Category: archives

  • Rockingham awaits state funding thaw

    In its current state, it’s unlikely George Washington would sleep there. By: Steve Rauscher    FRANKLIN — It’s unlikely George Washington would sleep there now.    The 300-year-old Rockingham house, famous for having played host to the Father of His Country while he attended the 1783 Continental Congress, has been left in limbo since it was packed…

  • Rules are upheld on housing overcrowding

    Judge dismisses suit filed by Princeton Borough landlord. By: Jennifer Potash    Princeton Borough laws designed to reduce overcrowded housing received a boost from a Mercer County Superior Court judge who dismissed a lawsuit challenging the enforcement of the ordinances.    Superior Court Judge Linda R. Feinberg granted the borough’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed by…

  • Holt seeks health insurance for unemployed

    Lack of debate is ‘unconscionable,’ 12th District congressman declares. By: Jennifer Potash    LAWRENCE — Against the backdrop of the soon-to-be-closed Kmart, U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12) urged his colleagues in Congress to support an initiative to extend health coverage to unemployed workers.    Rep. Holt was joined by two recently unemployed hospitality industry workers and two…

  • Montgomery school board approves $47.8 million budget

    By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — The Board of Education unanimously adopted a budget of $47.8 million for next year at last night’s school board meeting.    Up 14.5 percent from the present year, the new budget reflects a $3.1 million increase in the district’s debt service, incurred mostly to fund the construction of a new high…

  • A chance to mend fences with neighbors

    PACKET EDITORIAL, March 26 By: Packet Editorial    Relations between The Medical Center at Princeton and its immediate neighbors have never been what you would call cordial.    On one side, residents of the John-Witherspoon neighborhood have long looked upon the medical center — even back in the days when it was just plain Princeton Hospital —…

  • Spring Home and Garden

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  • Through the Looking Glass

    Author, mathematician and photographer Lewis Carroll was happiest in the company of children. Princeton University Press has just published a landmark book of his photography. By: Ilene Dube Above, "Alice Liddell, July 1860," photographed by Charles Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll. Above, "Lorina and Alice Liddell in Chinese Dress, Spring 1860."    What is the…

  • Harry’s World of Sporting Goods

    Sporting enthusiasts are just wild about Harry’s, a one-of-a-kind store with 17,000 square feet of space filled with everything from camping supplies to boating gear. By: Jim Boyle    The warm weather is quickly approaching. (Well, OK, it never really left.) The time is just about right to get out the fishing poles and camping gear…