Category: archives

  • PHS’ MacKenzie finds best in pool

    Sophomore gears up for county meet By: Justin Feil    In upstate New York, Sean MacKenzie tried just about every sport he could.    Whatever he tried, it never topped the success he found in the pool. And so when he got to eighth grade, and moved to New Jersey, he stuck with his best sport.    "It…

  • FBI: Man admits sending school threats

    By: Vic Monaco    A Croydon, Pa., man faces a maximum jail sentence of 10 years after admitting to sending threatening letters to municipal entities and school districts, including East Windsor Regional, according to law enforcement officials.    James Thomas Weed, 55, turned himself in to the FBI on Jan. 19 and later that day appeared in…

  • Team of artists gets an ‘A’ for its work

    Posters of photography available at Gourgaud Gallery By: Lacey Korevec    During a winter walk home from the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen in 2004, Annabelle Rose found a broken, discarded camera lying on sidewalk trash pile.    After a friend jiggled some parts around and fixed it, Ms. Rose, who died of cancer in February, decided her…

  • Help is at hand for board hopefuls

    Candidate Kits explain the process, campaign procedures By: Bill Greenwood    With three school board seats available in both Monroe and Jamesburg, incumbents from both towns said they are seeking to extend their stay.    In Monroe, Carol Haring, Amy Spiezer and Lew Kaufman’s terms all will expire this year.    In Jamesburg, the terms of Patrice Faraone,…

  • Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week

    PDS’ Elbert fights to the finish By: Justin Feil    Oliver Elbert started fencing as a freshman at Princeton Day School for the same reason a lot of 8-year-old boys might find the sport of interest.    "I thought sword fighting was cool, so why not try it?" said Elbert. "It was totally on a lark. It…

  • John A. Canavera

       John A. Canavera Sr., 86, of Monroe, died Sunday, Jan. 21, at JFK Medical Center in Edison.    Born in Iron Mountain, Mich., he resided in Edison for 44 years before moving to Monroe in 1999. He was employed as a tractor trailer driver for 35 years and retired from Yellow Freight Systems in 1984. He…

  • Former U.S. Rep. Jim Leach joins Princeton faculty

       Jim Leach, a former Republican congressman from Iowa, will join the faculty of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.    Mr. Leach will have a three-semester appointment through June 2008 as the John L. Weinberg/Goldman Sachs and Co. Visiting Professor of Public and International Affairs, beginning in February.    A career public servant…

  • Town seeking lower speed

    Old Trenton Road limit a concern By: Lacey Korevec    The Township Committee wants to lower the speed limit on Old Trenton Road.    The committee approved a resolution Monday asking the county to lower the speed limit on the 50-mph road to 40 mph, a request many residents have long anticipated.    The township will also send…

  • Professional services pacts OK’d

    By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN — The Borough Council has approved several contracts for professional services.    At its Jan. 16 meeting, the council OK’d contracts for Borough Attorney Fred Raffetto, Borough Engineer Carmela Roberts, bond counsel Edward McManimon, labor counsel Richard Shaklee, auditor William Antonides and planning consultant Tamara Lee.    Mr. Raffetto, of Ansell Zaro Grimm…