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  • Parks

    Mercer County Parks PO Box 8068 640 S. Broad St. Trenton, NJ 08650-0068 (609) 989-6530 Fax: (609) 989-8174 County Parks John A. Roebling Park Access from Schiller Ave., Park Ave., Hamilton Township Herrontown Woods Arboretum Snowden Lane, Princeton Township Mercer County Park Access from Hughes Drive, Edinburg Road, South Post Road, West Windsor, Hamilton and…

  • Parks

    Parks Mercer County Parks PO Box 8068 640 S. Broad St. Trenton, NJ 08650-0068 (609) 989-6530 Fax: (609) 989-8174 County Parks John A. Roebling Park Access from Schiller Ave., Park Ave., Hamilton Township Herrontown Woods Arboretum Snowden Lane, Princeton Township Mercer County Park Access from Hughes Drive, Edinburg Road, South Post Road, West Windsor, Hamilton…

  • Gertrude Woelfle

    By:Staff HIGHTSTOWN — Gertrude Woelfle Sterling, 93, of Hightstown, passed away Friday at Meadow Lakes. Born in Jersey City, she resided in Maplewood, Princeton and Rossmoor, before moving to Meadow Lakes eight years ago. Mrs. Sterling was active in the Child Guidance Center of Orange, N.J., she was a volunteer for Recording for the Blind…

  • Montgomery schools join to abolish state test

    The board joined a statewide effort against a standardized state test for fourth-graders. By: David Dankwa        MONTGOMERY— The township Board of Education has joined a statewide effort to garner legislative support against the Elementary Student Performance Assessment test (ESPA) for fourth-graders.    The ESPA, along with the Grade Eight Proficiency Assessment (GEPA), was administered to…

  • Princeton men top Maryland in lacrosse quarterfinals

    Balance puts PU back in final four By: Bob Nuse    PISCATAWAY — When sophomore B.J. Prager went down with a season-ending knee injury late last month, a lot of the offense for the Princeton University men’s lacrosse team went with him.    Prager, the Ivy League Rookie of the Year last year, had become the go-to…

  • Common sense must prevail on deer bill

    PACKET EDITORIAL, May 23 By: You would think, from the tone of the rhetoric last Thursday on the floor of the New Jersey state Senate, that the good citizens of Princeton would be overwhelmed by gratitude, thankful that our representatives have sheltered us from the grotesque prospect of marauding bands of snarling, rapacious, assault-weapon-wielding Bambi-killers…

  • School board may change kindergarten cutoff

    The board is expected to introduce a policy change Tuesday night. By: Jeff Milgram    The Princeton Regional Board of Education is expected to introduce a policy change tonight that would move the cutoff date for kindergarten enrollment up a month each year over a two-year period, starting in the fall of 2001.    The change will…

  • Sherl Ann Zelmore, 34

       WASHINGTON — Sherl Ann (Bridy) Zelmore died Monday, May 22, 2000, at home. She was 34.    Born in Somerville, she lived in Manville most of her life moving to Washington three years ago.    She attended Manville public schools and attended a local vocational school.    She was employed as hairdresser.    Surviving are her husband, David C.…

  • West Windsor panel backs new complex

    A 750,000-square-foot office and hotel complex received an initial approval for a Route 1 site near MarketFair. By: David M. Campbell    WEST WINDSOR — The Site Plan Review Advisory Board gave unanimous approval Monday night to a nearly 750,000-square-foot hotel and business complex proposed for the northeast corner of Route 1 and Meadow Road, between…