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  • Intolerance no solution to illegal aliens

    PACKET EDITORIAL, April 4 By: Packet Editorial    One needn’t be a bleeding-heart liberal to be thoroughly disgusted by the wave of anti-immigrant sentiment that seems to be sweeping certain parts of the nation these days.    Even here in Princeton, where the school board passed a rather innocuous, non-binding resolution last month urging passage of a…

  • Princeton Junction Neighborhoods’ Coalition to meet Thursday

    By: Emily Craighead    WEST WINDSOR — The director of the Mercer County Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, Aaron T. Watson, will speak Thursday at the Princeton Junction Neighborhoods’ Coalition meeting.    The talk and community discussion will focus on concerns about county-based improvement projects in West Windsor Township relating to traffic and transportation.    The meeting will…

  • Free fair Saturday to spotlight eight black colleges

       The First Baptist Church of Princeton has joined forces with the Princeton Committee of the United Negro College Fund, Corner House Counseling Center and financial institutions to sponsor a free college fair to take place on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.    Participating will be eight historic black colleges and universities (HBCU) from the…

  • Candidates Forum, April 4

    CANDIDATES FORUM, April 4 Saul Rubinstein Montgomery Board of Education     I believe my experience and expertise in management, education, labor relations, problem solving and consensus building can be of service to the board and the community. I hold a Ph.D. in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and both a master’s degree in…

  • Princeton board candidates confront wide range of issues

    Special Education PTO holds candidate forum By: David Campbell    Candidates for three seats on the Princeton Regional Board of Education shared their views Monday night at a forum sponsored by the Special Education PTO of Princeton Regional Schools, in a public discussion that ranged from inclusion for special-needs students to teacher professional development and educational…

  • BRIEFCASE

    Issue of April 4, 2006 EPV launches Joint venture     Energy Photovoltaics Inc., New Jersey’s only solar energy manufacturer, has joined in the creation of a new joint venture company, Solar Plus, S.A. of Lisbon, Portugal.    The joint venture, which has a value in excess of $20 million, has executed a contract with EPV that…

  • MILESTONES

    Issue of April 4, 2006 ARCHITECTURE    Hillier Architecture celebrates 40 years in business this year. Begun in 1966 by J. Robert Hillier in Princeton, the firm has grown to include 350 architects, interior designers, city planners and preservationists in offices in New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. and Shanghai, as well as its West Windsor office.…

  • HHS netmen look to establish new identity

    Wu assumes top spot in lineup By: Rudy Brandl        It won’t take long for the Hillsborough High boys’ tennis team to find out how it stacks up against the competition. The 2006 campaign was set to begin with home matches against local rivals Bridgewater-Raritan and Montgomery, which should give HHS head coach Larry Johnson…

  • Sarstedt makes debut in Pirates’ win

    Senior pitches South softball by rival North By: Justin Feil    Ashley Sarstedt would have felt some pressure no matter what the circumstances on Opening Day.    The fact that it was just the second pitching start for the West Windsor-Plainsboro South senior in the past two years and it was against rival West Windsor-Plainsboro North only…