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  • Feng Shui consult offered by builders

    K. Hovnanian adds a certified Feng Shui consultant to their resources    Feng Shui – the art of building homes in harmony with the owners’ surroundings and personalities – has moved from the topic of jokes to such importance that one of the nation’s largest builders has added a certified Feng Shui consultant to the resources…

  • Princeton Packet Girls’ Tennis Player of the Year

    Hun’s DiPastina rebounds for successful year By: Justin Feil    For someone who had such an ominous precursor to the season, Angela DiPastina ended up having a pretty amazing run to headline the undefeated Hun School girls’ tennis team.    "It was good. It was a lot of fun too," she said. "We all did really well…

  • Senior Center renovations to begin in December

    By: Al Wiclund    MONROE — The long-awaited renovation of the Monroe Township Senior Center is scheduled for the first two weeks of December when the center will be closed for 10 days.    The renovations of the center’s public rooms and offices on the lower level of the Township Hall will begin Dec. 2. The center…

  • Sex therapist will be ‘Professor Ruth’

    Author and popular radio personality Dr. Ruth Westheimer — known to one and all as Dr. Ruth — will teach a seminar on "The Family in Jewish Tradition" at Princeton. By: Jeff Milgram    Starting in February, 20 Princeton University students will spend almost three hours every Thursday with the country’s favorite sex therapist.    But sex…

  • Staff cuts mean larger class size in Jamesburg

       The cuts, which include four teachers and a vice principal, mean the average class size will increase to about 20. The current size is 16 to 17. The cuts also could mean fewer field trips, changes to the afterschool and basketball programs and that the libraries at the Grace M. Breckwedel and John F. Kennedy…

  • Tigers’ girls soccer team falls to Ridge in CJ III final

    By: Robert A. Nuse    ZAREPHATH — Soccer can be a funny game. But when you come out on the short end, it’s nothing to laugh about.    The Princeton High girls’ soccer team had the better of play during overtime of its Central Jersey Group III championship game against Ridge last Friday at the Player Development…

  • Made in the shade

    Lifelong area resident Phil LoBianco has sold the Shady Rest mobile home park, reportedly for about $10 million. By: Mark Moffa    EAST WINDSOR — Hightstown resident Phil LoBianco made it in the shade. Literally.    Mr. LoBianco, along with his brother Anthony, was the owner of Shady Rest, a manufactured home community on Route 130 South.…

  • ‘A Swing in Time’

    More than 200 supporters jitterbugged and lindy-hopped the night away at The Historical Society of Princeton’s 33rd annual benefit. By: Christian Kirkpatrick    Accustomed to strolling down memory lane, The Historical Society of Princeton broke into a trot Saturday — a fox trot — as more than 200 supporters jitterbugged and lindy-hopped the night away at…

  • Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week

    MHS’ Etse a consistent weapon By: Bob Nuse    In a season of progress for the first-year varsity Montgomery High football program, Yaw Etse has been the team’s most consistent weapon.    "He likes to run with the ball and he likes to have the ball in his hands," Montgomery coach Zoran Milich said. "He really had…