Category: archives
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Downtown project set for summer
The revitalization project is designed to beautify the downtown area of Hightstown, slow traffic and make the region easier to navigate for pedestrians. By: Mark Moffa This is the third and final part of a series on the project to revitalize downtown Hightstown. HIGHTSTOWN Borough officials expect to award a construction contract for the…
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Ruth Ellen Murphy
CRANBURY Ruth Ellen Murphy, 73, died Tuesday, March 27, at The Medical Center at Princeton. Born in Etra, she was a longtime Cranbury resident. She retired in 1987 after more than 20 years as an office manager with BFI, Cranbury. Daughter of the late William and Isabell Murphy, and sister of the late Walter…
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Borough gets green light
JAMESBURG A traffic signal for the five-point intersection of the borough Lincoln Avenue, East and West Railroad avenues and Gatzmer Avenue is in its beginning stages. By:Nick D’Amore JAMESBURG A traffic signal for the five-point intersection of the borough Lincoln Avenue, East and West Railroad avenues and Gatzmer Avenue …
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Neighbors prepare for annual Evans Tract sale
At daybreak April 21, residents of Evans Drive and the surrounding neighborhood will be holding their 13th annual garage sale. By:Casha Caponegro With the recent vintage craze, more and more people are becoming interested in discarded clothing and collectibles from the past. Many antique and vintage shops, however, have capitalized on this trend by raising…
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Parking garage discount plan the real deal
PACKET EDITORIAL, April 13 By: Packet Editorial One of the great mysteries that has confounded every Princetonian we know over the years is how those Palmer Square parking garages have managed to stay in business. Charging astronomically high fees, and reporting correspondingly low occupancy rates, the garages seem to have defied the law of supply…
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Don’t punish schools for budget flaws
EDITORIAL: The flaws in the school budget have been caused by twisted and tangled legislation and anger over that should not be taken out on local students. There are a lot of problems with the proposed East Windsor Regional School District budget for the 2001-2002 school year. That’s not all we think there are…
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Hightstown planners OK warehouse
The fears of nearby Wyckoff’s Mill residents were allayed after a meeting they had with the developer of the project. By: Mark Moffa HIGHTSTOWN The Planning Board voted unanimously Monday to grant variances that will allow a new warehouse to be constructed and a building to be renovated into an office on Cranbury Station…
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PU coxswain to run Boston Marathon
Kimble to push self toward three-hour mark By: Justin Feil John Kimble is accustomed to pushing others. As the coxswain for Princeton University varsity heavyweight eight boat, Kimble’s job was to motivate the crew to pull their hardest with the race on the line. Monday, Kimble will have to push himself in a race of…
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Editorial: After-school program a valuable asset
EDITORIAL: The Jamesburg Board of Education needs to find a way to save its after-school program. By: Parents and community leaders agree: The after-school programs at Jamesburg’s Grace M. Breckwedel and John F. Kennedy schools are worth saving. As of two weeks ago, the Board of Education was ready to go into the 2001-2002 school…
