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  • A mayoral race will be healthy for Princeton

    PACKET EDITORIAL, April 13    The unsolicited wisdom of long-time political observers around town suggests that for actual competition in Princeton you should visit a ball field, not a polling place. The only suspense that Republicans have brought to recent borough and township municipal elections has been over whether or not they would be able to…

  • Film festival seeks student productions

    By:Lacey Korevec Princeton High School junior Sam Venanzi, along with his brother, Robert, and a number of his friends, worked day and night last year making "Dead Reckoning," an amateur film about teens in Cranbury trying to survive a zombie attack.     "It was a comedy," Sam said. "We just sort of threw fake blood…

  • Both parties will run with full slates

    By: Paul Koepp This year’s legislative elections will have full slates come the June 5 primary elections.     Both parties filled their slate of candidates in the 14th District in the days before Monday’s deadline.     Democrats picked labor leader and former Hamilton Councilman Wayne D’Angelo to run for the Assembly, alongside incumbent Assemblywoman Linda…

  • Letters to the editor

    Week of April 13 State rules schools’ problem To the editor:     I respect the considerable amount of research that Mr. Lukacs communicated in his letter to the editor last week. But it’s too bad he didn’t consider the stories that have appeared in our local media over the past six weeks.    The problem with…

  • Tainted Soul

    Boheme Opera brings the essence of film noir to Verdi’s ‘Rigoletto.’ By: Susan Van Dongen    Setting Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Rigoletto in 1930s Italy, Boheme Opera New Jersey’s conductor Joseph Pucciatti wanted to bring the essence of film noir to the stage. As producing artistic director for the production, Mr. Pucciatti is also the mastermind behind…

  • Princeton charity 5K run to aid university mascot

    April 21 event to raise money for Save the Tiger Campaign By: Claire Abramowitz    Princeton lore tells that there hasn’t been a live tiger on campus since 1923, when an enthusiastic parent captured one in Africa and brought it all the way back to Nassau Hall as a mascot.    But while this tiger’s school stay…

  • Ex-bounty hunter became Iraqi bounty

    Bleeding on a roof, he made ‘peace with God’ By: Dick Brinster    Editor’s note: This is part of a series on local veterans of the Afghanistan invasion or the war in Iraq.    Michael Sarbu was a bounty hunter before joining the Marine Corps, but on his second tour of duty in Iraq he became the…

  • Montgomery High recipe calls for Reiss

    Singles play strengthens with transfer By: Justin Feil    The Montgomery High School boys’ tennis team continues to profit from high-quality transfers.    Four years ago, it was Ryan Dennie who moved in from Illinois. Last year, Matt Pierson moved back after also living in Illinois and reached the state singles tournament quarterfinals. Pierson has moved up…

  • Borough mayoral candidacy a surprise

    Trotman faces challenge in one-party town By: Courtney Gross    Described as a somewhat spontaneous decision done at the behest of friends and neighbors, Kim Pimley’s announcement this week that she will run for mayor of Princeton Borough has surprised many, especially those within the Democratic Party.    But with surprise, comes praise — praise for Ms.…