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  • First big storm of season puts road crews to the test

    Towns report few problems    Mother nature decided Tuesday evening to pitch anything she could get her hands on at the Princeton area. There was freezing rain, there was sleet, there was snow, all combined with high winds and temperatures in the teens.    But municipal officials said they were ready to play ball and coped reasonably…

  • Hey girls, make room for the fellows

    SBHS boys join teammates in the world of CJIV champions By: James McKeever    Despite losing on Feb. 5 in the GMC tournament, Brian Burniston saw something he liked in his South Brunswick boys bowling team that day.    The Vikings recorded some high scores in the match against St. Joseph’s and bowled with a lot of…

  • False fire calls vex fire department, borough

    Police would act as first responders under proposal By: Courtney Gross    False alarms account for a third of the 900 calls received by the Princeton Fire Department according to borough officials who want to reduce wasted trips by firefighters with a measure that would make police the first responders to alarms sent from central monitoring…

  • State report cards rank Monroe schools above average

    Township fares well in annual testing By: Bill Greenwood    MONROE – Test scores in the school district exceeded the state average this year as enrollment numbers continued to climb, according to the 2006 New Jersey school report cards.    The state Department of Education issues report cards annually to provide information on class size, enrollment, standardized…

  • Getting ready for school

    Advice for new kindergartners By: Lacey Korevec    September is more than half a year away, but with kindergarten registration around the corner, teachers say there’s no better time than now for parents to begin preparing their little ones for the transition from preschool to "the big school."    "Start talking about it now," Cranbury School kindergarten…

  • ‘The American Spirit’

    Princeton University Art Museum celebrates tradition By: Christian Kirkpatrick    The Princeton University Art Museum feted a true guest of honor at its annual gala on Saturday — George Washington.    Our first president attended in spirit and image as he smiled down from "George Washington at The Battle of Princeton," which was painted for the trustees…

  • Landmarks group seeks to save historic home on NPDC site

    Fairview farmhouse predated the state facility By: Greg Forester    MONTGOMERY — Montgomery Township has begun the process of deciding the fate of buildings on the recently acquired North Princeton Developmental Center site.    Montgomery Township Landmarks Commission members approved a plan at a special meeting Monday to demolish the nurses’ building, located next to the Village…

  • Princeton Rep has some fun

    Amy Freed’s riotously funny "Beard of Avon" to be brought before audiences By: Michael Redmond    "A rose by any other name" — might not be Shakespeare’s?    That’s the premise, more or less, of "The Beard of Avon" (2001), playwright Amy Freed’s riotously funny take on the Shakespeare authorship controversy, which has been going strong for…

  • New managing editor named at The Packet

    Frederick J. Tuccillo assumed position this week    Frederick J. Tuccillo has been named managing editor of The Princeton Packet.    Mr. Tuccillo, formerly associate editor and a columnist with the Courier-News of Bridgewater and an editor and staff writer at Newsday on Long Island, began his duties at The Packet this week.    Rick Sinding, former managing…