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  • Collection agency under fire gives presentation to borough

    By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN — The Borough Council and Borough Administrator Candace Gallagher listened to a presentation this week from a collection agency that says it can generate much-needed revenue for the borough.    They took no action nor made any recommendations.    They also asked no questions about the company’s problems with a suburban Philadelphia community,…

  • Deadline looms for board

    Only two candidates have filed to run for the four school board seats in Jamesburg. By: Bill Greenwood    JAMESBURG — The school district needs a little help.    With the deadline to file for the school district’s April elections Monday, only two candidates had filed to fill the four seats up for grabs as of Thursday…

  • PHS, South girls swimming advance

    State finals Sunday at TCNJ By: Justin Feil During the regular season, the Princeton High School and West Windsor-Plainsboro High South girls’ swim teams proved they were among the area’s best.    Thursday, the two proved they are among the state’s best as both advanced to their respective public state finals.    The top-seeded Little Tigers advanced…

  • Naming issue of plaza outside Princeton Public Library is rekindled

    Residents lobby to name it in honor of the late Albert E. Hinds By: Courtney Gross    Whether it’s referred to as the space, the square, the plaza, or any other name, most Princeton residents know you’re referring to the common area adjacent to the Princeton Public Library.    But a group of Princeton residents, including the…

  • Ferguson reaching to Democrats as partners

    Congressman says he’s adjusting well to minority status and even finds some advantages By: Greg Forester    Life in the minority won’t prevent him from being a productive congressman, U.S. Rep. Michael Ferguson (R-7) said during a visit to The Packet this week.    Casting himself as "a centrist Republican" who can find common ground across party…

  • Leading Ladies

    Elaine Bromka plays Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon and Betty Ford in ‘Tea for Three’ at Passage Theatre’s Solo Flights Festival. By: Susan Van Dongen    Betty Ford was a "hot potato" when she was young, a dancer who trained with Martha Graham. "Plastic Pat" Nixon wasn’t plastic at all — she was an introvert, but…

  • Letters to the editor

    Borough ‘center of ignorance’ To the editor:     It is time for all of us to recognize the obvious. East Windsor Mayor Janice Mironov and her council and Hightstown Mayor Patten along with the Borough Council aren’t going to resolve any issues for the benefit of Hightstown’s taxpayers.    There will be no joint recreation with…

  • Free green from county helps grow EW’s green

    Mercer providing $500K for open space By: Dick Brinster    EAST WINDSOR — The township is acquiring another 10 acres of open space in partnership with Mercer County, which is paying the entire $500,000 purchase price for the plot off Old Cranbury Road.    On Tuesday night, the Township Council approved the agreement, which calls for East…

  • Bertha Skowrenski

       Bertha Skowrenski, 89, died Tuesday, Feb. 20, at home.    Born in Bayonne, she was raised and lived in Monroe for most of her life.    She was a research technician for American Cyanamid that later became Wyeth Drug Co., Princeton, for 36 years, retiring in 1982.    She was a long-time member of Holy Trinity R.C. Church,…