Category: archives

  • 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,…

  • Artist to mix fantasy and dream at Gourgaud exhibit

       Agnès Holzapfel Seugnet will display her works at the Gourgaud Gallery. By: Lacey Korevec        There is a magical, fantasy world that Agnès Holzapfel Seugnet taps into when she works. It inspires her to create circular, swirling images of people flying into a dark blue abyss with a path of birds and flowers leading the…

  • Haughton wins Group III high jump championship

    By: Sean Moylan    The old saying goes "less is more."    But lately Hightstown indoor track and field superstar Jessica Haughton is finding out that "more is more" as a stronger than ever version of Haughton won the high jump event at this past Saturday’s NJSIAA Group III Track and Field Championships at the John Bennett…

  • DISPATCHES: Waiting for the rules to change

    DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Local governments and schools may get a little more money, but New Jersey taxpayers are still waiting for real tax reform. By: Hank Kalet    School officials are feeling a bit pessimistic.    With a state budget still in the red thanks to years of questionable policies and smoke-and-mirror accounting, the people drafting…

  • Mayors to officiate civil unions

    By: Cara Latham    While the borough and township mayors may not agree on much these days, there is one issue that seems to have them both on the same page — civil unions for gay couples.    Since Monday, gay couples in New Jersey can apply for civil unions, which gives them the same rights and…