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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    For the Dec. 20 issue. By: Home Depot will destroy economy To the editor:     I need to comment on last week’s opening of Home Depot.    First, we should all understand that it will disrupt our local economy. The new Home Depot won’t be profitable for corporate headquarters by taking business from other Home Depot…

  • Column: Nuse Sense

    A ‘rivalry’ where none exists By: Bob Nuse    It’s really just a simple matter of adding up the numbers.    Princeton University played Rider at the Sovereign Bank Arena on Wednesday night and a crowd of 3,018 showed up for the game. It was a disappointing crowd to those who set up the game, but not…

  • Five West Windsor labor contracts come down to wire

    Both sides agree there’s no immediate threat of a strike By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — With the end of the year fast approaching, time is running out for negotiations between the township and five labor unions, which represent virtually the entire municipal workforce.    But while neither municipal nor union leaders will talk about what…

  • Panel narrowly passes ordinance refining signage laws

    Hightstown’s decade-long efforts to refine its signage laws came to fruition Monday. But not everybody is happy about it. By: Scott Morgan    Since the 1970s, the borough has had an ordinance on the books designating how and when residents and merchants can display signs. According to Mayor Amy Aughenbaugh, however, the ordinance was tangled and…

  • Rider set to strut her stuff in the Rose Bowl Parade

    Local resident will be in New Year’s Day parade. By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — Jo Santay’s riding skills will take her to the Rose Bowl next week.    Ms. Santay — who with her husband, Tom, has a horse farm, the Hunters Run Equestrian Center on North State Home Road — will be in the Rose…

  • Letters to the Editor, Dec. 20

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Dec. 20 By: Keep the library at shopping center To the editor:     Your front-page article on the ground-breaking for the new multi-million-dollar library on Witherspoon Street (The Packet, Dec. 10) appeared the same day I received a letter from the Friends of the Princeton Public Library thanking my wife and…

  • Princeton High girls swimming team wins another close one over WW-PN

    By: Bob Nuse    Close swim meets between the girls from Princeton High and West Windsor-Plainsboro North are certainly nothing new.    In the first two years of the WW-P North program, the teams have faced each other three times. The two meets between the teams last year were decided by a total of just three points…

  • Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week

    PHS’ Russell still making stops By: Justin Feil    Britney Russell’s two games last week were a little like her career at Princeton High.    In the first game of the week, against Princeton Day School last Wednesday, the Little Tiger girls’ senior goaltender felt like she was back in her freshman year when she faced more…

  • MHS boys track team acquires depth

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    Track is all about numbers, but when it comes to the Monroe Township High School boys’ program, the total on the roster sheet has always been more important than the digits on the stop watch. With a turnout of 27 this winter, the Falcons may finally have the depth they need…