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  • Bam Bam smashes foes into pebbles

    By: Ken Weingartner    Bam Bam got his high school wrestling career started with a bang.    Sam "Bam Bam" Emburgia, a freshman at Monroe Township High, won the 103-pound championship at the season-opening Ewing Tournament over the weekend. Also winning a title was Jake "The Snake" Nale at 215 as the Falcons finished third in the…

  • Obituaries

    Elizabeth Cooper    PRINCETON — Elizabeth Cooper, 85, died Monday in the Pavilions at Forrestal.    Born in Trenton, Mrs. Cooper was a longtime area resident and retired in 1983 from the New Jersey Turnpike Authority as a telephone operator after 17 years of service. She was a member of the Woodman of the World and enjoyed…

  • Trio charged in theft spree

    Teens allegedly involved in high school burglaries By: Bill Greenwood    MONROE — Three Monroe Township High School students were charged Tuesday with allegedly committing four thefts over the last six weeks, including three at the high school.    The suspects — two Jamesburg boys aged 17 and 16, and a 16-year-old Monroe boy — allegedly stole…

  • Hospital move to Plainsboro supported, but with conditions

    Health Commission wants assurances that the uninsured and underinsured will be served By: Courtney Gross    In preparation for the University Medical Center at Princeton’s certificate of need hearing before the State Health Planning Board, the Princeton Regional Health Commission has submitted a letter supporting the hospital’s move, but proposing conditions for its approval.    At its…

  • Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week

    Perez hopes this fast start lasts By: Justin Feil    As a freshman wrestler for Princeton High School last year, Anastacio Perez got off to a pretty good start before things got tougher in the end of the season.    Perez entered this season looking to sustain success from start to finish.    "It was rough last year,"…

  • Menorah lighting honors triumph

    Symbolism behind annual holiday By: Stephanie Brown    JAMESBURG — The afternoon sun shone brightly on the large white menorah that stood in Veterans Memorial Park.    "The menorah is ultimately a symbol of freedom, of light over darkness, of joy over sadness and of freedom over oppression," Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky, of the Chabad Jewish Center of…

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  • PHASE THREE by Arnold Bornstein: The holidays: old, new, renewal

    Past, present and future come together during festive time of year By: Arnold Bornstein    The holidays stir memories of the past, thoughts of new insight from the present and hope for renewal in the future.    We recall times that go back to childhood, including loved ones and friends no longer with us; we try to…

  • Farmers, bugs and chemical warfare

    Local farms adapt (as usual) By: Cara Latham    The pesticide Azinphos-methyl, or AZM, sold under the common brand name Guthion, is the latest to be phased out by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, but local farmers say the decision will not cause too much hardship for them.    "We do use some of it, but not…