Category: archives

  • The Perfect Job Application

    This is an actual job application someone submitted at a McDonald’s fast-food establishment…and they hired him! NAME: Greg Bulmash   DESIRED POSITION: Reclining. Ha ha. But seriously, whatever’s available. If I was in a position to be picky, I wouldn’t be applying here in the first place.   DESIRED SALARY: $185,000 a year plus stock…

  • Princeton Packet Boys’ Lacrosse Player of the Year

    Hayes’ All-American numbers lift PHS’ play By: Justin Feil    Whitney Hayes had an impressive sophomore season last year. He led the Princeton High boys’ lacrosse team with 40 goals and 51 assists, great numbers on a team that finished 17-1.    It was also easy to see how Hayes could have such a successful season. The…

  • New jobs outpacing housing, planning group warns

    More traffic predicted for an already congested region. By: David Campbell    Dianne Brake, president of The Regional Planning Partnership, acknowledges that the partnership’s advocacy of increased residential housing and density ratios for commercial development runs contrary to commonly held ideas about good municipal planning.    But she said traditional wisdom, which holds that increased residential housing…

  • Donald F. Manseau Sr.

       PHILADELPHIA — Donald F. Manseau Sr., 67, a former mayor of East Windsor, died Sunday.    Born in Winooski, Vt., he was a former East Windsor resident.    He had been fire marshal and a volunteer firefighter in East Windsor.    Son of the late Henry J. and Phedora Audette Manseau, husband of the late Barbara Taylor Manseau,…

  • Still room in Cranbury arts camp

    By:Craig Sernotti Craig SernottiStaff Writer There are still several openings available for students interested in taking summer art classes sponsored by the Cranbury Arts Council. There currently is room for students in kindergarten through ninth grade, Sue Leson, an arts council member said Tuesday. Some kindergartn classes run from July 23 to 27. Other courses…

  • Montgomery chooses new police director

    The former director of police in New Brunswick is expected to be named. By: Helen Pettigrew    MONTGOMERY — Michael Beltranena, former director of police in New Brunswick, is expected to be named director of the Township Police Department, The Packet has learned.    Sources said this week that Mr. Beltranena, currently director of police at Middlesex…

  • Painting in the park: Sunny afternoon attracts artists

    There wasn’t a cloud in the sky Sunday afternoon, making it the perfect day for the second session of this year’s Art in the Park series. By:Sarah Winkelman    Colleen Cahill picked a flower off a nearby tree and began to sketch it, pausing every now and then to greet passers-by and encourage them to grab…

  • Esther R. Witt

       CRANBURY — Esther R. Witt, 77, of Cranbury, passed away Wednesday, June 6, at home.    Born in Princeton, she resided in Cranbury since 1948.    She was a former member of the Cranbury Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary and Telephone Pioneers of America. Mrs. Witt retired from AT&T in 1986 after over 30 years of service.    She…

  • Edith Orr

       EWING — Edith H. Orr, 89, died Wednesday, June 13, at home.    Born in Ewing, she was a lifelong area resident.    She graduated from Trenton High School and Douglass College of Rutgers University, New Brunswick.    A librarian, she had worked with Princeton and Mercer County public libraries and retired in 1982 as a supervisor with…