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  • Hospital clinic experiences surge in patient use

    Patient population shifts from Princeton area to east of Route 1 By: Marjorie Censer    The clinic at the University Medical Center at Princeton has experienced a significant growth in users, as well as a change in the residences of its patients, said Karen Buda, director of outpatient clinic services, at the Princeton Health Commission’s meeting…

  • Fundraiser planned for deported immigrant

    Event for Edy Davila set for Saturday By: Rachel Silverman    Roughly 10 months ago, 28-year-old Edy Davila was awakened early in the morning by federal immigration agents and escorted to a detention center in Elizabeth.    Six months later, Mr. Davila was shipped home to Guatemala.    On Saturday, community members will hold a fundraiser for Mr.…

  • War worries, a new baby and 26.2 miles all at once

    Cranbury duo runs first New York marathon amid serious concerns and a joyous adoption By: Rich Fisher    Every year, thousands of people run in the New York City Marathon, all with a little story behind them. Some tales are better than others, but they all have the same ending — an attempted 26.2-mile run through…

  • Writers Block garden recipient of citation

    A Smart Growth Award for creative initiative from the New Jersey Society of Architects and state Department of Community Affairs By: Marjorie Censer    The New Jersey Society of Architects and the state Department of Community Affairs presented the organizers of Writers Block with the Smart Growth Award for creative initiative Wednesday.    Writers Block, the urban…

  • Woodrow Wilson School awarded $2.2 million

    Part of effort to cut global stockpiles of nuclear materials By: David Campbell    The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has awarded $2.2 million to the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University for the creation of an international panel to support reductions in global stockpiles of fissile materials, the…

  • Young, Wise and Gifted

    Derek Trucks puts his talents toward a benefit for Special Olympics New Jersey. By:Jillian Kalonick    At age 26, Derek Trucks is the youngest musician on Rolling Stone’s list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" — not a distinction he spends much time mulling over.    "It’s kind of silly, but it was nice to…

  • ‘Boost’ program helps high-schoolers blend in — and stand out

    Outreach program targets West Windsor-Plainsboro North High School students By: Emily Craighead    Parents and teachers at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South are giving students a "Boost" to help them fit in with the crowd and stand out through their talents.    "It’s difficult for teenagers to advocate for themselves," precisely because they want to fit in,…

  • Princeton Health Department hits ‘rock bottom’

    Work on vital statistics suffers following loss of staff By: Marjorie Censer    Amid rising concerns about staffing levels at the Princeton Health Department, the Princeton Health Commission appointed Health Officer David Henry local registrar of vital statistics Tuesday.    The three vital statistics employees — the full-time registrar, the part-time deputy registrar and the part-time alternate…

  • Fusion energy

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory pursues clean and plentiful energy By: Hilary Parker    NSTX. NCSX. ITER. PPPL.    The fact that the people at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory like their four-letter words is quite obvious. But what do these acronyms mean? What actually goes on behind the security gates that bar the entrance to the laboratory?…