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  • Montgomery on track with trailer park of classrooms

    Eleven modular classrooms will be ready on opening day, officials say. By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — Eleven modular classrooms installed at the high school and middle school will be ready for use at the beginning of the school year, district officials said.    Five trailers at the high school will house 10 mathematics classrooms with all…

  • $5 million library gift is one for the books

    Donation puts library within $2 million of building goal By: Jennifer Potash    A Princeton Borough couple have donated $5 million to the Princeton Public Library expansion project, bringing the library within $2 million of its $11.5 million fund-raising goal.    George and Estelle Sands, of Elm Lane, announced the $5 million pledge Monday.    The $17.5 million…

  • Krause, Medley give Scarlet Knights local flavor

    WW-P, Hun grad hoping for playing time on the football team By: Justin Feil    PISCATAWAY — Aaron Krause and Ishmael Medley are going through adjustment periods differently on the Rutgers University football team.    Krause, a sophomore defensive back out of West Windsor-Plainsboro High, is adjusting to a new coaching staff while Medley, a freshman linebacker…

  • Arena to celebrate Gymnastics Day

    Public invited to join activities at West Windsor gym By: Bob Nuse    The Arena Gymnastics community is hoping to make National Gymnastics Day a special local event this Saturday.    Arena Gym, which is located on Alexander Road in West Windsor, has a full days worth of activities planned for the day, which is being celebrated…

  • We must find way to thwart ‘soft money’

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Aug. 21 By: Packet Editorial    It probably isn’t the fault of the state Election Law Enforcement Commission that what was once seen as a small crack in New Jersey’s campaign-finance laws has just been turned into a gaping loophole by the Republican National Committee.    By a 3-0 vote, an obviously reluctant ELEC ruled…

  • David Magyar

       TRENTON — David M. Magyar, 49, died Monday at Capital Health System at Fuld.    Born in Trenton, he was a longtime Lawrenceville resident.    Son of the late Frank and Elizabeth Madacsi Magyar, he is survived by a sister, Evelyn Magyar of Lawrenceville; and other relatives.    The funeral and burial will be private.    Arrangements are by…

  • Five-and-Dime

    Writer evokes the bygone Americana of Woolworth’s By: Cynthia Cannon    Few things excite the senses as much as taking a hefty whiff of Evening in Paris perfume.    Attesting to that is Karen Plunkett-Powell. She packs the brand’s distinctive azure bottle in a bag of goodies she lugs to her book readings, inviting audiences to "sniff…

  • $5 million library gift is one for the books

    A surprise donation from George and Estelle Sands has brought the Princeton Public Library’s expansion project within $2 million of its fund-raising goal. By: Jennifer Potash    A Princeton Borough couple have donated $5 million to the Princeton Public Library expansion project, bringing the library within $2 million of its $11.5 million fund-raising goal.    George and…

  • Police identify victim in homicide case

    Body of Bay Shore, N.Y., man found in Washington. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — Authorities on Tuesday identified a man found dead behind the Mobil gas station on Route 130 in Windsor early Monday morning.    Ronald Ramnarine, 20, of Bay Shore, N.Y., was found behind a large trash bin in back of the gas station…