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  • Restoration work at Schenck farm approved by West Windsor council

    Money allocated for historic buildings By: Emily Craighead    WEST WINDSOR — Kyle Van Dyke and Associates will oversee renovations to the carriage house and schoolhouse at the Schenck Farm.    The Township Council has authorized a $5,000 contract for work on the carriage house and $13,500 for the schoolhouse, also known as the Parsonage House.    "Please…

  • Letters to the Editor, May 16

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, May 16 McMansion neighbors seek action, not words To the editor:     As the homeowners with the longest common border with the so-called "McMansion on a mound" at 73 North Littlebrook Road, we appreciate Kyle Burke’s stated intention in his letter to the editor (The Packet, May 12) to make some…

  • Fundraiser lets school’s Edible Garden bloom

    A link to "The Seed Lady of Watts" in Los Angeles By: Hilary Parker    Like the plants that will someday flourish in its beds, the idea for a garden often takes a little time to germinate. Sometimes, the idea sprouts before the seeds have even been planted, growing and blossoming like zucchini vines in midsummer…

  • Keep the prom an evening of teenage fun

    PACKET EDITORIAL, May 16 By: Packet Editorial    The excitement is building in the halls of Princeton High School this week as students can finally turn their attention away from college acceptances, AP exams and other academic pursuits to focus on the biggest social event of the year — the Junior/Senior Prom.    Coming up Friday at…

  • Bernadette Bregenzer Scheese

       Bernadette Bregenzer Scheese, 46, died Monday at home.    Born in Yardville, she lived first in Hopewell and then in East Amwell Township.    She was a purchasing agent with the family business, Bregenzer Bros., of Hopewell. She had many hobbies and enjoyed doing crafts and specialty cake designs.    Ms. Scheese is survived by her parents William…

  • MILESTONES

    Issue of May 16, 2006 LAW    Area attorney Richard H. Steen is to be installed as treasurer of the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA) Thursday. He is on track to assume the presidency of the NJSBA in 2010.    A member of the NJSBA for 29 years, he is the founding chair of the dispute…

  • Princeton University credit union to depart armory for West Windsor office

       The Princeton University Federal Credit Union will move to a new off-campus office at 104 Carnegie Center and increase its service offerings at the Frist Campus Center beginning May 22.    The credit union is moving from its current location in the armory on Washington Road as part of the university’s plan to construct a new…

  • May 15: For public financing, against Isaiah Thomas

    New JErsey needs a real clean-elections law. And it needs it now. By: Hank Kalet    The Asbury Park Press on Saturday hit the nail on the head with its editorial on "clean elections" in New Jersey.    As the editorial points out, the problems with the recent experiment in public financing were with the way the…

  • May 15 (4:45 p.m.): Pucci’s panel

    Don’t expect real reform to come from the mayor’s proposed pilot program on campaign finance. By: Hank Kalet    Monroe Mayor Richard Pucci’s proposal to create a "pilot program" to "establish new standards, ones that reach higher than the current law" is really nothing more than a way to save political face. The program is rather…