Category: archives

  • Rams on right track for winning year

    GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD: Coach Don Hess is pleased with his team’s performance to this point. By: Neil Hay    With a winning record at this point in the season, coach Don Hess is pleased with the way the spring has gone for his Hightstown High School girls’ track team.    "I am really pleased with the…

  • Writer: U.S. complacent before attack

    Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post correspondent gives an inside look at how the war on terror was waged — and not waged. By: Jeff Milgram    In 1996, the Clinton administration spurned an offer by the Sudanese government to turn over Osama bin Laden because it believed there was not enough evidence to indict the terrorist mastermind,…

  • ‘Careless smoking’ claims Pretty Brook Road home

    No criminal charges will be filed, and there were no injuries. By: Lea Kahn    LAWRENCE — "Careless smoking" has been blamed for the fire that destroyed a house on the corner of Pretty Brook Road and Province Line Road Tuesday afternoon, according to Casey DiBlasio, spokeswoman for the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office.    No criminal charges…

  • Association, CBTR begin mediation over lawsuit

    Mediation sessions in the ACLU-sponsored lawsuit against Twin Rivers were scheduled to get under way Thursday in Trenton. By: T.J. Furman    EAST WINDSOR — The two sides in the dispute between the grass-roots Committee for a Better Twin Rivers and the Twin Rivers Homeowners Association will be talking matters over outside of the courtroom.    A…

  • Hospital’s offices won’t get reprieve

    Zoning board wants to review use of Harris Road residences. By: David Campbell    The Princeton Township Zoning Board of Adjustment on Wednesday night said The Medical Center at Princeton must comply with an Appellate Court ruling remanding the hospital’s petition to maintain professional offices on residential Harris Road back to the zoning board.    "We really…

  • Treffinger’s fall puts Forrester in the spotlight

    PACKET EDITORIAL, April 26 By: Packet Editorial    A year ago at this time, New Jersey Republicans were getting ready to anoint acting Gov. Donald DiFrancesco as their candidate for a full four-year term as governor. Then, suddenly, a series of revelations about his private law practice raised questions about his fitness to remain on the…

  • A taste of Princeton

    Central Jersey chefs serve up fine fare for hunger relief. By: Jillian Kalonick    While Taste of the Nation participants were busy deciding between Mexican, Indian, Ethiopian and Italian dishes, more than 30 of New Jersey’s top chefs got a chance to sample one another’s gourmet fare.    "For the chefs, it’s kind of like a wedding…

  • Letters to the Editor, April 26

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, April 26 By: Different township, same mentality To the editor:    The Packet is surprisingly out of touch with what is happening with deer management in New Jersey. I am a longtime resident of Bernards Township and a spokesperson for citizens opposing the deer kill in our town. Loss of democracy is…

  • The Alchemist & Barrister

    Creativity and talent is alive in the kitchen of this Princeton restaurant-row fixture. With an eclectic pub menu (available throughout the restaurant), attractive casual garden patio and upscale fine-dining rooms, many options are offered. By: Faith Bahadurian The Alchemist & Barrister 28 Witherspoon St. Princeton (609) 924-5555 www.alchemistandbarrister.com Food: Good Service: Professional and well-informed Cuisine:…