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Senior Menus-Nov. 30, 2006
All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville. The value of each meal is $4.60. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution. All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine. ;The sodium-controlled menu is the same unless otherwise noted. Regular menu Thursday, Nov. 30 Grape juice,…
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Property Transfers November 29, 2006 Part 1
The Princeton Packet Inc. publishes information on real estate transactions in its core market as a public service because it believes the information is newsworthy and appropriate. The information is all on the public record. In some cases the listing represents the property’s mailing address rather than the municipal location. While the intention is to…
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Editor’s Notebook
Don’t get it right, get it in writing By: Vanessa S. Holt If you haven’t started your novel yet this month, you’d better get cracking. For thousands of people, November is National Novel Writing Month, an excuse not just in this county, but around the world for everyone who has ever talked about…
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Plenty of traffic in town, but not a lot of shoppers on Black Friday
Princeton retailers say sales generally did not meet expectations. By: Courtney Gross In the aftermath of what many believe is the biggest shopping day of the year, most Princeton businesses reported that Black Friday’s sales did not meet their expectations despite the overflow of traffic in town for holiday festivities and the warmer-than-expected weather.…
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Cougars end year with loss
Offseason work is key for football By: Bob Nuse It’s really hard to say just what kind of season the Montgomery High football team had this year. On one hand, they posted first-ever wins over Warren Hills and Somerville. On the other hand, they only won one other game and finished 3-7. But, on yet…
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New rules for leaf collection have merit
PACKET EDITORIAL, Nov. 28 By: Packet Editorial A year ago at this time, nearly every New Jersey city, borough and township was gearing up to adopt something called a stormwater management plan which newspapers around the state duly covered and the citizenry duly ignored. The mere mention of the subject matter stormwater management…
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John W. Drake
John W. Drake, 82, died Sunday at the University Medical Center at Princeton. Born in Princeton, Mr. Drake was a resident of Skillman, where he worked the family farm his entire life. A 1943 graduate of Princeton High School, he enjoyed the outdoors, including hunting, fishing and trapping, and he raised chickens and produced eggs.…
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Morning accident injures three, closes down Witherspoon Street
By: Courtney Gross An accident involving an ambulance on its way to the University Medical Center at Princeton and a van left three men injured and shut down Witherspoon Street for several blocks on Monday morning. Following the accident, the van’s driver, Erik Tarnopoll, 41, of Morrisville, Pa., was charged with operating a vehicle under…
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Boys Soccer Player of the Year
Scheer made big impact in spite of size By: Bob Nuse At first glance, Jon Scheer isn’t an imposing figure on the soccer field. But it doesn’t take long for opponents to realize there is a lot of talent packed into that 5-foot-4, 135-pound frame. "He’s a really good soccer player," said West Windsor-Plainsboro High…
