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  • Artists’ reception to be held tonight

    By: Lorraine Sedor Watercolorists Unlimited will be hosting an artists’ reception, which is open to the public, this evening from 6 to 8 in the Gourgaud Gallery.       The show opened on April 1 without a Friday night reception because of the holidays, so now is your chance to see the watercolors in this unique show…

  • Letters to the Editor, April 20

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, April 20 Republicans offer change in Princeton To the editor:     We’re heartened by the Packet’s endorsement (April 13) of governance change and competitive democracy, even if offered with a gratuitous swipe at those who actually stand for both—and for whom 45 percent of Township citizens voted in 2005: Princeton Republicans.…

  • West Windsor, Plainsboro voters support school budget

    Incumbents voted back in office; taxation shift approved By: Nick Norlen    Residents of the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District decided Tuesday they liked current school board members and the proposed school budget, but not the current system of school taxation.    District voters re-elected West Windsor incumbents Hemant Marathe and Robert Johnson, the current board president…

  • Immigration spotlight here

    Story, mayor’s comments bringing sharp reaction By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN — A story in the Washington Post has put the borough in the national spotlight as a supposed "sanctuary city" for illegal immigrants and brought with it some nasty reaction.    That includes, among dozens of e-mails, one with the headshots of Mayor Bob Patten and…

  • Ada Fozman

       Ada Elizabeth Fozman, 89, of Monroe, died at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick on Tuesday, April 10.    Born in Newark, she lived in East Brunswick for 41 years before moving to Monroe three years ago.    She was an office supervisor for the Avery Label Company in New Brunswick for 12 years before retiring…

  • Shakespeare in the Square coming Sunday

       On Sunday between 2 and 4 p.m., Princeton Rep will present Shakespeare in the Square 2007, a celebration in honor of Shakespeare’s 443rd birthday (a day early), featuring performances of new and especially commissioned works by local celebrities. Many Princeton Rep Shakespeare Festival actors — including Donald Kimmel, Erik Sher and Nell Gwynn — will…

  • Committee eyes lower speed limit

    By: Lacey Korevec    A traffic study on Old Trenton Road is one step closer to being complete.    All the data have been collected and will be provided to the township as soon as it’s summarized, Cranbury Traffic Consultant Andrew Feranda said Tuesday. After that, the township can submit it to the county in hopes of…

  • Results near on study

    DEP may rule on MTHS site By: Bill Greenwood    MONROE — An archeological survey of the portion of Thompson Park on which the township school board hopes to build a high school is nearly complete.    Ilene Grossman-Bailey, a senior archaeologist with Richard Grubb and Associates, the Cranbury company that has been hired by the township…

  • Council mulls open tract

    By: Bill Greenwood    MONROE — The township may be adding more forested wetlands to its open space inventory.    The Township Council will decide whether to accept a 36.69-acre parcel at the intersection of Union Valley Road and Union Valley-Half Acre Road at its April 30 meeting. The land would be used as an aquifer recharge…