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  • Bea Buxton

       Bea Coleman Buxton, 71, died Sunday, Feb. 17, at home.    Born in Clarksville, she lived in Lawrence 51 years.    She was a former executive secretary with Opinion Research in Princeton.    She was a member of Lawrenceville Presbyterian Church, past president of Lawrenceville Women’s Club and secretary for Sandpiper Bay Golf Club in Port St. Lucie,…

  • 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…

  • Hun girls’ hoops runs past PDS

    Raiders’ D’Agostino comes up big against undermanned Panthers By: Justin Feil    The worst thing that happened to the Hun girls’ basketball team in its Prep A quarterfinal matchup with Princeton Day School on Saturday was a spilled water jug with 3:31 left in the second quarter that took four minutes to mop up. That spill…