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  • Carpools from Princeton to travel to Lambertville peace march

       LAMBERTVILLE — To mark the fourth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, citizen groups from New Jersey and Pennsylvania will co-sponsor a march and rally calling for an end to the U.S. occupation and for bringing the troops home.    The event will begin 2 p.m. Sunday with a rally at Centenary United Methodist Church,…

  • Princeton school board OKs budget

    Spending plan means tax hike in borough and township By: Courtney Gross    The Princeton Regional Board of Education unanimously approved the school preliminary budget Monday that will increase Princeton Borough and Princeton Township’s current school tax rates by 16 cents and 10 cents per $100 of assessed value respectively.    Subject to approval by the Mercer…

  • Edmund Warner Stiles

       Edmund "Ted" Warner Stiles, 61, died March 7 at his residence.    Born in Washington, D.C., Dr. Stiles was a resident of Hopewell Township.    Dr. Stiles taught graduate and undergraduate courses at Rutgers University in biology, and kept over 70 land projects going at any one time.    He served on many nonprofit boards, including The Friends…

  • PTA’s Women’s Expo to benefit Orchard Hill School

    By: Greg Forester    MONTGOMERY — Women’s Expo and Silent Auction, sponsored by the Orchard Hill Elementary School PTA, will be held at Princeton Airport on Route 206 on Friday.    The event will include wine tasting, vendor shopping, food sampling and a silent auction.    It was moved from Montgomery High School because of alcohol restrictions.    In…

  • Court’s ruling strikes a blow for all citizens

    PACKET EDITORIAL, March 13    As a rule, elected officials — especially those at the local level — do not suffer gadflies gladly.    Just about every town council, township committee, school board or other public body has at least one — the angry citizen who shows up at every meeting, asking pointed questions, sometimes disrupting the…

  • Famous used book sale to begin March 21

    Bryn Mawr-Wellesley event to offer about 75,000 volumes    Forget about the supposed death of reading in the United States. The hordes of eager buyers who will descend on the 76th annual Bryn Mawr-Wellesley Book Sale, beginning March 21 — many arriving in the pre-dawn hours to secure a good place in the line — refute…

  • Boys’ Swimmer of the Year

    Talarick went fastest for top MHS team By: Justin Feil    One of the most rewarding things about Drew Talarick’s senior year was how good the Montgomery High School boys’ swimming team was.    As Talarick’s times have dropped, the Cougars’ wins have increased.    "This year was by far the best year," Talarick said. "The team swam…

  • Free citizenship classes offered in Princeton

       The Latin American Task Force will be offering free citizenship classes to prepare immigrants to take the U.S. citizenship test required as part of the process of becoming a citizen of the United States. Basic U.S. civics will be taught and basic English necessary for the interview will be reviewed.    The classes will meet Wednesday…

  • A road less traveled is less graveled

    Just ask the Rocky Hill man whose road fell off the borough tax map By: Greg Forester    ROCKY HILL — A Rocky Hill resident has asked the Borough Council to help him maintain a road that doesn’t exist, at least on the official borough books.    Clifford Moore asked the council last week for help maintaining…