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  • Montgomery’s superintendent hunt leaves board with multiple options

    Members seek to avoid a drawn-out search process By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — The process for finding a replacement for township school Superintendent Dr. Stuart Schnur is under way.    Board of Education President Richard Specht updated the Board of Education on Tuesday on what an ad hoc committee is doing to ensure that the district…

  • Finding Your Power Animal

    A workshop at the Princeton Center for Yoga & Health aims to help participants find their inner light. By: Susan Van Dongen    What animals and animal spirits really resonate with you? Perhaps it’s the bear, known primarily for its strength and sometimes for its fearsome nature. But a more subtle examination reveals a creature who…

  • Owners move on opening

    A new home-furnishing store on Main Street may be ready by spring. By: Jessica Beym    Suellen Waters and Jamie Sims are fairly new to Cranbury.    Even though the business partners from Red Bank aren’t making Cranbury their home, they’re looking to help spruce up yours with help from their new home-furnishing store on Main Street.…

  • Letter to the editor for the week of Jan. 13

    Petri tribute concert befitted special woman To the editor:     Last Thursday, I was fortunate enough to attend a beautiful, touching event at Hightstown High School. It was a tribute concert to honor the life of Tina Petri.    The musical selections were beautifully performed and so fitting for the occasion. The speeches given by friends,…

  • Nassau Presbyterian Church talks to explore human origins

       Nassau Presbyterian Church in Princeton is hosting a three-week Sunday morning adult education series on "Evolution and Intelligent Design" on Jan. 22, 29 and Feb. 5 from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. in the Niles Chapel.    Not all biblically based religions make the same claims about intelligent design. The series aims to clarify the questions surrounding…

  • Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week

    Wiener leads WW-P North basketball to wins By: Justin Feil    There is no doubt on which player the West Windsor-Plainsboro North girls’ basketball team leans heaviest.    And Brooke Wiener is a strong enough player to handle it.    "I can’t take her off the court," said Knights head coach Brett Charleston. "She’s that important to us.…

  • Reactions differ on Thompson Park land swap decision

    The controversial swap pleases some, while others mull litigation. By: Leon Tovey    Community reaction to last week’s decision by the Statehouse Commission to allow the township and Middlesex County to proceed with the controversial Thompson Park land swap was varied, if predictable.    Opponents of the swap called the 7-0 decision by the bipartisan commission a…

  • Borough Council grapples with falling police-staffing levels

    Effort under way to quickly raise officer count to 32 from current 29 By: Marjorie Censer    The Princeton Borough Council and the borough Police Department took a step forward Tuesday in attempts to remedy the falling staffing levels in the department, and they said they were committed to maintaining a diverse department.    The number of…

  • No quit in Kitts or Tartans

    Senior helps Stuart hoops win two straight games By: Justin Feil    Kathryn Kitts can see her basketball career coming to an end. That final day won’t come for more than a month, but the Stuart Country Day senior isn’t looking forward to calling it quits. Quite the contrary.    "I don’t want it to ever end,"…