Category: archives
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Looking Back
Spiritual counselor Djuna Wojton looks into ‘Karmic Healing.’ By: Susan Van Dongen The concept of investigating past lives is intriguing yet daunting to some. Who wants to worry about a past life when the present one is hard enough to handle? If there are emotional issues, physical pain or even addictions in a current incarnation,…
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HHS boys’ basketball squad fights way to 6-2 mark
By: Sean Moylan Games between the Hightstown High boys’ varsity basketball team and Lawrence are like those old NFC "Black and Blue Division" battles where it didn’t matter which team was up and which team was down, because the games were almost always going to be dogfights. So Hightstown’s 52-39 win at Lawrence on Tuesday…
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MTHS responds to loss impressively
By: Ken Weingartner Monroe Township High’s wrestlers responded well to their most disappointing performance of the season. Now, the Falcons hope their misstep doesn’t cost them a chance to compete in the state’s team tournament. Monroe lost 36-26 last week to J.P. Stevens, but bounced back with wins over Sparta and Plainfield before losing to…
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Princeton Democrats to elect board members
By: Courtney Gross The Princeton Community Democratic Organization will hold its annual executive board election Jan. 21. Most of the leadership roles are uncontested. The only contested leadership seat is vice president representing Princeton Borough with Peter Wolanin challenging incumbent Dora DeGeorge. Although nominations may be made from the floor, the following incumbents are currently…
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Committee veers off target on tax reform
PACKET EDITORIAL, Jan. 12 By: Packet Editorial, Jan. 12 The last time we checked, all five members of the Princeton Township Committee were Democrats. And all five of them ran for office promising to represent the views and the best interests of Princeton Township residents. This past Monday at an unusual, hastily called meeting…
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Graham adjusts and Monroe is the better for it
By: David Gurney Monroe Township High School senior forward Shamil Graham has played basketball since age five. Even with the wins and the losses over the years and the ups and downs his 8-4 Monroe team has experienced this season, he acknowledges that perhaps the most trying time was a year ago, when Bob Turco…
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Maurice Davidson
Maurice Davidson, 77, of Monroe, died Thursday, Jan. 4, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Mr. Davidson was born in New York City. He lived in Somerset for 39 years prior to moving to Monroe three and a half years ago. Mr. Davidson was the former president of the Democratic Club in…
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Ruling on Twin Rivers could affect 57 million
2 justices skeptical of plaintiffs’ case By: Dick Brinster TRENTON A state Supreme Court ruling in the lawsuit by a group of Twin Rivers residents could result in a landmark determination on the content of newsletters published by homeowners associations that govern 57 million Americans. The high court heard arguments Jan. 4 on a…
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Tie readies PDS for bigger challenge
Panthers face Lawrenceville next By: Bob Nuse The Princeton Day School boys’ ice hockey team is certainly not one to ever back down from a challenge. The Panthers annually play one of the toughest schedules in New Jersey. In addition to facing some of the top prep teams in the Northeast, Princeton Day also adds…
