Category: archives
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Consistent play key for WW-P South, North
Pirates win season’s first meeting between rivals By: Justin Feil Halfway through their seasons, the West Windsor-Plainsboro High North and South girls’ volleyball teams are looking for the same thing consistency. Last Monday, the two met in the Knights’ gym for the first of two meetings this season and it was WW-P South that…
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There’s more to the mission than missiles
PACKET EDITORIAL, Oct. 9 By: Packet Editorial The most unconventional "war" in American history may have started Sunday in a most conventional way with bombs and missiles attacking suspected terrorist camps in Afghanistan. It may be weeks, months or even years before we know whether these weapons are at all effective against an unseen…
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Two ways about it, bridge to reopen
Montgomery Township Committee votes for proposal to reopen one-lane Opossum Road Bridge to two-way traffic. By: Steve Rauscher MONTGOMERY After five years of discussion, the Township Committee voted 3-2 late Thursday night to reopen one-lane Opossum Road Bridge to two-way traffic. Somerset County will now spend about $900,000 to improve the 180-year-old span, along…
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Tao and Tea
Hillsborough’s new Tao Center is a peaceful setting for achieving a Zen-like state of ‘no mind.’ By: Susan Van Dongen Eva Hsu, of the Tao Center for Yoga and Tai Chi in Hillsborough, prepares oolong tea. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski If you listen carefully, you can hear the waterfall. Even though it’s in a…
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Allentown Crop Walk
25th annual event slated for Sunday, Oct. 28. By: The 25th annual Crop Walk in Allentown will begin at 1 p.m. The event is a 5K walk through the borough that raises money to alleviate hunger worldwide through CWS agencies, and locally through the Good Neighbor Fund. For information about becoming a sponsor or participant,…
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Katherine Stuller
Katherine H. Stuller, 82, died Friday, Oct. 5, at Compassionate Care Hospice at St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton. Born in Lawrenceville, she was a lifelong resident. Mrs. Stuller was a 50-year member of Lawrence Road Presbyterian Church and a Girl Scout leader at the church. Daughter of the late Joseph L. Hopkins and Elizabeth Dumont…
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PU out of practice in loss to Colgate
Poor week of preparation dooms Tigers in 35-10 defeat By: Justin Feil What’s the difference between a good week and a bad week of practice? The answer for the Princeton University football team is 58 points. A week after doling out a 33-point win over Columbia, the Tigers were back at Princeton Stadium on Saturday,…
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Robert Bruce Bruns
Robert Bruce Bruns, 81, died Oct. 3 at Capital Health System at Fuld hospital, Trenton. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he lived in Hopewell Township since 1970. Mr. Bruns attended the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., and graduated from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. He was a lieutenant commander in the Navy during World War II, serving…
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Bessie Trout
Bessie L. Trout, 92, died Saturday, Sept. 29, at The Medical at Princeton. Born in East Mead, Pa., she was a longtime Meadville, Pa., resident before moving to Lawrenceville. She graduated from Meadville Commercial College in 1931 and retired as treasurer of Patrons Mutual Fire Association of Meadville after 68 years. She attended Baptist and…
