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  • Girls’ Basketball Player of the Year

    Hun’s Gratch makes even bigger impact By: Justin Feil    Emily Gratch reluctantly will tell you that she has grown to 6-foot-1.    She downplays her size, but it is getting harder and harder for her to downplay her impact on The Hun School girls’ basketball team. And Gratch has plenty of impact, from her team-high scoring…

  • Thumbs down to activity fee in Montgomery

    PACKET EDITORIAL, March 9    If financial pressures can drive people to consider self-destructive acts, we probably shouldn’t be surprised when the same thing happens to public institutions.    Still, it would be painful to see a school district with the reputation and relative affluence of Montgomery’s start billing students for participation in extra-curricular activities. The idea…

  • Toyota Camry Hybrid 4-door sedan: ahead of the curve

    a gentle ride with little yaw is enhanced by independent MacPherson front struts with stabilizer bar and indy dual-link rears By: Mike Blake    Toyota is ahead of the curve.    While other manufacturers strive to heed the conservationist directive of producing vehicles that will diminish our dependence on foreign oil — or all fossil fuels for…

  • New township fire chief happy he chose volunteerism

    By: Dick Brinster    EAST WINDSOR — Jim McCann decided when he was a teenager to become a volunteer fireman, and more than two decades later he’s extremely glad he did.    "It’s one of the most satisfying things you can do," said the new chief of Fire Company 1. "You’re always out there helping people in…

  • Without extraordinary aid, 19-cent tax rate hike seen

    Best borough scenario: 2-cent increase By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN – The belt-tightening continued this week as the Borough Council held its final public budget session before the financial document’s planned introduction March 19.    Borough Administrator Candace Gallagher told council members Tuesday that the borough is now looking at a tax rate hike of 19 cents.…

  • Underdog Princeton nearly stuns Ridge

    By: Bob Nuse    BRIDGEWATER — The Princeton High ice hockey team didn’t concern itself with seeds.    The Little Tigers, who were seeded 18th in the NJSIAA public school state tournament, went to the Bridgewater Sports Arena looking to win. And second-seeded Ridge was nearly the victim of a huge upset.    "It was probably the best…

  • West Windsor busing needs are to be assessed

    Task force to examine needs of senior citizens By: Nick Norlen    WEST WINDSOR — West Windsor Township has formed a Senior Transportation Task Force to assess the busing needs of residents.    Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh said the task force, which will include representatives from different senior communities, will be aimed at producing one of two outcomes:…

  • Township man, 70, indicted on murder charge

    By: Dick Brinster    TRENTON — An East Windsor man charged with the September stabbing death of a woman with whom he lived is under indictment for murder.    Donald Zampini, 70, of Wyndmoor Drive, is accused of stabbing 63-year-old Barbara Morris with a household knife. A Mercer County grand jury returned the indictment on Feb. 23,…

  • Best effort not enough for PHS hockey

    Little Tigers fall to Ridge in overtime By: Bob Nuse    BRIDGEWATER — The Princeton High ice hockey team didn’t concern itself with seeds.    The Little Tigers, who were seeded 18th in the NJSIAA public school state tournament, went to the Bridgewater Sports Arena looking to win. And second-seeded Ridge was nearly the victim of a…