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  • Suit to block smoking ban has no merit

    PACKET EDITORIAL, March 10 By: Packet Editorial    It comes as no surprise that a coalition of restaurateurs, bar owners and bowling-alley proprietors has filed suit in federal court to block the statewide ban on smoking in public places that is scheduled to take effect April 15.    We figured it was only a matter of time…

  • YWCA Princeton to offer lifeguard, water safety instruction

       The YWCA Princeton is offering both the Red Cross Lifeguard Training Course and the Red Cross Water Safety Instructor Certification at its facility on 59 Paul Robeson Place.    The Lifeguard Training Course, which includes CPR for the Professional Rescuer and First Aid, runs on Thursdays from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., beginning March 23 and running…

  • SB YMCA seeks Olympic-size pool

    Director looks to township and county for help in designing aquatic facility. By: Joseph Harvie    The South Brunswick Family YMCA is looking to add an Olympic-size, indoor swimming pool and is asking the township for help to get the county involved.    Tom Libassi, executive director of the YMCA, said Tuesday that the Culver Road facility…

  • Wrestling season ends at regions for Monroe trio

    By: Ken Weingartner    At the end of last weekend’s Region 5 wrestling tournament, Monroe’s Brendan Hodel had something teammates Al Rotundo and Justin Lupo probably wanted for themselves – another chance.    That’s because Rotundo and Lupo, both seniors, saw their scholastic mat careers come to an end in Hunterdon Central’s fieldhouse. On the other hand,…

  • Engineering students aim for ‘As Seen On TV’ inventions

    The business side of engineering emphasized in new course By: Hilary Parker    The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University is thinking outside the box — literally.    The department’s Entrepreneurial Engineering Program brings A.J. Khubani, the president and CEO of Telebrands — "the original As Seen On TV" company — to campus as…

  • MTHS to offer career clusters

    Next year, freshmen and sophomores can take classes concentrating in a particular career path. By: Marisa Maldonado    MONROE — Soon Monroe Township High School students who want to focus on a particular career path won’t have to wait until college to do so.    Next year, freshmen and sophomores can take advantage of "career clusters" —…

  • Crafters to invade Cranbury

    The Cranbury Education Foundation will hold its annual Craft Fair in the Cranbury School Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. By: Jessica Beym    Looking for a new hand-crafted broach made from pieces of antique china?    How about a hand-carved, decorative wooden bowl or a polymer clay…

  • PHS season ended by top-seeded Morris Knolls

    By: Justin Feil    The Princeton High boys’ ice hockey team showed Monday it wanted its shot at the state’s No. 1 public school.    The 16th-seeded Little Tigers put a giant gap between them and No. 17 Middletown South in a 6-2 win Monday at Ice Land. Their reward? A date the next day with top-seeded…

  • Chief concern

    Department head is cool under fire By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN — He’s heard the word before. But it can never be easy.    You’d never know by the look on his face that they’re talking about the very survival of an organization he joined almost 25 years ago and has led for about five.    He hears…