Category: archives
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Maguire wins bronze at Eastern States track championships
By: Carolyn M. Hartko If Monroe High School junior Ashley Maguire seemed a little sleepy in class on Wednesday, her teachers should know that she had a good reason. Maguire got home very late on Tuesday night after competing in the Eastern States Track and Field Championships held at the 168th Street Armory. But she…
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This Ancient House
An exhibit at The College of New Jersey Art Gallery recreates the typical home found in ancient Rome and Greece. By: Matt Smith Last spring, Dr. Lee Ann Riccardi gathered five of her brightest art history students at The College of New Jersey for a research seminar on women in ancient art. The students …
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Triangel Schools Painter Rangers’project to represent state
Art teachers’ convention will feature students’ work By:Krzysztof Scibiorski The Painter Rangers, a group of Triangle School student artists, will represent New Jersey at an art teacher’s convention to be held in Miami. The Painter Rangers fifth-graders Megan Westgate, Steven Yarmoska, Megan Griffo, Francesca Cintorrino and Kristin Whitmore have been staying after school…
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Four area wrestlers continue in Region 5
Wrestling continues today, Saturday at Hunterdon Central By: Bob Nuse West Windsor-Plainsboro High South senior Brendon Morfe, who won the District 20 heavyweight championship last weekend, is the top seed in the Region 5 wrestling tournament, which continues tonight at Hunterdon Central. The Region 5 event began Tuesday when the second- and third-place finishers from…
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HHS to reprise Cole Porter’s musical ‘Anything Goes’
Shows open this weekend Hillsborough High School presents the Cole Porter musical "Anything Goes" at the high school auditorium on March 1, 2, 8 and 9. Curtain for all performances is 8 p.m. "Anything Goes" originally opened on Broadway in 1934 at the Alvin Theatre. Since that time, it has been recreated on screen in…
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Welcoming a harbinger of spring
PACKET EDITORIAL, March 1 By: Packet Editorial It’s nice to see that things are finally getting back to normal in Princeton. After an autumn filled with images of terrorist attacks, war in Afghanistan and anthrax at the post office, and a winter of histrionics over senior housing on the Princeton Ridge and the netting and…
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No consensus on Alexander Road bridge
West Windsor’s Planning Board is no closer to solving the problem of where to put the bridge than it was 10 months ago. By: Gwen Runkle WEST WINDSOR Following nearly four hours of emotional public testimony Wednesday night and the careful review of a report from the Princeton Junction Study Group, the township Planning…
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Four for four
Board incumbents to run uncontested By: Casha Caponegro Four incumbents will vie for four school board positions in this year’s election, tentatively set for April 16. There are three, three-year seats and a one-year unexpired term up for grabs this year. Incumbent school board members Frank Ransegnola, Elizabeth Silverman and Ken Griffin are all running…
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Bristol-Myers grant boosts Montgomery science program
By: Steve Rauscher MONTGOMERY Bristol-Myers Squibb doubled its stake in the district’s science program this week, committing to a five-year, $150,000 grant agreement aimed at extending the district’s record of leadership and innovation in science instruction. "This is a logical second stage in the building of a partnership," Dr. Anders Hedberg, director of Squibb’s…
