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  • Possible TrainLink shutdown concerns riders

    Funding dropoff leaves few options for workers in Forrestal Center By: Nick Norlen    PLAINSBORO — Bristol-Myers Squibb employee Mayuresh Kulkarni may be down to only one option for getting to work, taking the public bus, in a few months. Mr. Kulkarni, and other riders of the TrainLink shuttle service could be left looking for alternate…

  • HHS advances 4 to Region quarters

    Trivisonno, Calamari, Boyle & Amponsa still going By: Sean Moylan    After defeating Northern Burlington’s 145-pounder Greg Bauma 7-5 in the District 25 Tournament consolation round at Rancocas Valley on Saturday, Hightstown High boys’ varsity wrestling standout Tommy Boyle was not thinking of himself.    "It was great to step up for the team and get some…

  • John A. Meyers

       John "Jack" A. Meyers, 84, died Feb. 16 at Community Medical Center in Missoula, Mont.    Formerly of Pennington, he was born in Cranford and raised and educated in Westfield.    A veteran of World War II, he received a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University.    Mr. Meyers worked as an economist and retired as a building inspector…

  • Deadline looms for board

    Even though the deadline is Monday, six candidates have already filed to run for three school board seats in Monroe. By: Bill Greenwood    MONROE — Monroe residents who wish to run in the April 17 election for a position on the Board of Education are running out of time to file their petitions.    Those who…

  • McGuigan climbs into Region V quarterfinals

    Senior is second Knight to qualify By: Justin Feil    Running the stairs isn’t at the top of things that Tim McGuigan likes to do at practice, but it’s one part of practice that definitely seems to pay off.    McGuigan was one of two West Windsor-Plainsboro North wrestlers, along with 135-pound Jeff Rotella, to advance out…

  • Cougar boys fall in sectional swim final

    Hillsborough defeats shorthanded MHS By: Bob Nuse    NORTH BRUNSWICK — The Montgomery High boys’ swim team had every reason to believe they had a good shot to win a second straight sectional championship. Last year, they won the North Jersey 2, B Division.    The Cougars had been steadily improving and were facing a Hillsborough team…

  • Library parking: Public deserves full explanation

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Feb. 23    When word came in January that Princeton Township and Princeton Borough had fallen out of their agreement to subsidize two hours of free parking for patrons of the Princeton Public Library, both municipalities adopted the "we-remain-friends" pose common to celebrity divorce announcements.    As reported in The Packet on Jan. 12, both…

  • Joanna Minguet

       Joanna Karousatos Minguet, 70, died Monday, Feb. 19, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.    She was born in Greece and lived in Monroe Township.    She worked as a bank teller for many years. She was a member of St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Piscataway, and a member of the Philoptochos Society,…

  • Teens dance, share thoughts at Bash for Brian

    By: Cara Latham    HIGHTSTOWN — Success wasn’t measured in dollars at last weekend’s Big Bash for Brian.    Glenn and Jill Johnston said they were happy just to have kept 80 teens that showed up for the dance away from drugs and alcohol for one night.    "We knew where 80 kids were Saturday night and that…