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  • Montgomery seniors offered book club

    By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — For those who enjoy reading and discussing books with friends, the Montgomery Senior Center is offering a monthly book club.    The senior center, located in the Otto Kaufman Community Center, 356 Skillman Road, will host the book club in conjunction with Mary Jacobs Library, located in Rocky Hill.    Meetings will…

  • Quark Park must police itself

    Palmer Square says it never promised to provide security By: Kara Fitzpatrick    At the request of Palmer Square Management, the Princeton Borough Zoning Board of Adjustment on Thursday unanimously voted to remove a finding of fact in the previously approved application for Quark Park — the science-themed outdoor sculpture garden being created behind the Hulfish…

  • Letters to the Editor, Aug. 29

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Aug. 29 Pet adoption is worthwhile investment To the editor:     Having read the recent article about SAVE’s dilemma regarding unadoptable dogs (The Packet, Aug. 25), I can only look at my two beautiful, adopted German shepherds and be so glad that they were able to find a loving home with…

  • Vounteer’s training put to the test in Louisiana

    Montgomery resident leaves Friday for three-week assignment By: Kara Fitzpatrick    In just one year, Stephen Engst has fully engaged himself as an American Red Cross volunteer. So much so that the Montgomery Township resident left Friday to complete a three-week assignment with the Louisiana Capital Area Chapter of the Red Cross.    During his time with…

  • Argentina’s lagging schools offer lessons for a Princeton educator

    Princeton Regional Schools administrator takes part in Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program By: Hilary Parker    When Princeton Regional Schools World Languages and ESL/Bilingual Programs Supervisor Priscilla Russel traveled to Argentina on a Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program this summer, she was careful about what she packed.    "I went with an open mind and a closed mouth," she…

  • Carefully digest tax numbers for New Jersey

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Aug. 29 By: Packet Editorial    When New Jersey lawmakers reluctantly approved $1.9 billion worth of new taxes to balance the state budget back in early July, they knew the state’s reputation as something less than a haven for taxpayers could only worsen.    So the release of a study by the National Conference of…

  • Gertrude Lojko

       Gertrude Lojko, 77, of Pennington died Saturday at her home.    Born in New Brunswick and the first of nine children of Eugenio and Lucia Gonzalez, she graduated from New Brunswick High School in 1947.    She worked by her husband’s side as owner and operator of the Green Acres Tavern in Kendall Park for 40 years…

  • Palmer Square to host Jazzfeast Sept. 16

       On Saturday, Sept. 16, Palmer Square in Princeton will be filled with wonderful sounds and wonderful aromas as the 15th annual Jazzfeast takes place in the open air. The festival will feature performances by some of the nation’s leading jazz musicians and will showcase cuisine from some of the area’s finest restaurants.    Jazzfeast will takes…

  • PU scientists predict what gives us the yucks

    Interpreting brain activity of test subjects watching "Home Improvment" episodes By: Hilary Parker    It’s no laughing matter that a group of Princeton University professors and students in June were awarded second place in an international competition to predict how test subjects would describe episodes of the "Home Improvement" television show in terms of funniness and…