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  • New housewares store due at Princeton Shopping Center

    Owners of Ace Hardware to open at site once occupied by Princeton Public Library By: Rachel Silverman    Smith’s Ace Housewares, a new home-goods store, will open its doors in the Princeton Shopping Center later this month.    The store, which joins sister store Smith Ace Hardware in the shopping center, will be located in the space…

  • Trump executive will keynote women’s conference

       Carolyn Kepcher, Trump executive and star of NBC’s "The Apprentice," will be the keynote speaker at Princeton HealthCare System’s third annual conference for women.    Wife, mother, author and executive vice president of The Trump Organization, Ms. Kepcher will offer an engaging presentation that includes her observations about motherhood, relationships, women’s issues and the business world.…

  • West Windsor voters approve lower open-space tax rate

    Revaluation would have effectively doubled existing tax By: Emily Craighead    WEST WINDSOR — Predictably, voters given the choice to lower taxes in the township did just that.    They overwhelmingly approved lowering the township’s open-space tax from 7 cents to 5 cents per $100 of assessed value.    The referendum, which was proposed to address the likelihood…

  • North girls’ soccer falls in CJ III final

    Knights on other end of shootout result By: Bob Nuse    OAKHURST — One year later, the West Windsor-Plainsboro North girls’ soccer team found itself in an almost identical situation.    Last year, the Knights played Wall to a scoreless tie through regulation and overtime, eventually winning the Central Jersey Group III championship in penalty kicks.    On…

  • South football hosts Colts Neck in playoff opener

    Dampier proves solid as Pirates’ quarterback By: Bob Nuse    Usually, when a new coach takes over a football program, the first order of business is settling on a quarterback.    For Todd Smith, one of his first moves as head coach at West Windsor-Plainsboro South was moving his starting quarterback.    "For us, it was about filling…

  • Roles set to reverse at college applicant event

    Parents and students will have a chance to find out what it’s like to serve on an admissions committee By: Emily Craighead    Parents and students will have the chance to find out what it’s like to serve on a college admissions committee at a Nov. 17 workshop with Joachim & Brown Educational Consulting.    The committees,…

  • Grant to promote Princeton University study of early universe

    National Science Foundation funds five-year, $2.35 million effort By: David Campbell    Princeton University and its partners have received a $2.35 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study the physics of the early universe, Princeton astrophysics Professor David Spergel said Monday.    The grant, to be disbursed over five years, will fund research opportunities for…

  • Princeton Festival to open with ‘Madama Butterfly’

       The Princeton Festival will celebrate its first birthday and Mozart’s 250th next summer with a variety of musical offerings in the Kirby Arts Center at the Lawrenceville School.    Artistic Director Richard Tang Yuk recently announced that the 2006 season will open Saturday, June 24, with a fully staged production of Giacomo Puccini’s "Madama Butterfly" featuring…

  • Veterans to be honored at American Legion

    Local Veterans honored at ceremony By: Marisa Maldonado    EAST WINDSOR — For some, Veterans Day is a chance to learn about sacrifices made by soldiers in previous battles. That’s what local veterans hope others can get from the day.    For those with the closest connection to the military, Veterans Day allows them to reflect on…