Category: archives
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Ford wins home run derby hardware
By: Justin Feil Mike Ford and the Montgomery 13-year-old all-star baseball team went to Jamestown, N.Y., in hopes of winning the Babe Ruth World Series. Before the start of the first game, Ford already had something to show for his trip after being a part of the winning team for the home run derby that…
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Cecchine scores win for Junior Golf
Hillsborough High senior becomes youngest CVCC men’s club champ By: Bob Nuse Over the years, the Cherry Valley Country Club has always encouraged junior golfers to get involved with the sport of golf. In fact, Cherry Valley has been a club that has been at the forefront of Junior Golf in New Jersey. This year,…
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Music Together builds new headquarters
15K-square-foot site headed for Hopewell By: Emily Craighead HOPEWELL Music Together’s director may have struck just the right chord with the program’s new, environmentally friendly headquarters in Hopewell. "The mission of Music Together is to create a fun, holistic, natural environment to share music," said Ken Guilmartin, the company’s founder and director. "I think…
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Library book clubs see attendance increase
Summer reading programs prove popular in Princeton By: Marjorie Censer Princeton Public Library has seen significant growth in attendance at its book clubs and programming this summer commensurate with the overall increased use of the library. As the season draws to a close, Book Lovers the adult summer-reading club will host its…
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Arianna Miles
This cozy Quakertown, Pa., inn offers a tempting menu of assertive flavors, attentive service and blissful desserts. By: Amy Brummer Decidedly off the beaten path, Arianna Miles is the sort of place that a person with dreams of ditching life in the big city would conjure up if they decided to run off and buy…
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Banks target Latino consumers
Wachovia, Sovereign banks part of new program By: Marjorie Censer The area Latino community has organized a new means to prevent robbery in the wake of a string of robberies of Latino men both in Princeton and throughout Mercer County. The Council of Latino Organizations of Mercer County has teamed with two area banks …
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Circles and Circles
Michael Mazur’s ‘The Inferno of Dante’ at Bucks County Community College completes a dream decades in the making for the artist. By: Megan Sullivan After a year spent living in Florence Italy, learning the language and studying the work of Italian neorealists, artist Michael Mazur read Dante’s Divine Comedy in the original Italian upon his…
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PHS schedule shift aims to build relationships
Planning set for Smaller Learning Communities program. By: Marjorie Censer Princeton High School Principal Gary Snyder rolled out plans for the school’s Smaller Learning Communities program at the Princeton Regional Board of Education’s Program Committee meeting Thursday. Mr. Snyder said students returning in the fall will now attend a 12-minute homeroom each morning, between second…
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3M fields heavy criticism for polluted waters
Montgomery Township criticizes quarry owner for 80-foot-tall heap of waste By: Kara Fitzpatrick MONTGOMERY With their patience appearing exhausted and frustration mounting, Township Committee members heard a presentation from 3M representatives Thursday concerning recent reports that streams surrounding its quarry near Belle Mead are again looking murky. With standard promises and alternatives for managing…
