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  • Buriak blasts local board; says Patten can’t tab wife

    Mayor cites her expertise as justification for his Historic Preservation board choice By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN — Former Borough Councilman Dan Buriak ripped the local Historic Preservation Commission this week, calling it a "social club" that accomplished "absolutely nothing" last year and claiming that the membership of Kathy Patten, Mayor Bob Patten’s wife, represents a…

  • This past year brought sense of progress

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Dec. 29    All in all, as years go, 2006 hasn’t been such a bad one.    True, things have not gone swimmingly in the international arena, where conditions in Iraq have deteriorated from bad to worse — even by President Bush’s own year-end admission — and America’s standing in the world continues to take…

  • EDITORIAL: Communities have important choices ahead

    Cranbury, Jamesburg and Monroe have important decisions ahead for them in 2007.    It seems like we say this every year, but we’re expecting 2007 to be a busy year in Cranbury, Jamesburg and Monroe.    All three communities have a lot on their plates. In addition to the annual municipal and school budgets, there will be…

  • Portraits in pastels

    Salomon Kadoche, 67, of Monroe, garners national art award. By: Candice Leigh Helfand    MONROE — A local artist’s stroke of genius has earned him international acclaim.    Salomon Kadoche, 67, of Greenbriar at Whittingham, has won the Newington Award for Best Painting in Show from the American Artists Professional League, a national organization based in New…

  • Mystery Woman

    Princeton native Anne Stuart pushes the limits with her newest thriller, ‘Cold As Ice.’ By: Anthony Stoeckert (ANNE STUART)    You’ve heard of working musicians; well, Anne Stuart is a working writer. First published 30 years ago, the Princeton native has carved out a solid career as a writer of romance and mystery novels. But her…

  • Princeton Adult School schedules spring classes

    Registration under way for programs beginning Jan. 30    Registration is under way for the spring semester of Princeton Adult School.    Offerings include more than 130 courses ranging from "Films You Should Have Seen but Didn’t," and gourmet cooking, to a lecture series, "Cities and Civilization," which will look at seven cities through the prism of…

  • Gourgaud will host photographer’s first exhibit

    25-year-old Andrea Castro’s pictures on display from Jan. 5 until Jan. 28. By: Lacey Lorevec    A camera bag slung over her shoulder, film tucked into her pockets and her Hasselblad camera hanging on a strap around her neck, 25-year-old Andrea Castro shadows her friends’ children, snapping shots and turning their weekend activities into art, a…

  • Solid sales chalked up by Princeton’s downtown merchants

    Warm weather had its advantages and disadvantages By: Lauren Otis    This year’s holiday shopping season had a different feel to it, retailers in downtown Princeton said — perhaps because of the unseasonably warm weather — but most managed to record solid sales for November and December, doing at least as well as they did a…

  • Around Cranbury: Houses that light up the night

       Lorraine sedor has the winners of this year’s hous decorating contest. By: Lorraine Sedor    The Christmas season is not quite over yet, so why not catch one final glimpse at the most beautifully decorated homes in Cranbury?    Each year the Cranbury Lions Club sends around a secret group of elves — make that judges —…