• PRINCETON: Ex-mayor hip to hospital room decor

    By John Saccenti, Staff Writer    PRINCETON — Six weeks after having hip replacement surgery at the University Medical Center at Princeton, former borough Mayor Marvin Reed is up and about.    "I’m fine. I’m in six weeks after the operation and have my new hip in place and I’m walking around and doing very well," he…

  • A hot topic, especially in the summer

    By: Michele Byers If New Jersey’s record-setting heat waves this summer had a soundtrack, it would be the sound of millions of humming air conditioners. If you’re like most people, your air conditioner is powered by electricity from a grid of hundreds of power plants spread over many states. Since electricity can’t be stored on…

  • Why won’t Rep. Holt agree to a debate?

    Beverly T. Elston of Princeton     Scott Sipprelle, the Republican candidate for Congress in New Jersey’s 12th District has repeatedly challenged Rush Holt, the incumbent, to debate the serious issues currently facing our nation, but Mr. Holt has refused to respond. Why, I ask, does Mr. Holt refuse?    If we want to live in a…

  • Praising a column on marriage equality

    By: centraljersey.com The Princeton Packet and Hank Kalet, author of the recent article entitled "Equal protection will rule" (Aug. 13), are to be praised and thanked for publishing and writing, respectively, regarding equality and justice for all. I am a 73-ear old man in a 42-year committed relationship with another man, age 74. I am…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: East Windsor’s Takter takes Hambletonian

    CENTRAL JERSEY: East Windsor’s Takter takes Hambletonian

    Jimmy Takter (center) holds the trophy aloft after a trotter he trains, Muscle Massive, won the $1.5 million Hambletonian at the Meadowlands Racetrack on Aug. 7. Photo courtesy of U.S. Trotting Association

  • Asian Food Markets & Nishimoto Trading Co. present ‘A Taste of Japan n A Summer Food Festival’

    Asian Food Markets & Nishimoto Trading Co. present ‘A Taste of Japan n A Summer Food Festival’

    By Asian Food Markets Nearly 20 stations to offer free food samples August 21-22 NORTH PLAINFIELD n A little bit of Japan is coming to Route 22. On Saturday, August 21, and Sunday, August 22, the Asian Food Markets of North Plainfield and Nishimoto Trading Co. will present “A Taste of Japan n A Summer…

  • Available: Hospital on Witherspoon St.

    By: John Saccenti – Staff Writer PRINCETON – PRINCETON – Princeton HealthCare System officials say they are still seeking a buyer for the University Medical Center property in Princeton but they cheered by progress on construction of their new hospital in Plainsboro, scheduled to open in 2012. The existing facility was expected to be sold…

  • MHS grad Popescu earns crew gold Popescu

    Helps U.S. win junior world title By: Justin Feil – Assistant Sports Editor Paul Popescu was happy just to make the United States Junior National rowing team. Winning the Junior World Championship gold last Sunday in Racice, Czech Republic, was a giant bonus for the Montgomery High School graduate. "We had good speed in practice,"…

  • Retail center gets S. Brunswick OK

    Business update By: Davy James – The Packet Group The South Brunswick Township Planning Board has granted for a retail center and pharmacy to be built at the intersection of Route 27 and Finnegans Lane by developer Riya Finnegans LLC. The approval of the application, on Aug. 4, ends years of legal wrangling between the…

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