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  • Illegal immigrants from Princeton released from Tennessee jail

    Two allegedly took part in scheme to obtain drivers’ licenses By: Marjorie Censer    Two illegal immigrants from Princeton arrested in July as part of an alleged conspiracy to gain drivers’ licenses in Tennessee were released from jail on Oct. 28.    Antonino Sanchez-Gonzalez and Raymundo Balbuena-Ramos were arrested in Knoxville, Tenn., with Zeneida Concepion Rivera of…

  • Taxes, youth programs highlight election forum

    Candidates agree on maintaining stable tax rate By: Becky Diamond    HIGHTSTOWN — Taxes, redevelopment and youth programs were the major issues addressed by the four candidates running for two open seats on the Hightstown Borough Council at a forum held last week at Hightstown High School.    All the candidates agreed that maintaining a stable tax…

  • Author sees Einstein’s faith as key to world peace

    Talk slated at Princeton University Store By: David Campbell    What if Albert Einstein’s religious worldview were practiced as widely as Christianity, Judaism and Islam?    For starters, according to Princeton-area novelist John Brinster, there would be a heck of a lot less bloodshed and mayhem.    "If a religion such as Einstein’s were to be adopted by…

  • Focus on Hope

    An exhibit at Bristol-Myers Squibb zooms in on the efforts being made to educate and treat AIDS victims. By:Hilary Parker    A photography exhibit chronicling the AIDS epidemic in Africa could, it would seem, display only images of despair and futility. Pictures of a land where tears are often the only rain, children have long since…

  • Trink goal gets North girls’ soccer going

    Knights move on in CJ III By: Justin Feil    Sitting on the bench for the first 20 minutes, Rachel Trink watched her West Windsor-Plainsboro North girls’ soccer teammates fall behind Middletown South, 1-0, in the Central Jersey Group III opener.    Yet, she wasn’t afraid that it was the end of the eighth-seeded Knights’ season, and…

  • Princeton Junction train station area redevelopment on track

    Transit village site comprises 350 acres By: Emily Craighead    WEST WINDSOR — Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh describes the current phase in the redevelopment process thus: "We’re deciding to go to a restaurant, but we haven’t decided whether we want Italian, French or Chinese. And we’re not even close to picking something off the menu."    The township…

  • Ocean ousts scrappy Monroe from CJ III girls soccer tournament

    Falcons fall in overtime, 1-0 By: Carolyn M. Hartko    OAKHURST – If the Ocean Township High School girls’ soccer team thought it could roll over the interloper from Middlesex County in Thursday’s NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III tournament game, it were quickly disappointed.    Oh, the 2nd seeded Lady Spartans came away with a 1-0 victory,…

  • Council tables new rules on removal of trees

    Measure described as being on right track, but several changes recommended By: Marjorie Censer    The Princeton Borough Council on Tuesday tabled an ordinance that would tighten restrictions on homeowners who wish to remove live trees from their properties. Though council members said the ordinance is on the "right track," they recommended several changes.    The ordinance,…

  • Plan to engage rug mill developer on hold

    Mayor says council members will vote at Nov. 21 meeting By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN — The plan for Borough Council to enter into an agreement next week with a new developer for the rug mill property has been put on hold as some members aren’t yet sure it’s the right thing to do.    "We didn’t…