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  • MHS begins final run for postseason

    Baseball team needs at least a .500 record by May 10 cutoff date. By: Ken Weingartner    The Monroe High baseball team saw its overall record leveled at 7-7 by a 12-3 loss Wednesday to Sayreville in a Greater Middlesex Conference crossover game.    Steve Bordonaro drove in two runs with a double for the Falcons. Sayreville…

  • The wakening earth

    The roots of traditional May Day revels go very deep. By: Dawn Nikithser    It’s May — the lusty month of May. Flowers are springing up, days are heating up and everyone is getting ready to celebrate the return of warm weather and summertime festivities.    The first day of May has been considered a special occasion…

  • PHS gears up for prom — and its aftermath

    A committee of PHS parents is organizing an elaborate, alcohol- and drug-free post-prom party. By: Carly Rothman    The high school prom is a significant event for most American teen-agers — a night for fun, friends and fancy clothes, and for celebrating their high school careers.    But prom night also has its dangers.    "It’s a night…

  • Tree-saving sales pitch

    Students’ effort to market necklaces from Ecuador helps give native artisans an alternative to felling the rain forest. By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — By helping indigenous people find a way to make a living without cutting down trees, Judy Logback, a Kansas native who has lived and worked in Ecuador for the past five…

  • Weinstein is top Eastern National gymnast

    Arena’s special 11-year-old win all-around title By: Bob Nuse    It didn’t take long for Valdi Kolasa to realize that Alina Weinstein was something special as a gymnast.    "She’s been here from the very beginning," recalled Kolasa, one of Weinstein’s coaches at Arena Gymnastics. "I remember when she was 5 years old and her mother brought…

  • Video focuses on plight of homeless

    ‘There just has to be a way in this very wealthy state, in this very wealthy county, for people who work full-time to be able to have a safe place for their children to live.’ By: David Campbell    Princeton resident Seth Mellman’s award-winning video has put a face on Trenton’s homeless.    In its April issue,…

  • Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week

    O’Brien off to good start for PHS baseball By: Justin Feil    Dan O’Brien has always been a big contributor to whatever baseball team he’s been on, but he never expected to play such a major role for the Princeton High baseball team this season. After all, he’s just a freshman.    "Coming into it, I was…

  • Evans Tract a treat for bargain hunters

    CRANBURY- Buyers enjoy a beautiful day and friendly people By: Melissa Morgan    Nan Bass came to Cranbury from Irvington on Saturday afternoon ready to beat her fellow discount hunters at collecting bags filled with bargains.    She left the 14th annual Evans Tract sale the proud owner of a vegetable steamer, some Tupperware and tons of…

  • Softball win over McCarrick leaves lasting memory for Falcons

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    As of Wednesday, the Monroe Township High School varsity softball team had lost two games this week to rain. But they had the memory of a satisfying 3-0 win against Cardinal McCarrick last Friday to console them until Thursday’s home contest against Mother Seton (played weather permitting).    The victory puts the…