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  • Column: Justin Time

    WW-P North vs. South rivalry brings a house divided By: Justin Feil    There’s been a lot made of the first-year matchups between the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South sports teams and their offshoot of West Windsor-Plainsboro High North.    But nothing about the schools’ split has hit so close to home (literally) until now.    When the Pirates’…

  • HoVal High winter 2000-2001 sports schedule

    NOTE: Home contests are in CAPS; schedules are subject to change. Boys Basketball Girls Basketball Swimming Indoor Track and Field Ice Hockey Boys Basketball Date Opponent Time Dec. 6 at South Brunswick 4 p.m. Dec. 8 NORTH HUNTERDON 7 p.m. Dec. 11 at North Brunswick 3:45 p.m. Dec. 15 HIGHTSTOWN 7 p.m. Dec. 19 NOTRE…

  • State helps orchestra start on the right note

    New group also receives help from AT&T, Merril Lynch By:Mark Moffa        EAST WINDSOR – The New Jersey Intergenerational Orchestra is hoping a $5,000 grant it just got from the state will help the group expand in the Princeton area.    State Sen. Peter Inverso (R-Hamilton) was instrumental in securing the grant for the organization that…

  • Man sues township over firing

    Employee who filed racial discrimination suit against his supervisor fired Oct. 5 after allegedly threatening him By: David Weinstein    An employee fired by Princeton Township in October for allegedly threatening the life of his supervisor filed a civil lawsuit in Mercer County Superior Court last week, claiming he was unjustly terminated from his position.    Leon…

  • Property Transfers Archive

    Due to the move of Packetonline to it’s new home, this archive will not be availible until next week. Please email us at [email protected] if you need assistance. Looking for an old Property Transfers list? If it appeared online before Dec. 7, 2000, check out this list of links. PROPERTY TRANSFERS ARCHIVE: Nov. 30, 2000…

  • Parking key concern in church plan

    St. Charles wants to add a hall with conference rooms and classrooms By: Helen Pettigrew    MONTGOMERY – The St. Charles of Borromeo Roman Catholic Church presented an informal plan to the township Planning Board this week to add a hall to its church on Skillman Road and increase parking space.    Parking, a longtime problem at…

  • Cranbury woman is a master of gardening

    By:Sara Peters    A select few are blessed with the gift of a green thumb, able to create lush, thriving, idyllic gardens right in their back yards. Luckily for those who have trouble keeping a cactus alive for more than a week, there is a local expert to save their plants, and make their thumbs a…

  • RCN halts construction of new headquarters

    Telecommunications company cites dip in financial markets By: Lea Kahn    LAWRENCE – RCN Corp. has put construction of its headquarters complex, planned for a 134-acre tract on Princeton Pike at Lewisville Road, on hold for the next six to 12 months because of financial concerns, company officials said.    The office park consists of 10 office…

  • 1930s musicals drew from real life experiences

    By:Al Wicklund    MONROE — Broadway musicals of the 1930s were satirical, topical and a breath of fresh air, a retired Rider University professor told an audience at the Monroe Township Senior Center Tuesday.    “The musical comedies of the ‘30s were about that time’s here and now,” Paul C. Sherr said.    He said many of the…