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  • WW fire department seeks gift for soldier in Iraq

    By: Emily Craighead    WEST WINDSOR — The West Windsor Volunteer Fire Department is preparing a Christmas care package for a member serving his second tour in Iraq as a helicopter pilot.    Karl Wythe, 25, who graduated from West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, has been a volunteer firefighter for seven years. His parents still live in…

  • Annual bird count set for Sunday

    Princeton-area census of feathered friends is one of the nation’s oldest By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — The Princeton area’s annual Christmas Bird Count, one of the oldest bird counts in the nation, will be conducted this weekend.    The findings constitute a database of the winter bird population that can be used to track, for example,…

  • Fed chief heir-apparent cuts the carbs, gets used to suits

    Colleague at Princeton University recalls a more laid-back Ben Bernanke By: Ryan James Kim    When Federal Reserve chairman nominee Ben Bernanke used to be an economics professor at Princeton University, he and longtime colleague Alan Blinder often weighed the costs and benefits of the Atkins diet together.    "I’ve been on — and I’m still on…

  • Peacemaker at seminary voices concern for activists in Iraq

    Fellow members of her group kidnapped and accused of spying By: David Campbell    Princeton Theological Seminary student Angela Davis says she and fellow volunteers with Christian Peacemaker Teams understand that for peace to take root in Iraq, its advocates must be willing to face the same risks as the soldiers do there.    "We’re all very…

  • Girls’ Cross Country Runner of the Year

    Cougars’ Spinazzi ran with state’s best By: Justin Feil    Run.    The word holds special meaning to Eleonora Spinazzi, who recalls when she first heard it while at John Witherspoon Middle School.    "I was from Italy and it was the only word I could understand," said the Milan, Italy, native. "My sister had to translate everything."…

  • Borough Council poised to approve affordable-housing plan

    Final decision also expected on university’s engineering quadrangle development scheme By: Marjorie Censer    The Princeton Borough Council is expected to approve at its meeting tonight the borough’s housing element and fair-share plan, which explains how the municipality will meet the new affordable-housing obligation imposed by state Council on Affordable Housing regulations.    Though the plan can…

  • Briefcase

    Issue of December 13, 2005 By: George Spohr Hughes to detail economic summit    TRENTON — Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes will host a news conference at noon today in Room 211 of the Mercer County McDade Administrative Building to announce details of the Jan. 12 Mercer County Economic Summit.    The summit, presented in cooperation…

  • Young Hun wrestlers seek personal gains

    Raiders hope to build through season By: Justin Feil    The Hun wrestling team is building for the future.    Without a senior on the team, and with almost half the team in its first year of varsity wrestling, there isn’t really another option.    "This is the youngest team we’ve had since we started the program up…

  • Conference Call with John P. Babcock

    Babcock builds on client base spanning multiple generations By: David Campbell    WEST WINDSOR — John P. Babcock this summer was named regional chief executive officer for U.S. Trust in New Jersey, succeeding Richard E. Foley, who retired in May.    Prior to assuming the post, Mr. Babcock served as division head of Regional Private Client Services…