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  • PU football kicks off at Lehigh

    Walker, new starters get first test Saturday By: Justin Feil    Brig Walker was fighting for time as a freshman special teams player the last time the Princeton University football team played Lehigh University.    Three years later, Walker will play a far more significant role as a starting linebacker when the Tigers kick off their season…

  • Merwick tract and surrounding area approved for unified development zone

    Housing is key component of proposed land use By: Hilary Parker    The Regional Planning Board of Princeton on Thursday night adopted an amendment to the Princeton Community Master Plan that will guide the future development of the Merwick, Stanworth and YM/YWCA properties.    The previous Master Plan recommendations for the properties assumed the existing Merwick Rehab…

  • Stuart wins Great Rd. rivalry game

    Colicchio’s first goal helps Tartans top PDS By: Justin Feil    Liz Colicchio remains an integral part of the Stuart Country Day field hockey team’s defense, but this year she’s also being counted on to provide some offense.    Colicchio did both to help the Tartans to a 3-1 win over cross-Great Rd. rival Princeton Day School…

  • Press Forum

    Should they develop that Unexcell property on Brick Yard Road in Cranbury? Should they develop that Unexcell property on Brick Yard Road in Cranbury?

  • Letters to the Editor, Sept. 15

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Sept. 15 Photo reminds us of our heritage To the editor:     Congratulations for putting on the front page Mark Czajkowski’s photograph of a squirrel eating a slice of pizza (The Packet, Sept. 12). And congratulations to Mark Czajkowski for this remarkable photograph.    The first pizzeria in America was founded in…

  • Cranbury celebrates its day

    Festival draws crowds of proud Cranbury citizens to streets By: Jessica Beym    Seated in lawn chairs on the grassy edge of a North Main Street home on Saturday, brothers John and Carl Giambrone had prime spots for checking out the rows of antique cars that glistened in the afternoon sun.    Their seats also gave them…

  • Lorraine Mott

       Lorraine Werner Mott, 76, of Monroe, died Thursday, Sept. 7, at her home.    Born and raised in New Brunswick, Ms. Mott lived in East Brunswick for 35 years before moving to the Rossmoor 16 years ago.    Ms. Mott was a member of the Women’s Guild and a volunteer at the annual Grandma’s Attic sale, both…

  • Locals pan rail study

    Question new figures for MOM ridership By: Joseph Harvie and Stephanie Brown    Area officials say ridership figures released Wednesday for the proposed Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex County rail line should be taken with a grain of salt.    The Board of Chosen Freeholders of both Ocean and Monmouth counties paid to have AECOM Consult, an affiliate of DMJM Harris,…

  • No tall tale: Height begets smarts

    Princeton University economists find taller people tend to earn more than shorter people By: Hilary Parker    Maybe there is a simple explanation for the long-documented phenomenon that taller people tend to earn more than shorter people.    They’re smarter.    Such is the suggestion made by Princeton University economists Anne Case and Christina Paxson in "Stature and…