Category: archives
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‘Benergy!’
Philadelphia is going right over the top for Benjamin Franklin’s 300th birthday By: Gloria Hayes Kremer Philadelphia is throwing its biggest birthday party ever. Philadelphia is reinventing Benjamin Franklin the nation’s oldest founding father, born in 1706 with an international traveling exhibition at the National Constitution Center on Independence Mall. Celebrating his 300th…
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Community TV stations dole out the lights, camera and action
From silent slide presentations in January, West Windsor and Plainsboro cable stations have dramatically improved By: Emily Craighead From silent slide presentations in January, the West Windsor and Plainsboro cable TV stations have evolved to show live meetings, original programming and up-to-the-minute school-closing alerts. When station manager Dan Monroe took over Channel 3 in Plainsboro…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
