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  • PU astrophysicist wins major cosmology prize

       Princeton astrophysicist James Gunn has been awarded the 2005 Cosmology Prize of the Peter Gruber Foundation, which honors groundbreaking contributions in the field of cosmology, the university has announced.    The award carries a $200,000 prize. It will be presented to Professor Gunn on Nov. 4 at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, where Nicholas Copernicus completed…

  • Sprucing up the scene

    Park commission says upkeep is vital to help the business climate By: Stephanie Brown It’s early morning and outside the pasture is still wet with dew. A weathered, red barn stands proudly in the distance, just beyond the snaking wooden fence. Slowly, steadily, the farm’s workhorse pulls a plow across the soil.    This is not…

  • WW 12s turn to defense to defend state title

    Win in final would return softball to regionals By: Bob Nuse    LINCROFT — It’s not unusual for the defense of the West Windsor 12-year-old softball all-stars to see a lot of runners on base. In fact, it would be unusual if that were not the case.    "That’s the way we pitch," West Windsor manager Andy…

  • They’re no dummies

    Fellowship in France lets recipients assemble valuable teaching tool — with strings attached. By: Rachel Silverman    Pinocchio had it all wrong.    While the mischievous marionette yearned to be a "real boy," the young protagonist didn’t appreciate his clunky, wooden frame.    On the other hand, Jean-Claude Boisnier, who just returned from a 10-day marionette junket to…

  • Battle of the bandwidth

    Comcast, Patriot Media fend off tough competition By: Sherree DeCovny    Call it the battle over broadband.    In an effort to appease customers and compete with other high-speed services, such as DSL lines by Verizon, the region’s two largest providers of cable media — Comcast and Patriot Media — are offering their customers more bandwidth for…

  • Montgomery Scout races to Pinewood Derby glory

    Racecar places fourth in national championships By: Kara Fitzpatrick    MONTGOMERY — It took just 10 days for 8-year-old Zachary Winter to build a racecar that would prove to be the fourth fastest in the nation. And now that car will be on view for everyone in the country to observe.    Zachary created a 6-inch wooden…

  • High school parking tops council agenda

    Third police lieutenant may be added By: David Campbell    The Princeton Borough Council is expected to hold a public hearing tonight on an ordinance that would extend a program that allows on-street permit parking for Princeton High School students.    Also tonight, Borough Administrator Robert Bruschi is expected to present the latest findings in an ongoing…

  • United Way completes all of its requirements

       United Way of Greater Mercer County has successfully completed all of the United Way of America membership requirements satisfactorily and on time, according to Chief Executive Officer Craig E. Lafferty.    "It is important for us to maintain a high standard of accountability and this is part of the process to document that our operations are…

  • BRIEFCASE

    Issue of July 26, 2005 VioQuest to buy Greenwich    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — VioQuest Pharmaceuticals Inc. is acquiring New York-based Greenwich Therapeutics.    Greenwich owns the rights to two anticancer agents — sodium stibogluconate and triciribine.    "This acquisition firmly established VioQuest’s commitment to the development of compounds for the treatment of cancer, immunological and viral diseases where…