Category: archives

  • Letters to the editor

    ‘King’ Bolandi insults many To the editor:     Once again, the voters of East Windsor and Hightstown have spoken and like before, schools Superintendent Ronald Bolandi just doesn’t get it.    In the most recent story on the school budget published in this paper, Mr. Bolandi again insults the voters, residents and parents alike with his…

  • Holland defends singles crown

    Junior leads PDS singles sweep By: Justin Feil    David Holland has played a lot of tennis, but he found himself in unfamiliar territory Wednesday as he finished the finals of the Mercer County Tournament.    The Princeton Day School junior was in the midst of his match with Hun’s Lance Goulbourne, and his fellow Panther singles…

  • Zoning changed to allow schools

    By: Cara Latham    ROOSEVELT — The Borough Council has adopted an amendment to the local zoning ordinance that would allow schools, including those similar to the controversial Yeshiva Me’On Hatorah, to locate in a specific area of the borough.    It is unclear whether the amendment — adopted Monday on a 5-0 vote, with Jeff Ellentuck…

  • Ellen Hertz

       Ellen Herz, 91, died Wednesday, April 25.    She lived in Clearbrook.    She is survived by her son, Oliver Herz; her daughter, Linda Segal; her grandchildren, Renee Serfaty, Dawn Castaldi; and her great grandchildren, Jacob Serfaty, Rachel and Alexis.    Services will be held Saturday, April 28, at 1 p.m. at A.S. Cole Son & Co., 22…

  • 3M to present Montgomery with latest cleanup scheme

    Pollution of nearby brooks continues, township officials say By: Greg Forester    MONTGOMERY — Officials from the Belle Mead 3M quarry plan to appear before the Montgomery Township Planning Board May 14 with a proposal for measures to control an ongoing pollution problem.    Waterways around the quarry and processing plant are frequently tainted milky white after…

  • Peddie softball squad posts a perfect 5-0 week

    By: John Chester    The Peddie softball team outscored its opponents 34-2 last week to win all five of its games and improve to 7-0 on the year.    Four of the five wins were against Mid-Atlantic Prep League opponents. Peddie is now 5-0 in the league and comfortably in first place.    Prior to the first of…

  • Township raises garbage tax rate

    Finds reasons to maintain course with its recycling By: Dick Brinster    EAST WINDSOR — Aside from a previously announced average 5-percent increase in their annual garbage bills, about 15,000 township residents shouldn’t expect any changes in the way the municipality collects and disposes of refuse.    A two-week study has revealed that township’s method for handling…

  • Customer Service Representative:

    The Princeton Packet, Inc. a group of award winning Community Newspapers has an opening for a Customer Service Representative in our Circulation Department. The selected individual will be responsible for light accounting work, which includes processing subscription cash, check and credit card batches. In addition, you will have to enter subscription sales and handle telephone…

  • Book Notes

    Wolfe’s contentious heritage attracts cult of devoted readers By: Dr. Joan Ruddiman    I fell in love with Nero Wolfe when I was nine-years-old.    It didn’t matter that he was a corpulent, arrogant, reclusive, much older man. He had a brilliant mind that solved the most intriguing mysteries.    My mother, who introduced me to him, shared…