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  • Hightstown boys’ soccer team off to 2-2 start

    By:Neil Hay        With everything going for it Wednesday afternoon, one might have expected the Hightstown boys’ soccer team to come up with a big effort against West Windsor-South.    The game was on the Rams’ field, it was a key CVC Colonial matchup and the Hightstown-South rivalry is as intense as it’s ever been.    So,…

  • One Palmer Square to get a new look

    Gone from the redesigned plaza will be its nonfunctioning fountain. By: Jennifer Potash    The plaza at One Palmer Square, a popular spot downtown to grab some sun on a lunch break or to take a rest from shopping, has a major renovation in store.    The changes include the removal of the fountain and a redesigned…

  • New high school merits support in Montgomery

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Sept. 22 By:    When you come right down to it, there is only one question Montgomery Township voters need to ask themselves before deciding whether to support or oppose the issuance of $66.5 million in bonds to build a new high school.    Is the price tag too high?    As far as we can…

  • Bedford places sixth in 100 meter backstroke

    Peddie grad still has chance for an Olympic medal as part of relay team By: Kyle Moylan        B.J. Bedford didn’t get a lot of television coverage or an Olympic medal, but the Peddie grad recorded the sixth best time in the world in the finals of the 100 meter backstroke at the Sydney Games…

  • EDITORIAL: Cellphone bans unnecessary

       It’s one of those things that drives some people crazy.    You’re driving down the highway, obeying the speed limit, paying attention and being careful, when suddenly, a late-model SUV flashes by, its driver, cigarette dangling from his lips, tuning the radio with one hand, dialing a cellular phone with the other and evidently steering with…

  • MONROE: Applegarth students shoot for the gold

    By:Al Wicklund         MONROE — Applegarth School’s student body — 407 seventh- and eighth- grade girls and boys — paid tribute Friday to the world’s Olympians with their version of the opening Olympic ceremony.     The ceremony, patterned after that conducted some 15 hours earlier at the Olympics half a world away in Australia,…

  • Religious Organizations

    Religious organizations Calvary Baptist 5 Franklin St. East Millstone Pastor: The Rev. Joseph Babij Sunday school: 9:45 a.m Worship: 10:45 a.m., 6 p.m Bible study: 7 p.m. Wednesday (908) 873-3899 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Amboy National Bank 32 New Amwell Road Hillsborough President: Rockland Draper Services: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday (908) 359-8049…

  • PU faces Lehigh in home football opener

    Mountain Hawks have explosive offense By: Justin Feil    Jason Rotman thinks the answer to an aggressive offense is an aggressive defense.    The Princeton University defensive tackle is ready to put last year’s 31-0 defeat behind him when the 0-1 Tigers host the 2-0 Mountain Hawks for the second straight year under the lights. Kick-off is…

  • MONROE: Students excel on nation-wide tests

    Students scored higher than the state and national average — as they have done before — but, this time, they stayed above an improved national average. By:Al Wicklund    MONROE — Monroe Township High School students, who took the Scholastic Assessment Test this year, met a national challenge, Sharon Vogel, a school district administrative assistant, said…