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  • Clark’s public service will continue after council

    Barry Clark’s time as a member of the Township Council will come to an end Sunday. He says it’s important to pass the job of governing to the next generation. By: Chris Karmiol    EAST WINDSOR — Township Councilman Barry Clark’s four-year term will come to an end Sunday during the council’s reorganization meeting.    Democrat Al…

  • Princeton High School tuition may increase 17.7% for Cranbury students

    The reason for the proposed hike is an $81 million expansion and renovation project by the Princeton district. By: Casha Caponegro    Princeton High School’s tuition rate for Cranbury students may increase by about $2,000 a student for the 2002-2003 school year, thereby raising the cost of tuition to more than $13,000 per student.    The Cranbury…

  • EDITORIAL: Resolutions for a better year in 2002

    Some goals for Cranbury, Jamesburg and Monroe that should make life better for local residents in 2002.    Setting new goals for the year is a therapeutic process for many.    It’s a good time to take stock, to gauge where we are and determine where we would like to be in the future.    For many, the…

  • Freeman claims 171-pound championship

    WRESTLING: The Rams placed third overall in the Truman Holiday Tournament at Truman High School in Pennsylvania last week. By: Neil Hay    Rich Freeman took home a first place at 171 pounds as the Hightstown wrestling team placed third Saturday in the eight-team Truman Holiday Tournament.    Truman High School, the host school from Lower Bucks…

  • Domestic violence program seeks help

    By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — Township police are seeking volunteers for a new program aimed at curbing domestic violence.    The Police Department recently received a $5,000 grant from the state Department of Law and Public Safety’s Criminal Justice Division to recruit local volunteers for a domestic-violence response team.    There were 70 incidents of domestic violence…

  • Heart Attacks, Part 1: Both genders should know their risk factors

      By: Dr. John Passalaris    This column is Part 1 of two parts. Part 2 will appear Friday, Jan. 11.    When part of the heart muscle dies due to a sudden loss of blood supply, this is known as a heart attack or myocardial infarction. Approximately 1.5 million people in the United States suffer a…

  • NJ Transit knows it can’t, knows it can’t

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Jan. 4 By: Packet Editorial    Every schoolchild knows the story of the little engine that could, the motivational saga of drive and determination that turned a poor, undersized locomotive into an overachieving dynamo.    Maybe it’s this piece of inspirational fiction that motivates adults to think of railroads as the sort of I-think-I-can-I-think-I-can enterprises…

  • Viewing a painter’s vivid legacy

    The work of the late David Raymond is on exhibit at the 1860 House in Montgomery. By: Michael Redmond    According to people who knew him, the late David Raymond was a quiet, kind and gentle man and an outstanding art teacher who kept a low profile. It was through his brilliant abstract paintings and his…

  • Stewart L. Mitchell Sr.

       TAMARAC, Fla. — Stewart L. Mitchell Sr., 76, died Dec. 25 at Holy Cross Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.    Born in Trenton, he lived in Hamilton Square before moving to Fort Lauderdale 22 years ago.    Mr. Mitchell was an Army veteran.    He retired from the New Jersey Hospital Association of Princeton.    He was a member of…