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  • Schools seek space, shift enrollment

    As the district tries to find room for an increased population before it expands, the board decided all new students in the McKnight School will instead attend the Drew School. By: Chris Karmiol    Increased enrollment projections and a lack of space mean the East Windsor Regional Board of Education must act to accommodate a student…

  • One of America’s favorite foods dangerous to some

    HEALTH MATTERS By: Dr. Helen Skolnick    Food allergies, particularly to milk, eggs and peanuts, are common in the first three years of life, with 6 to 8 percent of children being affected. This can prove quite a challenge for parents and children both medically and emotionally.    Fortunately, 85 percent of children with cow’s milk allergy…

  • PU to spend $1 million on New York aid

    The university has set up four programs to help people directly affected by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. By: Jeff Milgram    Starting in early February, more than 10,000 New York-area schoolchildren will go to theaters, concerts, art galleries and museums courtesy of Princeton University.    The visits, which will cost $500,000, are meant not just to…

  • A party to help the needy

    Hightstown High’s Red Cross Club held its annual holiday party Monday, where it distributed gifts to needy children in the community. By: Chris Karmiol    In the cafeteria of Hightstown High School Monday night 130 community children were treated to games, music, presents, magic and entertainment by the cheerleading squad.    They also got their pictures taken…

  • Voters know comment was unacceptable

    EDITORIAL: The people of Twin Rivers made the right choice by not electing Al Wally to the homeowners association board of directors Thursday.    The words of Twin Rivers Homeowners Association board of directors candidate Al Wally in a campaign mailing, as detailed in a Herald story last week, were unacceptable.    Fortunately, the voters in the…

  • Falcons are hoping to reach .500 mark in girls basketball

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    Besides the jolly old elf in the red suit, December brings the beginning of the high school basketball season, and action for teams in the Greater Middlesex Conference starts tonight (Friday). The Monroe Township High School Lady Falcons open with a home game against Cardinal McCarrick, and second year head coach…

  • Concert benefits sick children

    Acoustic Joe will use music for a good cause. By: Stacey Gorski    Six months ago, Joe Fonseca, also known as Acoustic Joe, was admitted to the John F. Kennedy Hospital in Edison. He had been diagnosed with cancer and had to spend three weeks at the hospital.    "One night, I was in a lot of…

  • ‘A Christmas Carol’

    McCarter Theatre stages a stunning version of the Charles Dickens classic. By: Stuart Duncan    It has been two full decades since A Christmas Carol first made its holiday appearance at McCarter Theatre in Princeton, N.J. We have had four separate adaptations of the Charles Dickens novelette, numerous Scrooges, Bob Cratchits and Spirits of Christmas past,…

  • Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week

    Berg’s serious training leads to fun results By: Justin Feil    Chris Berg has a lot of fun with his looks. He’s had nearly every color of the rainbow in his hair at some point or other. The West Windsor-Plainsboro High North junior is sporting white currently, and it’s not from being overexposed to the pool’s…