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  • Panel endorses exterior design of library

    Library Board of Trustees expected to present exterior plans July 31 at Borough Hall By: Jennifer Potash    The advisory group for the Princeton Public Library expansion project has given its general endorsement of a concept design of the exterior of the proposed new building.    The building committee, which is comprised of local architects, merchants, consultants…

  • A place to learn — and clown

    Urban kids find academics can mix with fun at Stuart Country Day School. By: Jeff Milgram    Ray Montgomery, 12, learned about respect. Marilu Rivas, 14, discovered Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. And Shakina Coakley, 8, found out that there are 51 million trees in Sweden.    Such learning experiences are all part of the day at the…

  • Cranbury Inn expansion gets approved

    The Zoning Board of Adjustment voted 5-2 in favor of the planned expansion of the Cranbury Inn. By:Brian Shappell    The Ingegneri family was all smiles Tuesday leaving the Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting.    The board voted 5-2 in favor of the planned expansion of the Cranbury Inn, granting owners Tom and Gay Ingegneri permission to…

  • A DAY IN THE LIFE: Village Park

    By:Brian Shappell     Village Park is the place to be during lunch break in Cranbury — even on a day threatened by rain.     Though light clouds loomed for much of the early afternoon Wednesday, plenty of people still made their way to Village Park. Many of them were on their lunch break.     “I…

  • Center to offer services for non-affiliated Jews

    ‘We try and provide a community where we have an open house for Sabbath services, Sabbath occasions and meals and festivals, where we never put obligations on people …’ Rabbi Sholom Leverton By: Michael Arges EAST WINDSOR – For non-affiliated Jews, the Torah given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai is like a will…

  • Borough fires cop for a second time

    By: Mark Moffa        HIGHTSTOWN – In accepting the recommendation of a hearing officer, three members of the Borough Council voted Monday to terminate the employment of former police officer Bryan Grubb.    Mr. Grubb was placed on suspension without pay in March 1995 after he was arrested on drug charges by Middlesex County. A Superior…

  • ‘Night out’ helps promote community safety

    Annual event offers police department tours, entertainment and Neighborhood Watch information By: Michael Arges        EAST WINDSOR – Residents can participate in a two-fold fight against crime at the township’s observance of National Night Out Against Crime on Aug. 1.    First, by visiting the East Windsor Police Department headquarters that night to participate in a…

  • Big tobacco’s political power is up in smoke

    PACKET EDITORIAL, July 21 By: Packet Editorial    That $145 billion judgment a Florida jury handed down against the tobacco industry earlier this month may never translate into a single penny for the victims on whose behalf the landmark lawsuit was filed, but it sends an enormously powerful message that validates one of Abraham Lincoln’s more…

  • State gives Monroe use of jail land

    The state has given the township the use of five acres of its New Jersey State Training School for Boys’ property for recreation. By:Al Wicklund    MONROE — The state has given the township the use of five acres of its New Jersey State Training School for Boys’ property for recreation.    “The State House Commission approved…