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  • Opera Festival struggles to get finances back in harmony

    High ambitions led to a financial tailspin. By: David Campbell    The Opera Festival of New Jersey debuted at The Lawrenceville School in 1984 with its production of "Marriage of Figaro" on a modest annual budget of $200,000.    When the company reprised Mozart’s opera in 1998 at its new permanent venue at McCarter Theatre, where it…

  • Questions raised over mural’s ethnic inclusiveness

    A recently-completed mural at Hightstown High School has drawn the attention of resident David Abalos, an advocate for the school district’s English as a second language program. By: Chris Karmiol    The halls of Hightstown High School are more colorful thanks to a new mural completed this week by art teacher Bill Plank. But not colorful…

  • Montgomery saves 50 more acres

    For $717,000, the township acquired 18 acres of land outright and easements prohibiting development on another 32 acres. By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — The township closed a deal last week that adds another 50 acres to its open-space inventory with the acquisition of a densely wooded tract in the township’s southwestern section.    At a cost…

  • Warning from the ER: Ecstasy use is ‘exploding’

    The "feel-good" drug is spreading from urban centers to small communities, parents are told. By: Jeff Milgram    Parents should be wary, not relieved, when their teen-agers go to alcohol-free dances called raves, an emergency room doctor said Tuesday night during a program on the spreading use of the drug ecstasy.    "Red lights should go off,"…

  • Vanderbeck’s words prove point

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    In his comments to the press regarding East Windsor Mayor Janice Mironov’s order to remove Hightstown Borough’s DOT-approved signs as "much ado about nothing," ("Officials exchange words over detour signs," April 26, 2002, Page 1A) borough mayor candidate Mike Vanderbeck has proven the point I made in my…

  • New governor must learn to watch his step

    PACKET EDITORIAL, May 3 By: Packet Editorial    It would be fair to say that Gov. James E. McGreevey has made a misstep or two, both literally and figuratively, since taking office a little more than 100 days ago.    His first and most celebrated stumble came a little more than two weeks into his term on…

  • PHASE THREE

    It’s a space odyssey where we live By: Arnold Bornstein    If somebody asks where you live, and it’s in the Monroe Township-Jamesburg-Cranbury area, and you’re asked where it’s near, there’s some pride in saying it’s near Princeton and Princeton University. I note that because Dr. Brad Hansen, an astronomer at Princeton, is the team theorist…

  • Tigers baseball team coming together

    By: Bob Nuse    Close games are becoming habit forming for the baseball teams from Princeton and Montgomery Highs.    In the case of Princeton, that has meant three straight narrow wins. For Montgomery, it’s meant a couple of tough-luck losses.    Princeton won its third straight close game Saturday afternoon, topping McCorristin, 6-4, in an opening round…

  • Recent rain should help farmers

    By: Brian Shappell    Though weather conditions could turn on local farmers this summer, farmers believe the rain of recent weeks could be a positive sign for the season to come.    However, if the rain were to continue daily, it could be too much of a good thing.    Local farmers, especially ones dealing in corn and…