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  • Candidates Forum, March 19

    CANDIDATES FORUM, March 19 By: Frank Strasburger Princeton Borough candidate, Princeton Regional Board of Education    As my first term on the Princeton Regional Board of Education draws to a close, I want to express my thanks to borough voters for letting me represent them these last three years. A lot has happened in that time,…

  • Princeton Packet Girls’ Swimmer of the Year

    WW-PS’ Kraml ends senior season at top By: Justin Feil    By the end of the West Windsor-Plainsboro High girls’ first meet of the year, a 109-61 loss to Bridgewater-Raritan, Stephanie Kraml was in tears.    "To not get any points when your team needs you," said the Pirate senior, who was beaten in the backstroke and…

  • Private Visions, Public Expressions

    Grounds for Sculpture Curator Brooke Barrie makes the case for contemporary outdoor sculpture in our lives. By: Ilene Dube    Guests to Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton often remark how each visit opens their eyes to something new.    During an initial tour through the 22-acre sculpture park and museum, established in 1992 by sculptor and philanthropist…

  • Police send local woman to the litter box

    By:    CHANDLER, Ariz. — Animal rights activists say a local woman is anything but the cat’s meow after she was charged with reckless endangerment for abandoning her feline friend and attempting to relocate to a new residence. "We find this kind of behavior to be deplorable. I think we know who the real diva is."…

  • Dedication scheduled for Sept. 11 memorial

    West Windsor to hold event on April 27. By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — A dedication ceremony for the township’s Sept. 11 Memorial Reflection Pond will be held in the Ron Rogers Arboretum, across from West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, at 10 a.m. on April 27.    The ceremony will include dedication of the memorial by…

  • Watershed group to study Montgomery

    Assessment of township’s environmental goals and current policies planned. By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — The township has accepted a helping hand in its quest to develop an accurate and comprehensive picture of itself and its future plans.    The Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, a nonprofit environmental organization, is set to perform a municipal assessment of the…

  • Michael Muschal

       HAMILTON — Michael D. Muschal, 57, died Saturday, March 16, at home.    Born in Trenton, he lived in Hamilton many years.    He graduated from Notre Dame High School and Villanova University with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. He served in the Army and retired in 2000 as an administrative manager with Exxon Mobil Oil Corp.…

  • Health agencies target ‘pink eye’ on campus

    285 cases recorded as students leave for spring break. By: Jeff Milgram    Physicians at Princeton University Health Services are working with officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state and local health agencies to learn more about the outbreak of conjunctivitis on the Princeton campus and to try to stop its spread.…

  • School budgets face a difficult time at polls

    PACKET EDITORIAL, March 19 By: Packet Editorial, March 19    Four weeks from today, a relative handful of New Jersey voters will show up at the polls and decide not only who will serve on local boards of education for the next year but how much money they’ll be allowed to spend.    We have noted in…