Category: archives

  • Many help seniors during holidays

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    Since Sept. 11, 2001, most people have given of themselves in money or body. During this holiday season people have said they are not really into the holiday spirit. At the East Windsor Rescue Squad District No. 2 we, too, felt all of this, but we wanted to…

  • Borough groups eye busy 2002

    Setting the agenda in Jamesburg.    The turning of the calendar to the new year traditionally is a time when people set goals and look ahead.    The Cranbury Press asked organizations in Jamesburg to offer their goals for the new year.    The goals range from fixing streets and other infrastructure, to boosting reading scores in the…

  • Special trip

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    Every year for the past 23 years I have made a Christmas trip to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. This year’s trip will be especially rewarding and emotional. It will be my last trip. I have been bringing toys and smiles to the children of CHOP, but I could…

  • Letters to the Editor, Dec. 28

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Dec. 28 Create an environment for active dialogue To the editor:    The article in the Dec. 21 issue of The Packet by David Campbell about the "two overlay ordinances that encourage high-density senior housing" misconstrued some very important realities and left out some very important facts.    First, an incorrect reality. There…

  • Lynn Weiss

       Lynn Weiss, 69, of Monroe Township, died Monday, Dec. 24, at CentraState Medical Center in Freehold.    She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and lived in Freehold for 18 years before moving to Monroe in 1987.    Mrs. Weiss was a real estate agent for 12 years with ERA Resale Professionals/Allen & Stultz in Monroe Township.    She…

  • Lawsuit claims deer-management plan, permit invalid

    The suit was filed jointly by New Jersey Animal Rights Alliance, Mercer County Deer Alliance and the national Animal Protection Institute. By: David Campbell    A coalition of state and national animal-rights advocates filed a lawsuit Wednesday with the Appellate Division of state Superior Court seeking to overturn recent state approvals of Princeton Township’s deer-management program.…

  • Board’s path disconcerting

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    I am deeply concerned about the path the East Windsor school board is heading, which every year gets us one step closer to bankruptcy. The decision to pursue school expansion is ill-timed and has not been properly analyzed. The board failed to assess the impact of housing expansion…

  • Tousant lifts HHS to tourney win

    ICE HOCKEY: The Rams improved to 6-2 on the season with a 5-4 win in the Lawrence Holiday Tournament over Brick Memorial. By: Neil Hay    Adam Tousant’s fourth goal of the game, with about two minutes left, provided the Hightstown hockey team with a 5-4 win Wednesday over Brick Memorial in the opener of the…

  • Take lessons of past months into new year

    EDITORIAL: The feelings of community spirit, togetherness and resolve that have arisen from Sept. 11 must continue into 2002.    The events of Sept. 11 clearly defined our year, making January to August of 2001 seem almost like some vague, dreamlike vision of the lives we used to lead.    But what also defined 2001 was a…