Category: archives

  • William Bain

       William James Bain, 89, of Fairfield Glade, Tenn., died Monday, Oct. 9, in Crossville, Tenn.    Born on Jan. 3, 1917 in Bridgeport, Conn., he lived in Cranbury from 1982 until 1999 before moving to Tennessee.    Mr. Bain retired as Vice President of Peabody & Wind (a mechanical engineering firm in Philadelphia). He was a Past…

  • Arts center head in Montgomery departs post

    Financial pressures force "drastic changes" By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — The Montgomery Center for the Arts has parted ways with its executive director, Frances Chaves.    Citing a desire to pursue alternative professional opportunities and spend more time with her family, Ms. Chaves left the center Sept. 5.    Her departure comes at a time when the…

  • OBITUARIES, Oct. 20, 2006

    Ralph H. Mather, Mary F. Kahny, Harry B. Anderson Jr., Phyllis B. Green, James E. Koskey Ralph H. Mather Princeton bank president     SARASOTA, Fla. — Ralph H. Mather died April 25. He was 93.    Born in Princeton, he was a resident of Princeton for more than 50 years before moving to Sarasota in 1977.…

  • Lack of vaccine curtails Princeton flu clinic program

    Innoculation schedule for seniors has been set back By: Courtney Gross    Because of a delay in the distribution of flu vaccine, the Princeton Regional Health Department is rescheduling one clinic and requiring pre-registration for another until its full supply has been received, possibly in December.    Princeton’s vaccine provider, Pennsylvania-based Sanofi Pasteur, notified the Health Department…

  • Louis Hanes

       Louis Hanes, 93, of Monroe Township, died Wednesday, Oct. 11, at University Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was a resident of Rossmoor since 1986. He formerly lived in the Jamaica section of Queens, N.Y., and Flemington. Mr. Hanes was a Navy veteran of World War II. He joined the New York…

  • Shimkin ready to return

    PDS football anxious to have standout back By: Bob Nuse    Mike Shimkin hadn’t missed many plays, let alone a whole game in his three years with the Princeton Day School football team.    That was until an ankle injury in the Panthers’ game against Manville sidelined him for last week’s loss to Bound Brook.    "Until he…

  • Anklowitz cautious over West Windsor development

    Township Council candidate shares views with The Packet editorial board By: Molly Petrilla    WEST WINDSOR — Township Council candidate Will Anklowitz doesn’t hesitate to call the 350-acre redevelopment site around the Princeton Junction train station a "golden opportunity for West Windsor."    But that’s not to say he doesn’t have serious reservations about it.    In an…

  • Electrical issues delay MTHS plans

    Clearance of Thompson Park land in process, despite set-back By: Bill Greenwood    MONROE — The Board of Education has taken two steps forward and one step back in the construction of a new high school and elementary school.    The board said at a meeting Wednesday that it submitted documents — including title reports, surveys and…

  • EDITORIAL: Old photos tell towns’ stories

    Local historian needs help piecing story together    John Katerba is trying to tell the story of Jamesburg and Monroe in pictures.    Mr. Katerba, the Monroe Township historian, is collecting and reviewing photographs taken in Monroe and Jamesburg before 1950 in preparation for publication of the second volume of the book, "Images of America: Monroe Township…