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  • Chemical spill restricts Medical Center access

    By: David Campbell    The Medical Center at Princeton closed its doors temporarily Wednesday after an unknown substance was observed leaking from a medical waste disposal truck there.    Medical Center spokeswoman Carol Norris said that except for the main entrance, all access to the hospital was closed for about two hours beginning shortly before 6 p.m.…

  • Police arrest tax collector for alleged job offenses

    East Windsor tax collector Mindi Gyimesi was arraigned Tuesday on charges she covered up a shortfall of $100 in a township account. By: T.J. Furman and Chris Karmiol    EAST WINDSOR — The township’s tax collector has been arrested and charged with a series of crimes relating to the loss of $100 in the township’s accounts,…

  • Peddie champs ‘fall’ into new season

    VOLLEYBALL: The Falcons, the defending prep state champs, will play its season in the fall this year instead of the winter. By: Neil Hay    The last time coach Jan Webb left a volleyball court, it was February and her Peddie School spikers had just completed a stunning 18-3 season and won the state prep championship.…

  • MONROE: Ball gets rolling on new press box

    High School field get a new addition By: Nick D’Amore    MONROE — A new press box is coming soon to the Hugh P. Walsh stadium at Monroe Township High School.    On Monday, the Board of Education hired the Landsite Construction Co. to build the box for $93,2000.    Jerry Tague, facilities director, said the old press…

  • Poetry Heaven

    At Wordstock, as the Dodge Poetry Festival has come to be called, the nation’s greatest poets will read from their work. By: Jillian Kalonick    Former United States Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky will read at this year’s Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, but he seems more excited about showing his "Favorite Poem Project" videos.    "They’re quite…

  • Township hall finally ready to defeat its jinx?

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Sept. 13 By: Packet Editorial    It seems altogether fitting, when you stop to think about it, that Princeton Township employees evidently will complete the move to their new digs across Witherspoon Street on Friday the 13th.    The township’s sparkling new municipal building will be a sight for sore eyes for the 100 or…

  • PRESS FORUM

    What type of memorial should be built on the site of the former Twin Towers? What type of memorial should be built on the site of the former Twin Towers?

  • Good schools make Monroe attractive

    To the editor:     Monroe Township voters will soon have an opportunity to approve a referendum that will construct and renovate four school facilities. This referendum will deal with the skyrocketing student enrollment resulting from the never seen numbers of housing developments, presently being and soon to be constructed in Monroe Township. After a careful…

  • CRANBURY: Committee views plans for station

    Police Department may get a new home By: Casha Caponegro    The Cranbury Police Department is on the verge of getting a new home.    Plans for a new police station were revealed to members of the department and the township at Monday’s Township Committee meeting.    Kurt Schmitt of Mylan Architecture, the Verona-based firm that designed the…