Category: archives
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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?
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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…
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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…
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Recalling pain of terror attacks imparts lesson
EDITORIAL: The feelings we all felt this week recalling the Sept. 11 attacks can be good, to a degree. For some of us, it will be a little easier to breathe now that the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks have passed. The tension, apprehension and grief that came with having to remember…
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A celebration of Cranbury on Main Street
The highly anticipated day finally arrives By: Nick D’Amore It’s as much a part of Cranbury as Main Street, Brainerd Lake or the Old School. Cranbury Day, the popular and much-anticipated celebration of the township, was held Saturday with residents and visitors crowding Main Street, enjoying the hot summer day, listening to live music and…
