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  • 2002 Fall Home and Garden Magazine

    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

  • What’s a life worth? $1.54 million

    At least, that’s the value in the context of setting public policy about highway safety, PU researcher finds. By: Jeff Milgram    What is human life worth?    Each life is worth about $1.54 million, according to economists Orley Ashenfelter of Princeton University and Michael Greenstone of the University of Chicago.    At least, that’s the value in…

  • Seniors should vote for expansion

    To the editor:     The voice and vote of the everyday citizen in a school referendum is a precious right and a significant duty. A single referendum provides entire communities with powerful opportunities to restructure their own neighborhoods in terms of educational excellence, tax rate and property value.     As a resident of Jackson Township,…

  • Grant for Berrien City to renew ‘streetscape’

    Improvements may include decorative pavements, streetlights, benches and new landscaping on Alexander Road. By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — The Princeton Junction community of Berrien City could soon get a new "streetscape," thanks to a $66,000 grant from the Mercer County Neighborhood Revitalization Program.    Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh announced the township’s receipt of the grant Thursday.…

  • Falcon tennis team scraps its way to 3-1 start

    By: T.J. Furman    MONROE — With less than two weeks of the season behind it, the Monroe girls tennis team is just one victory away from matching its win total from a year ago.    A 3-1 start (with matches scheduled for this past Thursday and Friday at Colonia and North Brunswick) has the Falcons three-quarters…

  • Festival vendors needed

    Vendors will work at annual Octoberfest By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — The Monroe Township Department of Parks and Recreation is looking for vendors for its annual Octoberfest, scheduled to be held Oct. 20 from noon to 4 p.m.    The ninth annual event, which will be held rain or shine at the Monroe Community Center on…

  • Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week

    Statter lifts Stuart to perfect start By: Justin Feil    Despite leading the Stuart field hockey team in scoring in each of the past two seasons, Tracy Statter doesn’t feel as though she has to score goals for the Tartans to be successful.    "I don’t think about that," the senior forward said. "I think about playing…

  • Strong start for MHS boys soccer team

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    The Monroe Township High School boys soccer team has jumped out to a 2-0 start on the 2002 season. The Falcons nipped Colonia 1-0 last Friday, before topping Woodbridge 4-0 on Wednesday. Both games were on the road.    Wednesday’s game was a scoreless tie at the half, but Falcon senior Eric…

  • Orleans Homebuilders opens Water’s Edge in Hunterdon

    Clinton community features a convenient but quiet country location.