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  • Peddie hockey remains unbeaten as it continues pursuit of MCT title

    By: Neil Hay        Justifying their number one seed, the Peddie School field hockey team had little trouble in dispatching visiting Princeton, 5-0, Saturday in the opening round of the Mercer County Tournament.    More telling were the Falcons’ two previous wins, 7-0 over a very good Allentown team, and 4-2 over Hill.    Allentown, moving over…

  • Rosedale Road tract to be bought for open space

    An official announcement is expected Monday on the purchase of the 60-acre Robert Wood Johnson property for public open space. By: David Weinstein    The Robert Wood Johnson tract will be purchased for use as public open space, The Packet learned Thursday night.    A press conference announcing the sale of the land, off Rosedale Road in…

  • Growing pharmaceutical companyhonored by township at meeting

    By: Staff    EAST WINDSOR – Local pharmaceutical manufacturer Neil Laboratories has been hailed as one of New Jersey’s 50 fastest growing high-tech firms, according to the New Jersey Technology Council.    The company’s achievement was recognized by the East Windsor Township Council at the Oct. 3 meeting, where Mayor Janice Mironov presented company president Bharat Patel…

  • Trucks still rumbling downtown

    Councilman proposes changing Conoverand Airport roads to truck routes By: Mark Moffa        HIGHTSTOWN – Responding to a complaint from a resident about trucks rumbling by in the early morning hours, Councilman Lawrence Quattrone voiced suggestions at a recent Borough Council meeting for alleviating some of the traffic.    His ideas, however, are contingent on cooperation…

  • Hightstown cross country teamsfinish off great regular seasons

    The Hightstown High School boys’ and girls’ cross country teams have two weeks off before running in the Mercer County Tournament on Oct. 24 By: Kyle Moylan    Judging from the combined record of 24-3 for the Hightstown boys and girls, it could be said they earned their time off.    The Hightstown High boys’ squad improved…

  • Louis DeLorenzo

       Louis DeLorenzo, 77, of Jamesburg died Sunday at home.    He was born in Jamesburg and lived there all his life.    He was employed for 35 years as a mason with Bricklayers and Allied Craftsman Local 5, Bordentown, before retiring in 1986. He was a Navy veteran of World War II, serving with the 49th, 64th…

  • Tanya Luengas-Sohl

    By:Staff    EAST WINDSOR – Tanya F. Luengas-Sohl, 7, died Oct. 4 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick.    Born in East Windsor, she was a lifelong resident.    She atttended kindergarten at Waldorf School of Princeton.    She is survived by her parents, Frances R. Luengas-Sohl and Jeffrey J. Sohl; her maternal grandparents, Tracy and Jose…

  • County mulls purchase of 156 acres in Monroe

    Buckelew Avenue tract includes land on which Hawthorne Acres hopes to build a 67-unit residential development By: Al Wicklund    MONROE – Some 156 acres of land adjacent to Thompson Park, bordered by Buckelew Avenue, came closer to being added to the township’s open-space bank earlier this week.    The county’s Open Space and Recreation Public Advisory…

  • New bus service will travelRoute 130 work corridor

    Even late-shift workers will be able to use new buses By: Michael Arges        EAST WINDSOR – A new bus service will begin later this month, offering local workers rides from South Brunswick to Hamilton.    The 15-passenger vans bearing the markings WIB (for the Workforce Investment Board) will make five stops in East Windsor and…