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  • Hearing set on age-restricted Princeton Township condo plan

    Ninety-eight units would be built near controversial Hovnanian project on Bunn Drive By: Rachel Silverman    An application to build 98 age-restricted condominiums on Bunn Drive will come under scrutiny at a Wednesday night Princeton Township Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting.    The plan, which aims to build units on the eastern side of the street, comes…

  • Panel considers residential limits on impervious surfaces

    Township homeowners would be required to initiate stormwater management measures in some cases By: Rachel Silverman    Princeton officials are working to curb — or uncurb, for that matter — the amount of paved surface permitted on Princeton Township residential lots.    On Monday morning, the Zoning Amendment Review Committee of the Regional Planning Board of Princeton…

  • Feasting on cuisine done Italian — by way of Chicago

    Visiting chef brings new taste sensations to Princeton University students By: David Campbell    Princeton University students have just gotten a taste of fine Italian cuisine — Chicago-style.    Chef Patrick Concannon of Francesca’s on Taylor restaurant in Chicago’s Little Italy district, was the visiting chef last week as part of Princeton’s Great Chefs of Chicago series,…

  • Scott assists Hun in MCT win

    Junior forward makes most of opportunities for girls’ soccer By: Justin Feil    Opportunity knocks only a few times in a soccer game, which is just why Lindsey Scott feels a little pressure to create goals for the Hun girls’ soccer team.    "Our coach tells us, don’t feel any pressure," said the junior forward. "But in…

  • WW-P gold medalist heads to Special Olympics

    Monica Koppstein will represent New Jersey in the bowling competition By: Emily Craighead    WEST WINDSOR — A gold-medal winner at this year’s Spring Sports Festival, Monica Koppstein is on her way to the 2006 Special Olympics U.S. National Summer Games.    She is one of 62 New Jersey athletes who qualified to participate in the national…

  • Letters to the Editor, Oct. 25

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Oct. 25 Catchy phrase raises a lot of questions To the editor:     In their advertisement in the Town Topics on Oct. 12, the Republican candidates for Princeton Township Committee claimed that Princeton Township residents are "Overtaxed and Underserved," quite a catchy phrase.    Our question is: If we cut taxes, exactly…

  • PU’s Bernanke nominated as Greenspan’s successor

    Montgomery resident was professor and chairman of Princeton University’s economics department By: George Spohr    Princeton University economist Ben Bernanke, chairman of President George W. Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers, was nominated Monday to replace Alan Greenspan as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.    Mr. Bernanke, who lives in Montgomery with his wife, Anna, and their…

  • Streak-stoppers stay in race

    PU football upends Harvard with big plays By: Justin Feil    It would be hard for the Princeton University football team to ignore the implications of ending a nine-year losing streak against Harvard on Saturday.    It is exactly what the Tigers must do, however, in order to be fully prepared to host Cornell 1 p.m. this…

  • Flu shot clinics planned for elderly in Montgomery

       MONTGOMERY — The township Health Department will offer a free influenza and pneumococcal vaccination clinic for Montgomery residents 65 and older and residents with chronic illnesses. The clinics will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Nov. 2 and Dec. 7.    Those younger than 65 who have a chronic illness must bring a…