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  • Voters will decide trio of public questions next week

    Adjustments in tax revenue would generate money for property-tax relief, transportation improvements and maintenance of open spaces and historic sites By: Courtney Gross    Although New Jersey residents will head to the polls on Nov. 7 to decide on a hotly contested U.S. Senate race as well as other congressional and municipal contests, they will also…

  • Hun boys replace memory

    Raiders win county soccer crown in shootout By: Bob Nuse    Now, Chris Kingston can think about something else.    It’s been two years since Kingston’s Hun School boys’ soccer team lost to Steinert in overtime in the Mercer County Tournament final. And for two years, Kingston couldn’t forget that loss.    On Friday night, he found a…

  • Whither tourism?

    With so many visitors to Princeton, talk is how to best serve them By: Lauren Otis    When Ken Larini, owner of Larini’s Sunoco on Alexander Street, hears talk of the need for a location in Princeton where tourists can obtain information, his first reaction is, "I thought that’s what we were."    Motorists constantly stop at…

  • Stuart repeat meant to be

    Tartans top Allentown field hockey again for county By: Bob Nuse    Call the rivalry even.    For the last four years, the Stuart Country Day School field hockey team has faced Allentown in the Mercer County Tournament championship game. The first two times they met, not only did Allentown win, but Stuart failed to score a…

  • Contest – Enter Today!

    Disson Skating and Sovereign Bank Arena are proud to bring the runway to the rink with "Fashion on Ice" – a fashion-infused skating show hosted by world-renowned model Frederique Van Der Wal and musical entertainer Chris Isaak! Enter Today! See the hottest looks on ice Disson Skating and Sovereign Bank Arena are proud to bring…

  • EDITOR’S JOURNAL (UPDATED 10/30/06)

    The end of the celery stalk lined road, soon. By: John Dunphy I received an e-mail today from the lovely Sue Kirkland, who is part of Sustainable Lawrence, a group providing eco-tips in our print version. She was inspired by this silly experiment! My husband and I have enjoyed your foray into vegetarian eating. We…

  • Viva Zapata!

    The spirit of the Mexican Revolution lives on in a printmaking exhibition in Philadelphia. By: Ilene Dube    Just what do tourists from the United States look like to Mexicans, anyway? At the Philadelphia Museum of Art, there are several depictions, most notably José Clemente Orozco’s 1934 lithograph "Tourists and Aztecs," in which tall white people…

  • Another term for incumbents in Montgomery

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Oct. 27 By: Packet Editorial    Republican Mark Caliguire doesn’t always go along with his four Democratic colleagues on the Montgomery Township Committee — but he does get along with them, and that says a lot about a governing body that prides itself on being more professional than political.    Together with Democrat Cecilia Xie…

  • Paving lot among last pieces of schools construction puzzle

    By: Dick Brinster    HIGHTSTOWN — About all that remains to be finished of the East Windsor schools construction program is the paving of the parking lot at the new Ethel McKnight Elementary School, which will be among the buildings featured Saturday in the district’s open house, according to Superintendent Ron Bolandi.    Administrators of the six…