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  • Princeton Township OKs deer sharpshoot for 2nd year

    Tempers flare following Monday night vote. By: David Campbell    Professional deer-hunting sharpshooters will return to Princeton Township following unanimous approval of two resolutions Monday night by the Township Committee.    The committee voted to approve the township’s deer-management plan for the winter, and a new contract agreement with the Hamden, Conn. wildlife management firm White Buffalo.…

  • John Bunda

       MORRISVILLE, Pa. — John A. Bunda, 86, died Monday at home. Born in Duquesne, he lived in Morrisville for more than 47 years.    He retired in 1980 as a firebrick layer with USX Fairless Works after 30 years.    Son of the late John and Mary Bunda, he is survived by his wife, Dorothy A. Lichman…

  • Our elections still bedeviled by the details

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Nov. 13 By: Packet Editorial    Think back to a year ago at this time. The polls had been closed for nearly a week and we still didn’t know who our next president would be. Voting irregularities we could never have imagined — dangling chads and butterfly ballots — became part of our everyday…

  • Options abound for building borough garage

    Council gets advice on setting up public-private partnerships. By: Jennifer Potash    The Princeton Borough Council heard a plethora of options Saturday about using public-private partnerships to finance and construct a downtown parking garage.    The special session, sought by Councilman Joseph O’Neill, was intended to provide the council with different options for financing and building the…

  • Borough panel to review notification capability

    By: Jennifer Potash    The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, followed by the anthrax findings in area post offices, have prompted another look at Princeton Borough’s emergency notification capability.    Some of the borough’s public safety and health officials advocate the purchase of an automatic telephone service to notify the community of what to do during an emergency,…

  • Couple’s labor creates vision of bygone days

    The Smiths will receive Montgomery’s Historical Preservation Award for the years of work they put into preserving their home on Route 518. By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — From the back yard of Stephen and Rebecca Smith’s home, you can get a good idea of what Montgomery must have looked like 200 years ago.    Acres of…

  • Letters to the Editor, Nov. 13

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Nov. 13 By: Inaction on project has financial cost To the editor:    The Packet’s special report (Nov. 9) on the Hulfish North project is the kind of reporting the community needs in order to hold our local elected officials accountable for the financial decisions driving our property taxes.    This report brings…

  • Bioterrorism poisons economy, says Frist

    Despite economic instability and the threat of further bioterrorist attacks, Sen. Frist is confident the economy will recover. By: Andrew M. Romano    Sen. William Frist (R-Tenn.) predicted Friday evening that the threat of further bioterrorist attacks on the United States will slow the nation’s economic recovery in the wake of the Sept. 11 tragedy.    "All…

  • Women Exposed

    Camera Women, on view at the Princeton University Art Museum, looks at the history of the medium through a ‘feminine gaze.’ By: Ilene Dube Lisette Model’s "Coney Island, Standing."    The exhibit is intended to ask how a history of women photographers might differ from the history of photography as it is usually told. "There are…