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  • Hospital’s planned move to Plainsboro takes another step

    Certificate of need application deemed complete by state, paving the way for hearings By: Courtney Gross    Princeton HealthCare System’s certificate of need application — a document seeking state approval for the University Medical Center at Princeton’s proposed move to Plainsboro — has been deemed complete by the state Department of Health and Senior Services and…

  • Thanksgiving renews a spirit we all share

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Nov. 21 By: Packet Editorial    It’s customary at this time of year to take a moment and give thanks — not necessarily to the denizens of the Massachusetts Bay Colony whose historic détente we commemorate with this week’s holiday, but for anything and everything else we have to be thankful for.    Outside of…

  • ‘A Good Year’

    The locations and sets are enough to make you book a flight to France and rent a country chateau for the summer. By: Bob Brown    The real star of this film, based on Peter Mayle’s novel of the same name, is Provence. Its languid charms are more seductive than wine or women, the two other…

  • Elks Lodge to host ‘Metal Mania’ on Saturday

    By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — The Princeton Elks Lodge, located on Route 518 in Blawenburg, will be hosting "Montgomery’s Metal Mania II."    Seven local bands will play from 6 to 11 p.m. Saturday with the purpose of promoting a drug- and alcohol-free environment.    Bands that will be performing are Knife and Glitter, The Miracle of…

  • Plainsboro police collecting toys for needy children

       PLAINSBORO — For the 16th year in a row, township police are seeking toy donations for needy children.    With help from PBA 319, police will collect new unwrapped toys, which will be distributed to local families in need. Any remaining donations will be given to nearby charitable organizations.    Residents can drop off their donations at…

  • The Indians and the Pilgrims: What was on the menu?

    Separating myth from reality By: Carolyn Foote Edelmann    On a bleak November morning, a wild turkey flew low, dark and determined across Meadow Road in West Windsor, just missing my car. Serenely, he joined his stately flock in shadowy woods.    This early Thanksgiving omen carried me right back to "Plimoth" Colony — and to wondering…

  • Sea of celebration ends drought

    PU football wins first title since 1995 By: Justin Feil    Rob Toresco was coming to Princeton University football games long before he ever dreamed of actually helping the Tigers win an Ivy League championship.    "I used to come to a couple games when I was little," said the Hunterdon Central High graduate. "I remember coming…

  • Field Hockey Player of the Year

    Bruvik exits Stuart after best year ever By: Bob Nuse    Kelly Bruvik has been a part of the Stuart Country Day School field hockey program her whole life.    But this year was more special than any of the previous years she’s been part of the Tartan team — as a fan or a player. It…

  • Montgomery gets two county grants

    By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — The township has received $250,000 from the Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders as reimbursement for the acquisition of the Nicolaysen tract, a 95-acre property located on Cherry Valley Road.    The Nicolaysen tract is adjacent to 275 acres of already preserved open space and farmland in the township, including the…