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  • No hurry for speed humps on Hamilton

    Princeton Borough Council takes humps out of repaving project after hearing strong objections to them from emergency response personnel. By: Jennifer Potash    The Princeton Borough Council, after hearing strong objections Tuesday from emergency response personnel, took speed humps out of a repaving project on Hamilton Avenue.    But the council referred the issue to two subcommittees…

  • ‘Future’ calls on the past

    Planning group wants a Jackson Street renaissance. By: Jennifer Potash    Princeton Future unveiled a plan to make Paul Robeson Place less a speedway and more residential Wednesday by restoring the street so that it would more closely resemble its predecessor, Jackson Street.    The plan offers a proposal for the Palmer Square-owned Hulfish North parcel that…

  • Falcon softball team falls to Edison in GMCT but advances in CJ II tournament

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    The Monroe Township High School girls’ softball team took it on the chin when they got bounced from the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament by an 11-3 loss to Edison last Sunday.    But the mojo was back on Tuesday when the Lady Falcons put together a solid game against a visiting Ridge…

  • Accident closes roadway

    By: Casha Caponegro    Half Acre Road was temporarily closed Saturday morning following an automobile accident that left four people injured.    Police said Skillman resident David Rosenfeld, 60, was driving a 2002 Audi east on Half Acre Road across Route 130 at 9:55 a.m. when he was hit by a 2000 Toyota, driven by Peresh Ray,…

  • Reminder of facts about Israel

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    Much of the world has apparently forgotten why the state of Israel was created and what it represented to decent world opinion. Despite all the efforts of the Zionist movement to settle people in the ancestral homeland, no Jewish state would have been possible if the European Jews…

  • Jeffers lauded for volunteer work

    Ondina Jeffers was named the township’s recipient of the 2002 Sylvia Weiss Senior Citizen Award Tuesday. By: Chris Karmiol    EAST WINDSOR — Speaking to a standing-room-only crowd at the township Senior Center Tuesday afternoon, Mayor Janice Mironov proclaimed it "Older Americans Day" and named this year’s winner of the Sylvia Weiss Senior Citizen Award for…

  • Yankee Doodle Tap Room

    An enthusiastic new chef adds verve to the moderately priced American pub food at this historic Princeton landmark. By: Faith Bahadurian Yankee Doodle Tap Room Nassau Inn 10 Palmer Square Princeton (609) 921-7500 www.nassauinn.com Food: Good Service: Hesitant but well-meaning Prices: Inexpensive pub menu (lunch and dinner); moderate dinner menu Cuisine: American and pub food…

  • Creature comforts

    County wildlife center serves Mercer’s other residents. By: Terri Bookman    Earlier this spring, a lawn-mowing crew uncovered a rabbits’ nest in our backyard. Out the window, I saw a bunny a few feet from the house, eyes open, hopping around the perimeter of an indentation in the ground, lined with fuzz. Several other baby rabbits…

  • Letters to the Editor, May 24

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, May 24 By: What does Packet know of courage? To the editor:    When the newspapers (The Packet, May 21) and the courts consider truthful testimony "a tactic," then those charged with crimes will always be declared guilty, regardless of the facts.    Carol Knott and myself were subjected to a five-hour trial…