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  • Briefcase

    Issue of May 31, 2005 By: Gwen McNamara WorldWater gets $7.8 M contract    PENNINGTON — WorldWater & Power Corp. has signed a $7.8 million contract with Farm ACW of Fallbrook, Calif., to install solar electric systems to power the avocado farm.    The contract is subject to certain conditions, including securing grid connections with San Diego…

  • Small banks ‘choke’ on regulations

    Lenders agree some of the regulations are worthwhile By: George Spohr    PENNINGTON — Chris Gallagher doesn’t mince words when discussing the impact federal regulation has on small- town, community banks.    "Community banking, the backbone of our Main Street economy, is endangered by regulatory burden," Mr. Gallagher said at a recent conference sponsored by the New…

  • Jersey Jewel

    Plexus Publishing captures the natural beauty of the Pine Barrens in a coffee-table volume with essays and photos. By: Ilene Dube Natural Wonders of the Jersey Pines and Shore (Plexus, $49.95), clockwise from top: A great blue heron, lily pads flourish in the iron-rich water, mound of bog iron at Batsto Mansion and a diamond…

  • Here Come the Barbers

    Followers of tonsorial artistry will have much to look forward to this summer when New Jersey Opera Theater and the Princeton Festival present their summer programs. By: Stuart Duncan Harry Dworchak will sing the title role in The Princeton Festival’s Sweeney Todd.    Followers of tonsorial artistry will have much to admire this summer. On Aug.…

  • When You’re a Jet

    Two cast members from ‘West Side Story’ at the Walnut Street Theatre hail from Bucks County, Pa. By: Sally Friedman Jenny Lee Stern (above) from Bucks County joins the the Walnut Street Theatre’s production of West Side Story.    By the time Jenny Lee Stern Ramos was a toddler, her family insists, she was already entertaining…

  • Reunions rite signals start of summer’s calm

    PACKET EDITORIAL, May 27 By: Packet Editorial, May 27    Last year, it was the incessant din of the cicadas. This year, it’s a rare late spring Nor’easter that threatens to put a damper on Princeton University’s annual weekend of raucous revelry known as Reunions.    But just as those noisy insects that come to town once…

  • Princeton University sophomore named Goldman Sachs Global Leader

       Princeton University sophomore Raj Hathiramani has been named a Goldman Sachs Global Leader, which honors the academic and leadership achievement of 100 second-year students around the world. Each winner receives $3,000, Princeton said.    Mr. Hathiramani plans to pursue a degree in operations research and financial engineering, while obtaining certificates in Japanese language and culture and…

  • Big weekend

    Merchants look for green amid orange & black. By: David Campbell    Downtown merchants seeking to draw in visitors from Reunions Weekend currently under way at Princeton University are showing off their black and orange.    But will their efforts bring in the green?    Clothing retailer Landau’s on Nassau Street has mounted a photographic exhibit of about…

  • Princeton reaches state tennis semis

    By: Bob Nuse    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — In each of Chris Hoeland’s previous three seasons with the Princeton High boys’ tennis team, the season ended a little bit earlier than the year before.    As a freshman, Hoeland was part of a team that captured the Group III state championship and advanced to the Tournament of Champions.…