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  • Library offers online solution for homework problems

    Live Homework Help tutoring service comes to Plainsboro Public Library. By: Gwen Runkle    PLAINSBORO — Help for homework’s walking wounded is on the way.    Starting Tuesday, the Plainsboro Public Library will be offering Live Homework Help, an online tutoring service from Tutor.com that connects students to expert tutors in math, science, social studies and English…

  • Letters to the Editor, Sept. 20

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Sept. 20 By: Senator should read cellphone studies To the editor:     Sen. Jon Corzine, in his Sept. 17 letter to The Packet, cites two studies to support his ban on hand-held cellphones. The first study (published five years ago) found that the chance of an accident quadrupled with hand-held cellphone…

  • Tigers take shot at nation’s No. 2

    PU football team opens at Lehigh on Saturday By: Justin Feil    Every statistic says that the Princeton University football team shouldn’t be in Saturday’s season opener at Lehigh.    The Mountain Hawks are ranked second in the country in some polls, third in others, among Division I-AA teams. They lead the nation in offense with 556…

  • Home & Garden Magazine: Fall 2002

    Room-by-RoomA young family finds home in a cheerful VictorianGardening as ArtGadgets offer myriad choicesBeyond Be-Leaf!Your guide to the great annual fall foliage show Click Here to read the "FALL 2002 HOME & GARDEN" Magazine View All Our Display Ads

  • Can schools be trusted with $64 million?

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    My children began school today in the East Windsor Regional School District. I have been reading all the information available about their proposed referendum. I was all for it, but I am now afraid to vote "yes."    On the first day of school, my youngest child was greeted…

  • Offering a slice of safety

    HeadSmart gives pizza for helmets By: Casha Caponegro    The HeadSmart helmet safety program had a successful summer with police officers rewarding more than 250 young bicycle riders, skateboarders and rollerbladers with free pizza coupons because they remembered to wear helmets.    The program is sponsored by the Cranbury Fraternal Order of Police in conjunction with the…

  • Panel OKs Princeton House wing

    Plan is to build a two-story, 26,275-square-foot addition and renovate the existing building. By: David Campbell    A Princeton planning advisory board Tuesday night unanimously recommended approval of a new, two-story wing of the Princeton House mental-health and addiction-recovery facility at the intersection of Herrontown and Mount Lucas roads.    The Site Plan Review Advisory Board of…

  • Corner Café

    Most towns in central New Jersey would welcome a place like this Manville eatery, with its eclectic and hearty fare-with-a-flair, prices under $20 and real-world warmth. By: Pat Tanner Corner Café 16 S. Main St. Manville (908) 685-7125 Food: Very good Service: Friendly Cuisine: Eclectic Ambiance: Cheerful neighborhood bar Prices: Moderate Hours: Lunch: Tues.-Fri. 11:30…