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  • Santa to pay Plainsboro neighborhoods a visit Friday and Saturday

    By: Molly Petrilla    PLAINSBORO — Santa Claus is coming to town Friday and Saturday, thanks to the township’s fire company and police department.    The jolly, bearded bearer of gifts will make 38 stops in 27 neighborhoods throughout Plainsboro as part of the fire and police departments’ annual "Santa Ride."    Signs will be posted throughout the…

  • Policy expert sees dreary future for telecom in New Jersey

    Industry seen losing jobs and research and development capabilities to other parts of the nation By: Lauren Otis    WEST WINDSOR — At a recent "telecommunications summit" on the convergence of telecommunications technology, held at Sarnoff Corp. headquarters, James Hughes, dean of Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, began his presentation…

  • NOAA scientists’ hurricane research recognized

    Forecasting model helped mitigate impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita By: Laruren Otis    The devastation wrought by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in August and September 2005 will go down in history because of its extent and duration, with New Orleans and other Gulf Coast communities still trying to recover over a year later.    But if…

  • Montgomery can be proud of its crown jewel

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Dec. 12 By: Packet Editorial    It was a long, long, long time coming — but Montgomery Township finally sealed the deal last week to purchase the abandoned North Princeton Developmental Center site and turn it into Skillman Village, a real, honest-to-goodness town center.    Many of us have been involved over the years in…

  • Letters to the Editor, Dec. 12

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Dec. 12 Longtime barrier becomes a bridge To the editor:     I was both pleasantly surprised and encouraged by the announcement that Princeton University is moving elements of its U-Store to Nassau Street.    In one move, Princeton has gone from being a town with a university to becoming a university town.…

  • Equine excellence

    Princeton University riders are making some news By: Phyllis Spiegel    Their majors run the gamut from psychology to engineering, their home towns from San Diego to Maplewood, but these Princeton University students share a love of horses and riding that gets them up and out of their dorms early every Friday morning to carpool to…

  • Retired chief justice joins Plainsboro firm

    Deborah T. Portiz to hold office at Drinker Biddle & Reath    Deborah T. Poritz, who retired as chief justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court in October, will be joining the Plainsboro office of the law firm Drinker Biddle & Reath, the firm announced Monday.    A Princeton resident, she was appointed to the state high…

  • PU men talk about Rutgers loss

    First-half hole too deep for Tigers By: Bob Nuse    Joe Scott hasn’t had to have too many long talks with his team after games this season.    The fact that Saturday was his first meant two things — the Tigers were playing pretty well through nine games, and Saturday’s game didn’t go too well.    "This is…

  • Joan M. Bradbury

       Joan M. Bradbury, 75, of Ewing Township died Dec. 7 at the Capital Health System, Fuld Campus.    Born in Hamilton Township, she was a lifelong area resident and once worked for the State of New Jersey as a stenographer.    A member of St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Pennington for over 40 years, she also was…