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  • Toll foes find hope in discovery of relics

    Indian objects unearthed at project site in West Windsor. By: David M. Campbell    WEST WINDSOR — Mercy Bruestle, 67, remembers looking for Indian arrowheads and other relics as a child in the field near her Bear Brook Road home, where she still lives today.    "I just know growing up as a child that was the…

  • Downtown garage plans set for financial review

    The three estimates range in cost from $14.7 million to $20.1 million. By: Jennifer Potash    The Princeton Borough Council is expected to discuss tonight the financial implications of three development designs for a garage as well as commercial and residential properties downtown.    But don’t expect a final decision, said Mayor Marvin Reed.    "This is all…

  • Plans for NPDC site set for discussion

    Montgomery Township Committee has scheduled a special meeting at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday. By: Helen Pettigrew    MONTGOMERY — The Township Committee has scheduled a special meeting at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday to discuss a redevelopment plan for the state-owned North Princeton Developmental Center.    The township has been working with the state to redevelop the land, which is…

  • Many factors make Tilghman a great choice

    PACKET EDITORIAL, May 8 By: Packet Editorial    The selection of Shirley Tilghman to be the 19th president of Princeton University is unprecedented at many levels.    She is, of course, the first woman to head the university in its 255-year history — following in the footsteps of such male luminaries as Aaron Burr Sr. (1747-1757), the…

  • Princeton Township approves budget

    Taxes will go up but sewer fees will come down. By: Jeff Milgram    In Princeton Township, taxes are rising, sewer rates are falling and the work at the Ettl Farm residential development is still not done.    The Princeton Township Committee on Monday unanimously adopted a $25 million budget that will raise the municipal tax rate…

  • State may deep-six NPDC lake for wetlands

    Repairing the dam would cost about $260,000, while eliminating the lake would cost $110,000. By: Helen Pettigrew    MONTGOMERY — The state is seriously considering eliminating Sylvan Lake, located on the property of the former North Princeton Developmental Center off Route 601, to turn it into a wetland, a state spokesman said Monday.    Township Deputy Mayor…

  • ‘Grease’

    THEATER REVIEW: This musical has had some terrible revivals in the past, but there is a darn good one at Somerset Playhouse, filled with fun, energy and talent. By: Stuart Duncan    Most people know Grease from the 1978 Olivia Newton John/JohnTravolta movie, but actually it began six years earlier and, in the bargain, made theater…

  • ‘Sorrows and Rejoicings’

    THEATER REVIEW: The talk may be lively, but the action is static in the McCarter Theatre production of this work, written and directed by Athol Fugard. By: Stuart Duncan    English poet William Wordsworth insisted that "emotions are best recollected in tranquillity." In the past several weeks, two of our most respected playwrights have followed that…

  • ‘Green Team’ sweeps in West Windsor

    Hsueh wins mayoral race; Alberts, Miller elected to council    West Windsor Councilman Shing-Fu Hsueh defeated incumbent Mayor Carole Carson and Jackie Alberts and Alison Miller defeated Harley Pickens and Michael Lynch in the race for two seats on the Township Council in Tuesday’s election.    With all of the votes counted, the results in West Windsor’s…