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  • Solebury tax could affect New Hope residents

    If the New Hope-Solebury School board takes the half a percentage it’s entitled to from Solebury’s 1 percent earned income tax, New Hope residents, who live within the school district, must pay 1 percent as well. By: Carl Reader    NEW HOPE — The borough is hoping the New Hope-Solebury School Board of Directors won’t take…

  • Buda to Pest: Goulash Empire

    IN THE KITCHEN by Ann Harwood: A not-too-difficult menu for a relaxed winter weekend supper, complete with a dessert that children should like. Illustration by Judy Martin    My daughter and granddaughter are living with us for a few months. My daughter commutes to her designer job in New York. My granddaughter is in day care…

  • Plasma Physics Laboratory win awards

    Edmund Synakowski of West Windsor and Randy Wilson of Princeton Township were honored by the American Physical Society.    PLAINSBORO — Edmund Synakowski of West Windsor and Randy Wilson of Princeton Township, both physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, recently received honors from the American Physical Society.    The APS gave Mr.…

  • 55 and out?

    School bus driver says it’s time to slow down. By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — After 55 years as a township school bus driver, Walter Raymond says what he will miss the most is the phone call at 5:30 a.m.    "I’m awake by a quarter after five now, anyway," said the 76-year-old, reclining on the beige…

  • MCT upset wakes up North hockey squad

    Knights shut out Pennington, advance to semifinal rematch with Hopewell By: Bob Nuse    If the West Windsor-Plainsboro High North ice hockey team needed a wake-up call prior to its opening round game of the Mercer County Tournament, they got one a day prior to their game.    The Knights, who are the No. 2 seed in…

  • Letters to the Editor, Feb. 19

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Feb. 19 By: Township obviously has something to hide To the editor:    It is interesting that Princeton Township Mayor Phyllis Marchand never mentions in her letter to the editor (The Packet, Feb. 8) that this year’s deer-management plan was passed in secret, and continues to operate in secret, despite the fact…

  • Blacks, Jews targeted by bias-crime graffiti

    Message discovered in university-owned office building. By: Jeff Milgram    Princeton Township police and Princeton University Public Safety officials are investigating a graffiti message directed at blacks and Jews.    The message was discovered Wednesday afternoon in a seldom-used basement storeroom in a university-owned office building at 120 Alexander St. The building houses the university’s general counsel…

  • Exhibit pays tribute to those lost in WW II

    A memorial book containing the names of Princeton graduates who gave their lives in World War II goes on display.    As people in the United States read about the fighting in Afghanistan, an exhibit at Princeton University is remembering those lost in another war.    A memorial book containing the names of Princeton graduates who gave…

  • Hope Springs Eternal

    Jazz pianist Eric Mintel will perform with his quartet and the choir of Trinity Episcopal Church in Solebury, Pa., on Feb. 24. By: Jodi Thompson Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski The Concert for Hope will include choral works by jazz icon Dave Brubeck and "Tranquility," a choral composition by Eric Mintel (above).    The two concepts…