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  • School security guards balance friendship and duty

    At West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, both authority figures and mentors By: Emily Craighead    From their preferred post in the main hallway on the first floor at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, security guards Cory Durham and Mark Royster keep a watchful eye over the main entrance, the cafeteria, the hallway leading to the gymnasium…

  • James J. Crovetto

       James J. Crovetto, 80, died Dec. 22 at Compassionate Care Hospice in Trenton.    Born in Trenton, Mr. Crovetto was a lifelong resident of the Hopewell area    He served his country during WW II in the United States Navy, was a member of the American Legion Post 159 in Flemington, and a longtime member of the…

  • Princeton Township ends year of juggling pros and cons

    Large, overarching themes ran through township agendas this year By: Rachel Silverman    Large, overarching themes — such as the environment versus development, and services versus savings — ran through Princeton Township agendas this year.    Environmentalists clashed with developers in September, when the Regional Planning Board of Princeton heard — and approved — a major housing…

  • Put a halt to death penalty in New Jersey

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Dec. 27    When Jon Corzine, an avowed opponent of the death penalty, was chosen by the voters in November to become the next governor of New Jersey, we felt cautiously optimistic that, sometime over the next four years, the Garden State might strike a blow for human decency by doing away with this…

  • Who needs a sleigh?

    Santa marks 20 years of flying into town By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — Santa Claus landed at Princeton Airport on Saturday, making good on his promise of delivering joy to children for the Christmas holiday.    Hundreds of people waited for Jolly Ol’ Saint Nick in the large service hangar of the airport, listening to folk…

  • WW-P to join turf club?

    District considers popular move among area schools By: Bob Nuse    Princeton High was the first.    The Hun School and Princeton Day School soon followed.    And at Montgomery, it was there waiting for them when the new high school opened.    Over the last three years, each of the schools had added a turf field to its…

  • Beauty school opens in Ewing

    School’s owner runs a salon in Princeton By: George Spohr    EWING — Sasha Rash, owner of the Princeton-based La Jolie Salon, has opened up The Lab, a cosmetology training school, at Suburban Square shopping center on Scotch Road.    The Lab is run out of a 14,500-square-foot facility. The cosmetology program features design, cutting, coloring, multicultural…

  • Veterans fight a different fight

    Entrepreneur vets cope with shattered businesses By: Mike Mathis    Bob Griffith spent 10 months defending the United States against the threat of terrorism.    Now he’s fighting to save his business.    When Mr. Griffith departed for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to guard suspected terrorist detainees, he left a thriving residential and light commercial business behind.    When he…

  • Bark Busters embraces power of the bahh

    Franchise opens to rejoicing pet owners By: Kara Fitzpatrick    LAWRENCE — Do not underestimate the power of the "bahh."    The "bahh" can be used to silence, command and tame. And it serves as a sort of mantra for Keith Axsom’s Princeton-area franchise, Bark Busters.    Bark Busters, a home dog training service that originated in Australia…