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  • MCCC theater students to perform in Manhattan storefront window

       Mercer County Community College theater students are scheduled to showcase their talents this week — but not in the traditional way.    Students studying experimental and avant-garde drama and dance will visit Manhattan today and Sunday to perform in storefront windows at Chashama at 217 East 42nd St.    Four groups of students will put on four…

  • Letters to the Editor, Dec. 15

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Dec. 15 State should increase share of school funding To the editor:     We commend the New Jersey Legislature for putting immense effort into studying the important problem of high property taxes in the state and attempting to create solutions that will maintain the high level of education quality in the…

  • Tigers run by Rider

    Pritchard, PU women use explosive first half By: Justin Feil    It may have looked like a nice gesture for a hometown kid when Ali Pritchard drew the start in the second game of the Minnesota Tournament, but the Princeton University women’s basketball forward has shown she belongs since being installed in the lineup permanently Dec.…

  • Convention is only hope for tax reform

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Dec. 15 By: Packet Editorial    What a hoax.    Perhaps there were a few gullible New Jersey residents who actually thought the Legislature would follow through on its promise to do something about the state’s highest-in-the-nation property taxes. There may even have been a lawmaker or two who naively believed the research and analysis…

  • Hospital move to Plainsboro applauded at state hearing

    Vast majority of public testimony supports relocation By: Courtney Gross    Although the "just-around-the-corner" community hospital that has been nestled on Witherspoon Street for nearly nine decades might move, a vast majority of attendees at a State Health Planning Board public hearing Wednesday evening supported its relocation.    Citing the need for expansion to keep up with…

  • A kid’s dream comes true — after 60+ years

    The same 1933 Buick that Earl Tindall coveted as a boy is now a prized possession By: Molly Petrilla    WEST WINDSOR — Growing up in West Windsor, Earl Tindall coveted one thing above all others: his neighbor’s 1933 Buick.    Day after day, he was drawn to its sleek black exterior, its mohair seats and, most…

  • Could be a hot winter for Monroe boys track

    By: Sean Richards    The Monroe Township High School boys winter track team had a solid season last year in which a talented group of juniors showed there was the potential to do even better in the near future.    Starting at the Holiday Relays at Fairleigh Dickinson University today (Friday), the future is now.    "The team…

  • EDITORIAL: Coalition takes first steps in revitalization

    JRC is taking Jamesburg in the right direction    The Jamesburg Revitalization Coalition has the right idea.    It has begun a process designed to improve the borough’s downtown area without sacrificing the small-town feel that lends Jamesburg much of its charm.    The JRC is an independent organization made up of borough business and property owners, political…

  • Falcons spent past year hitting the mats

    By: Ken Weingartner    Many of the wrestlers on the Monroe Township High squad could succinctly describe how they spent their summer vacations, or at least a good part of their time off.    Wrestling.    Opponents of the Falcons should keep this fact in the back of their minds, especially if Monroe continues to grow and flourish…