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  • Hightstown banks on aid to slash tax rate hike

    The owner of a home assessed at the borough average of $120,000 would pay $173 more in municipal taxes than last year under the proposed 2001 budget. By:Mark Moffa    HIGHTSTOWN — Borough residents could be facing a municipal tax rate increase of 14 cents per $100 of assessed property value if the state does not…

  • Man’s suicide threat forces evacuation

    Six neighbors were evacuated and school buses were rerouted Wednesday when a man, armed and apparently suicidal, barricaded himself in his Holland Road home. By:Michael Arges    EAST WINDSOR — A 35-year-old man, armed and apparently suicidal, was taken into custody without incident Wednesday afternoon from his Holland Lane home, where he had barricaded himself, township…

  • Lozier’s boys show improvement on court

    FRESHMAN BOYS BASKETBALL: Due to a lack of size, the Rams were forced to play a scrappy, hustling brand of basketball this season. By: Neil Hay    With no starting player taller than 6-feet, the Hightstown boys’ freshmen basketball team could always expect to be at a disadvantage when it came to rebounding.    But despite this…

  • Panel to study gym options

    Members of the Cranbury School District Facility Committee are trying to send the message that improving a mediocre physical education program is the number one reason to build a new school gym. By:Brian Shappell    CRANBURY – Members of the Cranbury School District Facility Committee are trying to send the message that improving a mediocre physical…

  • Peddie fares well against difficult schedule

    GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Eight wins in 19 chances may not sound like much, but head coach Jan Webb had only expected three or four victories. By: Neil Hay    "On the surface it doesn’t sound very good," said Peddie volleyball coach Jan Webb of her team’s 8-11 record.    "But at the beginning of the year I expected…

  • PU moves to raise workers’ pay

    The university’s Workers’ Rights Organizing Committee has pressured the school to raise casual workers’ salaries. By: Jeff Milgram    Princeton University will give pay raises and benefits to "a significant number" of low-paid casual workers and has asked its Priorities Committee to look into the wage levels of all service workers.    "Over the past few months,…

  • Chris Greco writes about why Harlem Globetrotter Mannie Jackson was the best!

    Read about why Chris Greco picked Mannie Jackson as the most outstanding or interesting performer to ever be a Harlem Globetrotter. NiE Sponsored Academic Challenge 1st prize winner- gets to attend the game Biography of Mannie Jackson Chris Greco – Age 8       In the 1960’s, a man named Mannie Jackson played for the Harlem Globetrotters.…

  • Deer-control plebiscite bid is off target

    PACKET EDITORIAL, March 9 By: Packet Editorial    One of the more intriguing ideas offered by the opponents of Princeton Township’s community-based deer-management program these past few weeks is the suggestion that at least one element of the program — the baiting and killing of deer by hired sharpshooters — be submitted directly to the voters…

  • Harlem Globetrotter Lynette Woodward favored by Marissa Greco

    Read about why Grand Prize Winner Marissa Greco, 11 years old, thinks Lynette Woodward is the most outstanding or interesting performer to ever be a Harlem Globetrotter! NiE Sponsored Accademic Challenge Grand Prize winner- gets to sit on the bench with the players… Lynette Woodward Marissa Greco – Age 11       The Harlem Globetrotters played their…