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  • Valiant fight is worth the commitment

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Sept. 1 By:    It’s hard to find fault with Superior Court Judge Linda Feinberg’s interpretation of New Jersey’s law regulating smoking in public places. Try as one might (and the Princeton Regional Health Commission did, ever so valiantly) to argue that legislators never intended to preclude municipal bodies from adopting anti-smoking ordinances more…

  • New year means new start for Montgomery school

    Expansion makes Village School new all over again. By: David Weinstein    MONTGOMERY – Like a new car, a new school invariably has a unique, fresh smell to it.    The Village School was no exception this week as workers made final adjustments, corrections and inspections so that kindergarten through second-grade students can walk through the school’s…

  • FORUM: Rail station

    Would you support a rail line linking the Shore area with Monmouth Junction if it meant NJ Transit would build a train station in South Brunswick? Would you support a rail line linking the Shore area with Monmouth Junction if it meant NJ Transit would build a train station in South Brunswick?

  • Borough mulls underage drinking law

    "Parents have lost control of their teen-agers’ behavior. We need to do something to help parents regain control." Robert Patten Borough Council president By: Mark Moffa        HIGHTSTOWN – The Borough Council is considering a recommendation from Police Chief Kevin Hopkins that the borough adopt an ordinance prohibiting underage consumption of alcoholic beverages on private…

  • Delivering in a trance

    Self-hypnosis eases the pain of childbirth By:Christian Kirkpatrick    Dr. Karen Cohen’s first delivery was very difficult. "It lasted three days," she remembers with a shudder. When it came time to have her second child, she was, naturally, apprehensive.    A friend who was trained in hypnosis gave her a relaxation tape to help her through the…

  • Marie H. Horne

    Retired manager of Trenton Works Federal Credit Union By:Staff    BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP – Marie H. Horne, 84, died Au. 27 at Virtua Health-Memorial Hospital of Burlington County, Mount Holly.    Born in Trenton, she was a longtime Trenton and Hightstown area resident before moving to Burlington four years ago.    Mrs. Horne retired after 27 years as manager…

  • Surviving ‘Survivor’s’ winner-take-all message

    KIDS AND COMMUNITY By: Judy Shepps Battle    I have two dogs. One is an 11-year-old pug named Duke; the other is a frisky golden retriever named Rusty, who celebrated his first birthday this week. Rusty has an insatiable need to be first and to have all human attention focus on him. If I pat Duke,…

  • OBITUARIES, September 1, 2000

    Eugene E. Pierre, John F. Ficken, Gergory Y, Titelman, Louis L. Katona, Cynthia A. Fox. Eugene E. Pierre Retired AT&T technician    Eugene Emile Pierre of Princeton Borough died Aug. 25 at The Medical Center at Princeton. He was 75.    Born in Princeton, he attended Princeton High School and was a lifelong resident.    He was a…

  • Alberta McCloskey

    By: Staff    HIGHTSTOWN – Alberta Leland McCloskey, 95, died August 22 at Meadow Lakes.    Born in Trenton, she lived many years in Brooklyn and Stony Brook, N.Y., before moving to Hightstown.    She was a member of Three Village Garden Club and Exchange and enjoyed oil painting.    Wife of the late John J. McCloskey, she is…