

  • OBITUARIES, Jan. 7, 2003

    Eugene J. McPartland, Barbara S. Thompson, Marvin C. Soffen, Jacob Fracaroli, Ellen C. Nevitt, Maryagnes Granitzki, Angela A. Vaccaro, Louise C. Vacca. Eugene J. McPartland Retired university vice president     Eugene Joseph McPartland, a former Navy commander who later headed Princeton University’s facilities operations for 16 years, died Monday at The Medical Center at Princeton.…

  • Past PU success makes panic unnecessary

    Tigers host UMBC at Jadwin By: Justin Feil    The Princeton University men’s basketball team does not often look back. They prefer instead to look ahead to their next opponent.    But after a 4-7 start, it serves the Tigers well to take a look back to the recent past. In each of the past two seasons,…

  • Knight helps out in win

    Pilgrim aids team with defense, rebounding By: Bob Nuse    The West Windsor-Plainsboro High North basketball game program lists Mike Pilgrim as a 6-foot-4 center. But even he’ll be one of the first to tell you he probably stands closer to 6-foot-1.    No matter what his actual height, Pilgrim is interested in just one thing —…