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Princeton Shopping Center festival to focus on fun and child health
As part of the Princeton Shopping Center’s Spring Festival, Dr. Edward V. Sofo of Princeton Chiropractic Center will sponsor a "Children’s Health Day International" to raise awareness of vital health and safety issues for children. On Saturday, May 14, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the shopping center courtyard, free health screenings and information…
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Jazz club continues to strike agonizing chord with neighbors
Dispute arises over timely availability of documents. By: Rachel Silverman Stephen Distler’s jazz-club application, which seeks to build a combination bar, restaurant and performance venue at Route 206 and Birch Avenue, inched along at a Princeton Township Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting Tuesday, in the second of what promises to be several packed, lengthy hearings.…
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Mozart opera leaves kids full of smiles
Elementary School stages "The Magic Flute" with help of a few professionals. By: Rachel Silverman At first, opera and elementary school may seem an unlikely pairing. After all, most 5- to 10-year-old children would pick a tightly choreographed Britney Spears routine to a resounding Wagnerian aria any day. But Wednesday afternoon at Riverside Elementary School,…
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Borough Council approves changes to municipal budget
Despite $81,000 in additional expenses, total spending below last year’s level. By: Marjorie Censer The Princeton Borough Council on Tuesday night approved an amendment to the 2005 municipal budget that accounts for about $81,000 in additional expenses. The amendment passed 5-1, with Councilman David Goldfarb dissenting. Borough Administrator Robert Bruschi explained the changes at the…
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Victorian Tea becomes annual event
Fundraiser aids projects of the Hopewell United Methodist Women’s group. The Victorian Tea is an annual fundraiser for missions sponsored by the Hopewell United Methodist Women, according to a group spokeswoman. The event, which was held Saturday, gave local women the opportunity to gather with friends and chat over tea. Last year’s tea feature was…
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Unsent
A SLICE OF WRY by Anna Breslaw Editor’s Note: The name of Hannah is a pseudonym for the actual student. Dear Hannah, I don’t know if you remember me, but I remember you. In the sixth grade, you were in a few of my classes. You hardly ever said anything except when books came…
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Holocaust memorialized at Princeton University ceremony
Students and staff read victims’ names. By: Rachel Silverman Standing before a small podium, Arlene Pedovitch took a deep breath and began to read. She read the names Josef Bandola and Jacques Banet. She read Johann Baran, Anastasia Baranow and Vaclav Baranikov. In fact, she read for 10 minutes and only made it partway through…
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Cranbury mulls tax revisions
Committee to consider reassessment of properties. By: Josh Appelbaum The township is looking at ways to bridge the gap between tax assessments and market value to head off lawsuits by owners of commercial property. On April 25, Cranbury’s tax assessor, Steve Benner, told the Township Committee that the disparity between the market value of properties…
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Paul Sigmund retiring to a life of research
Princeton University politics professor to assume emeritus status. By: David Campbell Princeton University Professor Paul Sigmund, co-founder of the university’s Program in Latin American Studies and a professor of politics, plans to transfer to emeritus status this July after more than 40 years teaching at Princeton. Today at the university’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public…
