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  • PHS boys’ hockey drops MCT final

    Little Tigers fall in 2005 rematch By: Bob Nuse    In its first three wins in the Mercer County Tournament, the Princeton High ice hockey team’s defense led the way, allowing just six goals in wins over Pennington, Lawrence and Hopewell Valley.    In Friday’s MCT final, the defense ran into a player it just couldn’t stop.…

  • Plainsboro camera club ready to showcase works

    By: Molly Petrilla    PLAINSBORO — Twenty-five amateur and professional local photographers will have the chance to showcase their talents next month in the Princeton Alliance Church.    Starting Friday, works from the Cranbury Digital Camera Club will be on display in the church’s gallery.    In all, about 90 photographs — both black and white and color…

  • Montgomery schools seek way out of $1.7 million budget hole

    Cuts, privatization of custodial services and fees for extracurricular activities under consideration By: Greg Forester    MONTGOMERY — The Montgomery Township School District is looking for ways to deal with a $1.68 million budget shortfall.    School officials, who will meet tonight on the budget, have said their options include eliminating certain programs at the school district,…

  • BREAKING NEWS: Seven file for school board

    Three incumbents to be joined by four challengers on April 17 ballot.    Seven people have filed petitions with the South Brunswick school district to run for three seats on the Board of Education.    Incumbents Police Capt. Harry Delgado, Deborah Taylor and Anna Tupe and challengers Surabhi Agarwal, Arif Patel, Susan Santowasso and Mahesh Shah will…

  • Valentine food drive brings in major donations

    Concerns about its success without the efforts of the late Don Dickason are allayed By: Kristin Boyd    Organizers had only one concern when planning the 2007 Don Dickason Memorial Valentines for Food Drive: Would the annual event be a success without its biggest supporter?    As it turns out, they had nothing to worry about.    This…

  • U.S. 1 poets to bid ‘farewell’ to U-Store on Sunday

    By:    The U.S. 1 Poets’ Cooperative, publisher of Volume 52 (2007) of U.S. 1 Worksheets, invites the public to its "Farewell-to-the-U-Store" publication party — a reading and reception — on Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Princeton University Store, 36 University Place, Princeton. Admission is free.    Managing Editor Nancy Scott describes Volume 52…

  • First charrette draws hundreds of West Windsor residents

    Design firm says good ideas emerge from three-hour event By: Nick Norlen    WEST WINDSOR — Toting legal pads, laptops, boxed dinners and babies, hundreds of West Windsor residents converged Thursday night to offer exactly what the township’s first "transit charrette" called for: ideas.    It was the first workshop by the township and Hillier Architecture to…

  • Legislators get one-year pass from Corzine

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Feb. 27    When Jon Corzine was making a name for himself in the world of high finance, climbing the leadership ladder at Goldman Sachs, he developed a knack for reading corporate earnings reports, stock tables and other financial documents and then making informed, intelligent business decisions.    Today, Mr. Corzine is governor of New…

  • Region V wrestlers go down fighting

    Rotella, Everingham careers end By: Ken Weingartner    FLEMINGTON — Jeff Rotella and Joe Everingham saw their scholastic wrestling careers come to an end in the Region V Tournament over the weekend at Hunterdon Central High, but not before leaving their marks on their respective programs.    West Windsor-Plainsboro North’s Rotella advanced to the regional consolation final…