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  • Al fresco dining vibrant addition to downtown

    PACKET EDITORIAL, July 12 By: Packet Editorial    Sitting at a sidewalk café or restaurant and watching the world go by has been a popular pastime in Europe for generations. Only recently has it caught on in a big way on this side of the Atlantic — and even more recently in Princeton.    Perhaps it’s taken…

  • Summer interns find Princeton offers many choices

    Discovering a quiet campus and even a shopping center. By: Marjorie Censer    When Beverly Pfluger, 20, a rising senior at Lynchburg College in Virginia, applied for a summer internship at the Bonner Foundation — a Princeton nonprofit organization that supports scholarships for low-income college students who participate in community service — she had never been…

  • Town treasure

    Public library’s Princeton Collection is trove of reference works for local history buffs. By: Rachel Silverman    Up on the second floor of the Princeton Public Library, Reference Librarian Terri Nelson sits perched against the window.    "That’s presidents row," she said, pointing to the cemetery markers across Wiggins Street in Princeton Cemetery. "Almost all the university…

  • P-C wins first two in Babe Ruth 13s

    Tops Ewing, Lawrence to reach semis By: Bob Nuse    HAMILTON — In tournament play, they award no points for style.    So, in the case of the Princeton-Cranbury 13-year-old Babe Ruth all-stars, Saturday’s crisply played 3-2 win over Ewing counts just the same as Sunday’s sloppy 9-8 win over Lawrence. All that matters for P-C is…

  • WW 12s rally to top Millstone-Roosevelt

    Rosa’s home run wins it for resilient club By: Justin Feil    HAMILTON — Good poker players 12-year-olds do not make.    Their faces hide nothing.    The West Windsor expressions twisted and turned every possible way in their District 12 Little League Tournament Final Nine opener Saturday. Calm and confident at first, then increasingly frustrated, even a…

  • Letters to the Editor, July 12

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, July 12 Don’t let decisions be made by default To the editor:     However the Planning Board feels about the future of the University Medical Center at Princeton, I am sure it does not want the decisions to be made by default.    The hospital’s future will depend on several factors. It…

  • Plain speaking

    Susie Wilson, sex education pioneer, takes retirement in stride By: Pat Summers    "Lord Voldemort — He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named — but, of course, Harry always names him." During the last few months, Susan N. Wilson has been listening to the Harry Potter books on tape. "They move me; they’ve been very sustaining," she says. "This little boy is…

  • Eight innings not enough for WW-P 13s

    Push Nottingham to the limit By: Bob Nuse    HAMILTON — This was a game that felt nothing like an opening-round tournament game.    The West Windsor-Plainsboro 13-year-old all-stars gave Nottingham all it could handle, taking a two-run lead into the seventh inning, before falling, 5-4, in eight innings on Sunday in their opening game of the…

  • Seniors re-examine their lives in written memoirs

    Program helps overcome barriers of memory and motivation. By: Marjorie Censer    What Esther LaFranco remembers about the November 1997 Sovereign Bank robbery in Princeton might be a little different from what other people remember.    It was late fall — that she’s sure of, because it was dark enough around 6 p.m. that she didn’t feel…