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  • Montgomery merchants flee Promenade mystery suit

    Fingers of blame point to owners of Red Oak Diner By: Greg Forester    MONTGOMERY — Plaintiffs in a lawsuit brought against the Montgomery Planning Board and a developer have moved to withdraw from the suit, saying they were mislead by a representative of another area business and a lawyer.    Representatives of Alfonso’s, the Bagel Barn…

  • Letters to the Editor, April 10

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, April 10 For Bradley in Montgomery To the editor:     We are writing to support the re-election of Andrea Bradley to Montgomery Township’s Board of Education. There have been many positive changes at the Board of Education since Andrea was first elected in 2004 and we know that many of these…

  • Rutgers EcoComplex

    Delicious Jersey tomatoes in November? That’s only one ‘green’ marvel of an innovative powerhouse By: Carolyn Foote Edelman    I encountered the most memorable tomatoes of 2006 during Thanksgiving week, at Lambertville’s Homestead Farm Market. Gasping at their vibrancy and heft, I asked where they had found such treasures at any time, let alone in winter.…

  • OBITUARIES, April 10, 2007

    Lois Y Hunter, Hanna Loewy, Miriam O. Rosengarten Lois Y. Hunter Westminster professor     PIPERSVILLE, Pa. — Lois Young Hunter died Friday after an extended illness at home. She was 74.    She was associate professor of piano at Westminster Choir College for 30 years.    Born in Piscataway, she was an active member of the Wrightstown…

  • Walters enjoys NCAA experience

    Chairmanship was pinnacle for Princeton AD By: Justin Feil    It’s been 40 years since Gary Walters concluded his senior year at Princeton University by helping the men’s basketball team achieve a Top 5 national ranking. That achievement came two years after playing in the Final Four.    Walters went on to coach collegiately. At 24, he…

  • Slow growth is what we hoped for in New Jesey

    PACKET EDITORIAL, April 10    For reasons we can’t fully divine, a lot of New Jerseyans seem to be upset that our state’s population is growing at a rate that’s much slower than the nation as a whole.    The release of updated U.S. Census data, showing that only three of New Jersey’s 21 counties — Somerset,…

  • Breaking News

    Three candidates have filed for the Republican nomination in the June 5 primary for four open seats on the East Windsor Township Council.    Aaron Sears, a member of the Twin Rivers board of directors, Nicholas Di Dia, an unsuccessful council candidate in 2003 and 2005, and Carol Ann Higgins, who lost in her 1999 bid,…

  • Princeton shared budgets reviewed

    By: Courtney Gross    The Princeton Borough Council and the Princeton Township Committee were scheduled to review budgets for their shared agencies, including the Princeton Public Library, at a joint meeting Monday.    According to a memo from Borough Administrator Robert Bruschi and Township Administrator Jim Pascale, the budgets were supported by the municipalities’ Joint Finance Committee,…

  • This year’s Taste seems to offer a grill theme

    Princeton’s event is only the tip of the iceberg By: Faith Bahadurian    Taste of the Nation is our area’s — and the nation’s — premier hunger-relief event, and particularly close to my foodie heart. I worked on the event for many years, and now, even though I have retired from the committee, I still can’t…