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  • Web Update

    School board opts for Breza Road By: Rebecca Weltmann UPPER FREEHOLD – At a special work session meeting on Feb. 7, the Board of Education voted 7-3 in favor of writing a referendum seeking an additional $13,238,000 to move the middle school project to the Breza Road site. The board, which shared mixed feelings with…

  • Limit travel of large trucks on local roads

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Feb. 9    The large trucks that rumble the nation’s highways have no place in Princeton.    Although these roadway behemoths — some 102 inches wide, others with double trailers — have become crucial to the interstate commerce that is integral to the nation’s economy, they don’t fit our local highways and roads. Their sheer…

  • OBITUARIES, Feb. 9, 2007

    Shirley Pearce, Michael J. Perna, Peter C. Hoffman, Pamela A. Stevens, Joanna J. Cerf Shirley Pearce Longtime Princeton resident     MONTGOMERY — Shirley Eleanore Theler Pearce died Saturday at home at Stonebridge at Montgomery after a brief illness. She was 85.    A native of Cincinnati, Mrs. Pearce was a resident of the Princeton area for…

  • Area state senators defend vote against tax bill

    Turner, Inverso explain their opposition to bill awaiting signature of Gov. Jon Corzine By: Courtney Gross    What was intended to bring real relief to New Jersey’s highest-in-the-nation property taxes has brought more skepticism, gaffes and even constitutional challenges than the rebate checks that many expected.    Yes, the "caps and credit" bill awaits Gov. Jon Corzine’s…

  • Schorr drops out of West Windsor council contest

    Morgan and Anklowitz must find a replacement before March 15 deadline By: Nick Norlen    WEST WINDSOR — West Windsor Township Council candidate Steve Schorr has dropped out of the campaign because his candidacy is in violation of his employer’s employee policy, his running mate said Thursday.    Incumbent candidates Charles Morgan and Will Anklowitz are now…

  • Off the road with David Rago

    Lambertville art dealer does some self-appraisal before Historical Society of Princeton By: Christian Kirkpatrick    It all started while he was working at the Acme in West Windsor.    The man who would establish Rago Arts and Auction Center in Lambertville was young and broke. A recent graduate of The College of New Jersey, he was on…

  • Back in trash: Borough to buy automated truck

    Savings seen in $314K buy By: Dick Brinster    HIGHTSTOWN — The borough plans to be back in the trash pickup business next year.    The Borough Council voted unanimously Monday to buy an automated truck and containers for $314,726 from Merkin Equipment of Easton, Pa., and set a public hearing for a bond ordinance to fund…

  • Obituaries (02.08.07)

    Helen Gill Helen I. Gill died Jan. 30 at the home of her son Martin T. Gill, in Lawrence. She was 87.    She had been in hospice care after a bout with cancer. Mrs. Gill was a resident of the Brookshire Senior Citizen Apartments in Lawrence prior to falling ill.    She was a graduate of…

  • Exploring nature at the D&R Canal

    Local wildlife education is a walk in the park By: Matthew Rick    The D&R Canal Commission in Kingston is sponsoring programs over the next two weekends to educate community members about the habitat and wildlife of the area.    On Saturday, the commission is sponsoring a history and nature walk around the grounds of the former…