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  • Devil of a deal, or is it a deal with the devil?

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Oct. 12 By: Packet Editorial    Depending upon one’s point of view, the deal announced this week between Sarnoff Corp. and Princeton University either spares the Route 1 corridor another unwelcome, unsightly, sprawling, traffic-generating development or merely puts it off until some unspecified date in the future.    The optimists among us will hail the…

  • Morality and Carpooling

    Author and playwright Susan Dworkin opens Passage Theatre’s 2001 season with her new musical, The Book of Candy, a modern morality play. By: Susan Van Dongen Author and playwright Susan Dworkin opens Passage Theatre’s 2001 season with her new musical, The Book of Candy, a modern morality play.    Perhaps pop culture has overdosed on celebrities,…

  • BREAKING NEWS: Man who wounds two shot dead by officer

    Soldier from Fort Dix killed by Mansfield police officer By:David Koch    — Local police shot and killed a soldier from Fort Dix after he wounded two other soldiers and two police officers Friday, military officials said.    The suspect was fatally wounded in the late afternoon by a Mansfield police officer near the Columbus Farmer’s Market…

  • Borough ready for road fixes

    By: Al Wicklund    JAMESBURG — A block-long segment of Half Acre Road will get curbs and sidewalks this fall and the borough is considering making the intersection of Gatzmer Avenue and Front Street a four-way stop, according to borough Engineer Alan Dittenhofer.    The Borough Council introduced an ordinance authorizing the work on Half Acre Road…

  • The Brothers Moon

    This Hopewell establishment offers a celestial ambiance and thought-provoking, eclectic food. By day a classic lunch spot, by night it undergoes a fine dining transformation. By: Antoinette Buckley The Brothers Moon 7 West Broad St., Hopewell (609) 333-1330 Fax (609) 333-1410 Food: Very Good Service: Very Good Cuisine: Eclectic Ambiance: Casual with a celestial theme…

  • The girls are back in town

    Monroe’s first female cross country team since 1999 defeats Carteret for a successful return By: Redd E. Patrick    The Monroe High School girls cross country team defeated Carteret on Tuesday in a dual meet at Thompson Park. That may not exactly be earth-shattering news, but for Kristi Motyka and the rest of the Falcons, it…

  • Guidance office evacuated

    Sick staff members signal school safety problems. By: Nick D’Amore    MONROE — The Monroe Township High School guidance office was evacuated and relocated Tuesday after three employees complained that they felt sick.    Superintendent Ralph Ferrie said the three staff members complained of feeling ill and were taken to the school nurse, who determined they all…

  • Cross-country salute aided by local pilot

    Paul Evanovich of Princeton is coordinating the New Jersey segment of a 33-day, 3,800-mile run with Old Glory. The relay is expected to pass through the Princeton area on Route 1 around 6 p.m. Saturday. By: Jeff Milgram    Paul Evanovich of Princeton flies American Airlines jets from New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco,…

  • Schluter slams the two-party system

    Veteran legislator wages an independent bid for governor. By: Jennifer Potash    Following the words of President Andrew Jackson, that a man with courage is a majority, state Sen. Bill Schluter has waged an independent bid for governor.    Sen. Schluter, of Pennington, met with The Packet on Tuesday to discuss his campaign.    His signature issues —…