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  • South makes noise with Pirate title

    Simon, Lewinson win two events apiece By: Justin Feil    Paola Simon didn’t exactly have great memories about the Pirate Invitational going into Sunday’s 28th version of the statewide swim meet.    "The last Pirate, I was actually really sick," said the West Windsor-Plainsboro South junior. "I felt horrible. I did bad. I got 11th and 12th."…

  • South’s Nestel in right place to deliver game-winning goal

    Pirates improve to .500 by avenging loss to North By: Justin Feil    Mike Nestel has been playing ice hockey for close to a decade, and is in his second season with the West Windsor-Plainsboro South squad.    In all that time, in all those games, the Pirates sophomore never had a moment like he did in…

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  • Celebrities are just part of the job

    For lecture agent and Princeton resident Jeremy Steele, it’s just another day By: Jake Uitti    For longtime Princeton resident Jeremy Steele, it is just another day at the office, but those without his 22 years of experience would probably be speechless upon meeting some of the celebrities and political heavyweights he is involved with on…

  • Keeping the faith

    Catholic teens take to the air to talk about their lives By: Kristin Boyd    Bling is a word best suited for the under-25 set.    It sounds ultra hip when batted around high-school classrooms and basketball courts; not so much when squeezed into casual supermarket conversations.    So imagine 14-year-old Ciara Schoenauer’s surprise when the bishop of…

  • Phone threat disrupts West Windsor-Plainsboro middle school

    Student claimed to have shotgun in school By: Molly Petrilla    Students were evacuated from West Windsor-Plainsboro’s Community Middle School in response to a threat phoned in Friday morning, police said.    According to police reports, at 7:18 a.m., the Plainsboro Police Department received a 911 call from an unidentified Community Middle School student who claimed to…

  • Special meeting set in Rocky Hill on Wednesday to fill vacant seat

    By: Jake Uitti    ROCKY HILL — The Borough Council has scheduled a special meeting to deal with the vacant seat on the governing body.    The meeting will be held 7:45 p.m. Wednesday at Borough Hall.    There is a borough school board meeting slated for 7 p.m. in Borough Hall on the same day, where it…

  • Letters to the Editor, Jan. 16

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Jan. 16 Committee clarifies property-tax position To the editor:     The Packet’s front-page article on Jan. 9 could be interpreted by some that we on Princeton Township Committee do not support property-tax reform.    On the contrary, we support real, sustainable property-tax reform. Regrettably, current proposed state legislation fails to do this.…

  • A celebration of civil rights

    Music sets the theme in Princeton University’s observance of the birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. By: Courtney Gross    They tapped their feet, swayed their bodies and bobbed their heads almost in unison.    The subtle movement of the crowd gathered to celebrate the birth of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.…