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  • Tickets still available for LHS-SHR reunion

    Alumni Association sponsors the dinner-dance every year. This year, it will be held Nov. 24. By: Sue Kramer    LAMBERTVILLE — There’s only a few days left to reserve tickets for the annual Lambertville High School-South Hunterdon Regional alumni dinner dance.    The $30-per-person event, which reunites former classmates and honors those who have made outstanding contributions…

  • Meteors star in Sunday’s predawn show

    The light show was expected to be the most dramatic meteor display in North America in 35 years, and it did not disappoint. By: David Campbell    This year’s much-anticipated Leonids meteor shower lit up the sky over Princeton early Sunday, and more than a dozen committed sky-watchers gathered at Princeton Battlefield State Park, among other…

  • Education Foundation awards grants to Princeton teachers

       The Princeton Education Foundation will give $8,010 in grants for 10 Princeton Regional School District projects.    The foundation awards grants twice a year to teachers demonstrating creative delivery of a topic or experience.    "PEF’s growing support from the community enables our teachers to turn their innovative ideas into greater academic achievement and social maturity for…

  • cool stuff for cool teens

    Treat the teens on your list to the hottest items By: PAT TANNER Illustration courtesy of Copley News Service Take a look at Local Merchants and Special in our print ads: "HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE" Advanced Laser Care – Fares Bowhe & Peare Christians Barber Shop Church Directory 2001: SERVICES Columbus Farmers Market ConAir DeVries Christmas…

  • Giving thanks, as we look to brighter days

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Nov. 20 By: Packet Editorial    Thanksgiving may be the most confounding of holidays in this country.    Historians are rewriting the myth of our first Thanksgiving to reflect the realities of the conflicts between the indigenous people and the European settlers left out of children’s school books. While a meal did take place, a…

  • Panel blasts media’s war coverage

    The mainstream American news media is accused of failing to promote infomed debate By: Jeff Milgram    The mainstream American news media have failed to promote an informed debate about the causes of the Sept. 11 terror attacks and the war in Afghanistan, a panel of outside experts said Monday at a Princeton University discussion.    And…

  • Arts Council to take plans to residents

    A brand new expansion plan will further delay the project. By: Jennifer Potash    The Arts Council of Princeton plans to forge ahead with expansion of its Witherspoon Street site, but wants to take a different — and longer — route.    On Friday, the organization withdrew a request for review of a revised expansion plan by…

  • What Santa’s Elves Know

    Toy testers’ picks for gift giving By: RUTH B. ROUFBERG Since last February, when the year’s new toys were introduced at the annual American International Toy Fair, toy-testing organizations across the country have been scrutinizing these toys, usually with additional input from child play-testers, in order to identify the best playthings. Take a look at…

  • Dinner may draw more than 150

    St. John’s Hall is the site of the annual Thanksgiving dinner, sponsored by the Delaware Valley Council of Churches. By: Sue Kramer    LAMBERTVILLE — Allonia K. Thompson is expecting more than 150 guests at her Thanksgiving Day table this year.    But the veteran hostess isn’t going to squeeze people into her home. Instead, she, along…