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  • Pakistani set to rock da house

    Famous music star Salman Ahmad to perform at university. By: Hilary Parker    When the Rev. Paul Raushenbush, Princeton University’s associate dean of religious life, first began to reflect on the clash between religious beliefs and artistic expression, he had no idea that it would lead to a campus-hosted performance by Salman Ahmad, India’s and Pakistan’s…

  • Letters to the Editor, Nov. 11

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Nov. 11 Save shade trees at shopping center To the editor:     When is a shade tree not a shade tree? When it’s cut down. I find it hard to understand the plan, recommended for approval by the Site Plan Review Advisory Board, to remove the locust trees from the Princeton…

  • Princeton astrophysicist cited for plasma physics work

    By: David Campbell    Princeton University astrophysicist Nathaniel Fisch has been named the recipient of the American Physical Society’s 2005 James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics, the university announced.    The prize recognizes Professor Fisch, director of the university’s Program in Plasma Physics and associate director for academic affairs at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, for…

  • Weidel helps Hopewell Township celebrate 250 years

    Hopewell staff members, enjoyed creating their own scarecrow masterpiece to be used as Halloween decorations at the children’s homes    Richard A. Weidel, President of Weidel Realtors, and William J. Carlton, Branch Manager of the Weidel Hopewell office, would like to congratulate Hopewell Township on their 250th anniversary and thank them for requesting Weidel Realtors be…

  • New trail celebrated in Montgomery

    Goal is to link walkway with D&R Canal towpath By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — The township Open Space Committee recently organized a nature walk to celebrate the completion of a new trail that links the Mill Pond Bridge, the floodplains of Pike Brook and River Road in the township.    The committee hopes the "Mill Pond…

  • ‘Sauce for the Goose’ crafts sale under way at Arts Council

       The Arts Council of Princeton is presenting "Sauce for the Goose," its annual holiday arts and crafts sale, through through Dec. 22 at its new location, the conTEMPORARY Arts Center at the Princeton Shopping Center.    "Sauce for the Goose" features a mix of fine art and functional crafts, including paintings, drawings, functional and decorative ceramics,…

  • Only Raiders stand in way of GMC title

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    NORTH BRUNSWICK – With the outcome of Sunday afternoon’s Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament semifinal hanging in the balance, Monroe High School’s fifth contestant in the penalty kick shootout stepped calmly to the spot where the soccer ball lay poised for flight.    Since South Brunswick’s fifth man had sent his ball over…

  • Bush cabinet appointee is a graduate of Princeton Day School

    Montgomery native Katherine Baicker named to Council of Economic Advisers By: David Campbell    Princeton Day School graduate and University of California, Los Angeles economist Katherine Baicker was confirmed last week by the U.S. Senate to President George W. Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers.    In September, President Bush nominated Ms. Baicker and Dartmouth College economist Matthew…

  • Planners OK age-restricted development

    Construction of 209 needs DEP approval By: Marisa Maldonado    EAST WINDSOR — The construction of 209 units of age-restricted housing received final approval from the Planning Board this week, pending an OK from the state Department of Environmental Protection.    The development of single-family houses, which would be built on the site of a former paint-drying…