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  • Letters to the Editor, June 18

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, June 18 By: Personal attacks are in eye of beholder To the editor:    An open letter to Carl Mayer:    In your recent letter to The Packet (June 11), you recommend the avoidance of "unpleasant, personal attacks," which can "poison the well," and of statements that are "libelous." You advocate a concentration…

  • June 18, 2002

    By: infoUSA/Donnelley Marketing of Ames, Iowa In some cases the listing represents the property’s mailing address rather than the municipal location. While the intention is to include all reported transactions, Packet Online does not guarantee its completeness or independently verify its contents. Basking Ridge, Shin Bang, 212 English Pl, $152,500, 1/11/02 Basking Ridge, Noyoze Eweka,…

  • Princeton Packet Boys’ Lacrosse Player of the Year

    PHS’ Hayes proved to be a tough assignment By: Justin Feil    Alex Hobson is looking forward to having some fun in the Princeton High boys’ lacrosse practices next year. Not that he didn’t have fun this season, but every day the junior defender drew the most difficult task on the team — guarding Whitney Hayes.…

  • Class of 2002 gets its turn to make history

    PACKET EDITORIAL, June 18 By: Packet Editorial    In Princeton, Montgomery, West Windsor and Plainsboro, this is the week that hundreds of hard-working students — and thousands of proud parents, grandparents and siblings — have been waiting for. After four long years (or 12, if you start counting all the way from first grade), high school…

  • PharmaSeq moves closer to market

    The Monmouth Junction company plans to greatly reduce the cost of medical testing. By: George Frey    PharmaSeq, a multiplex bioassay technology company in Monmouth Junction, says it will greatly reduce the cost of medical testing with the world’s smallest microtransponder the company developed. It will also be able to use the technology for security purposes…

  • At WW-P High School North, the last of many firsts

    First graduating class had to set its own precedents. By: Gwen Runkle    PLAINSBORO — As the West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North graduating class of 2002 stepped under an archway of blue and white balloons and onto the school’s football field Monday evening, they embarked on the last of many firsts.    In 1998, a year after…

  • Down Home Country

    Whether kitsch or rustic, it’s just plain charming By: CHRISTIAN KIRKPATRICK Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski Antique lighting, a hand-sewn quilt and crocheted doily, and bits and pieces of Americana adorn the living room of the Tuliszewski home. Your New Home VIEW THE PRINT ADS Aqua-Soft, Inc. California Closets Chamberlin & Barclay – Pet/Garden Cranbury…

  • Calling All O’Briens

    The world’s largest family reunion is gearing up in the historical heart of Ireland. By: Bruce Conord Photos by Bruce Conord At left, a sign proclaims that the Irish Times can be found here. Below, a big part of any Irish community is the local pub, where telling stories and Guinness on tap find mutual…

  • Preserving 18th century style

    Old World charm inspires new form and function in kitchen restoration By: DEVON CADWELL BAZATA Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski In Ms. Staats’ Princeton home, remodeling included adding a White House Farmhouse sink that sits atop a pair of hand-carved columns on the maple cabinets.    "I love options," says Ms. Staats, and that is just…