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  • Cosmo

    "Cosmo," a friendly 5-year-old retriever mix, is in need of a loving home and available for adoption from SAVE, Princeton’s animal shelter, 900 Herrontown Road, Princeton. For information about adopting "Cosmo" or another cat or dog, call (609) 921-6122. SAVE: http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/NJ143.html

  • West Windsor teen earns his Eagle

       West Windsor Boy Scout Troop 40 convened a court of honor on Sept. 17 at the Dutch Neck Presbyterian Church to honor Michael Hasling, a senior at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, upon his becoming an Eagle Scout.    Proclamations and letters of congratulations were presented to Michael from U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, Assemblyman Bill Baroni,…

  • EDITORIAL: Vote ‘yes’ on ballot measure

    EDITORIAL New Jersey voters are wise to ignore this year’s slugfest between the gubernatorial candidates.    New Jersey voters could be forgiven for tuning themselves out of this year’s gubernatorial slug-fest.    After all, the two major-party candidates have not exactly played nice with each other. In fact, if we could sum up the single-minded (and simple-minded)…

  • The wheel answer

    As gas prices climb, so do bike sales By: Marisa Maldonado    Watching gas prices climb to more than $3 a gallon drove Bill Davis to find another way to get around.    The avid cyclist and sales associate at The Bicycle Rack in Hightstown put a basket on an older bicycle that he now uses to…

  • WW-P group tackles achievement gap

    Twenty years ago racism was main focus; not anymore By: Emily Craighead    The African-American Parent Support Group in the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District no longer has to contend with the overt racism that led to its founding in 1985.    "I think kids of this generation have a different agenda," said Michael Reid, AAPSG president.…

  • Cougars do dirty work to earn tie

    McClintic’s goals rally MHS girls’ soccer By: Justin Feil    Lauren McClintic plays with a special passion rarely seen on a soccer field, but not so rare for the younger sister of a high-level hockey player, Scot McClintic.    "I can’t go out on the soccer field and not try to get into every single tackle and…

  • Peacemaking is central call of world religions

    GUEST OPINION, Oct. 14 By: The Rev. Robert Moore    As the Princeton-based Coalition for Peace Action moves toward the conclusion of its 25th anniversary year, I’m reminded that it originated with — and has continued to be sustained by — the leadership and support of faith communities across the religious spectrum.    In 1979, a series…

  • Princeton University Preparatory Program gets major grant

    Goldman Sachs Foundation gives $475,000 By: David Campbell    The Goldman Sachs Foundation has awarded $475,000 to the Princeton University Preparatory Program.    PUPP, begun in summer 2001, prepares academically gifted high school students from underrepresented communities in the region for acceptance to — and success in — college.    Program co-founder John B. Webb, director of Princeton’s…

  • North soccer turning it around

    Knight boys stick together, start winning By: Bob Nuse    One month into the season, the West Windsor-Plainsboro High North boys’ soccer team had every right to be thinking about things other than soccer.    Nine games into the season, the Knights found themselves without a win. Not only that, but they had scored just three goals…