Category: archives
-

Library to close for changes
By: Al Wicklund MONROE The Monroe Township Public Library will be closed for four days during the first week in December for the reconfiguration of its floor space. "The library will be closed from Tuesday, Dec. 2, through Friday, Dec. 6, while Globus Design Associates of Red Bank coordinates a redesign of our floor…
-

Poet: Do what they tell you not to
In his native "Hoosier twang," Aaren Perry stood before his umpteenth class of eager ears and punched the English language in the face. By: Scott Morgan It was a love tap, actually, a lovingly angered rant soaked in Beat-worthy metaphor and directed at his fellow passengers (Virgil, Caravaggio and John Milton, to be exact) on…
-

Letters to the Editor, Nov. 22
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Nov. 22 By: A final farewell to Florence Burke To the editor: The Packet of Nov. 12 has just caught up with me, and with it the sad news that Florence Burke died. She retired from Princeton High School in 1987, and as the president of the Board of Education…
-

Twin Rivers candidates questioned
Four candidates for three seats on the Twin Rivers Homeowners Association’s board of directors answered questions last week on a variety issues. By: Mark Moffa The most spirited exchanges occurred between current board President Scott Pohl and resident Al Wally, a frequent critic of the board who implied the current board is not intelligent enough…
-

Effort to police young drinkers remains on hold
Princeton Borough Council is pondering an ordinance that would allow the police to enforce underage drinking laws on private property. By: Jennifer Potash The Princeton Borough Council won’t likely take up a controversial underage drinking law until after the new year. Princeton Borough Councilwoman Peggy Karcher told the Princeton Regional Health Commission on Tuesday the…
-

PU hopes to make happy memories
Tigers host Dartmouth in seniors, season finale By: Justin Feil When the Princeton University football team welcomes Dartmouth to Princeton Stadium 1 p.m. Saturday, it will be a game of two frustrated squads looking for a final light at the end of the season. The Tigers come off their first back-to-back losses of the season,…
-

OBITUARIES, Nov. 22, 2002
Gertrude Scheide, Virginia L. Dalglish, Opal Eva Fox, Anna Marie Perpetua, Virginia W. Hudler, William H. Gager Gertrude Scheide Served on many boards Gertrude Scheide, 93, died peacefully in her sleep at home on Monday. Born in Hong Kong, where she lived until she was 5, she spent World War I in Toronto, where…
-

Area pantries seeking donations
Contributions to holiday food drives come in a variety of ways. By: Al Wicklund Contributions to holiday food drives come in a variety of ways. For example, Boys Scouts and Cub Scouts will collect donated food at doorsteps in Jamesburg and Monroe this weekend, while the Monroe Township Public Library goes a less traditional route,…
-

Buriak resigns council position
Less than a year into his first Borough Council term, Democratic Councilman Dan Buriak has resigned. By: Scott Morgan The move has sparked a rush to fill the seat within the next two weeks. In a letter read aloud by Borough Clerk Candace Gallagher at Monday’s council meeting, Mr. Buriak stated that increased responsibilities at…
