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  • Dorothy Albrecht Vragel

       GLEN ARM, Md. — Dorothy Albrecht Vragel, 81, formerly of East Windsor, died Monday at Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Maryland.    Born in Rochester, N.Y., she graduated from Eastman School of Music as a conservatory-trained violinist.    She moved to Pennsylvania and played with the Lancaster and Main Line (Philadelphia) Symphony Orchestras. She retired after 20…

  • HEALTH MATTERS

    Health Matters appears Fridays in the Lifestyle section of The Princeton Packet. It is contributed by the University Medical Center at Princeton and prepared in collaboration with Gloria N. Beck.

  • PRESS FORUM

    Should U.S. Sen. Robert Toricelli have removed himself from the campaign? Should U.S. Sen. Robert Toricelli have removed himself from the campaign?

  • Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week

    Adams has MHS soccer on a roll By: Bob Nuse    Kristina Adams is more relaxed on the soccer field this year. And because of it she’s become an even more dangerous scoring threat than in her first three years at Montgomery High.    "I feel more confident this year," said Adams, a senior who has been…

  • EDITORIAL: Seniors need to lend support to school plan

    Seniors may not like it, but enrollment issues need to be addressed – quickly    The Monroe school board has a difficult job ahead.    With enrollment continuing to rise and the need for additional classroom space approaching crisis proportions, the board is faced with the prospect of selling what is essentially unsellable.    And the reason is…

  • Now not the time for talking

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    There have been several letters from members of the Princeton-based group Coalition for Peace Action in our local papers recently like the one from one of your readers in the Sept. 27 Windsor-Hights Herald ("War with Iraq will not solve any problems," Page 12A) asking for a non-violent…

  • MHS splits two games in girls soccer

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    It was a 50-50 kind of week for the Monroe Township High School girls soccer team. The Lady Falcons fell to North Brunswick 2-1 in overtime on Monday, but bounced back to beat Colonia 3-1 on Wednesday.    Monday’s loss was a heartbreaker. Not only did Monroe dominate play for most of…

  • Voter turnout embarrassing in referendum

    EDITORIAL: Less than 14 percent of the voters in the school district turned out for last week’s school construction referendum. By:    Last week’s referendum on whether the East Windsor Regional School District should move forward with $64.4 million worth of additions and renovations to its schools produced two important and interesting statistics.    On the positive…

  • School system, township spar over Valley Road ownership

    Princeton school district may have to rent space because township wants to retain parts of building. By: Jeff Milgram    Princeton Township and the Princeton Regional Board of Education are wrangling over ownership of the Valley Road building and the right to decide its long-term use.    Despite the fact that for more than 20 years, the…