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Language teacher embraces a first-hand view of Germany
Princeton High teacher takes part in Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program. By: Rachel Silverman Some people call her Frau. Others know her as Madame. You could also refer to her as Mulier, Signora or Mevrouw. For Laurence Thebault, a French and German teacher at Princeton High School who is fluent in seven languages, any of these…
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Letters to the Editor, April 26
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, April 26 School budget review process explained To the editor: The following is an open letter to Montgomery residents: This is to address some questions and possible misconceptions about the Montgomery Township Committee’s review of the school budget. The defeated school budget was delivered on April 21 to the…
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PHS’ Macdonald hopes to emerge as MCT darkhorse
WW-P South is team favorite in boys’ tennis By: Justin Feil Graham Macdonald doesn’t put as much time into tennis as most second singles players in Mercer County. "I play in the summer," said the Princeton High senior. "I play maybe once a week in the fall and winter. Then maybe a week before the…
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Borough, township to review joint budget
Only five of 15 departments will see an increase under proposed plan. By: David Campbell The governing bodies of Princeton Borough and Princeton Township, along with municipal department heads, are expected to meet this evening for their annual review of budgeting for shared services. The total for all agencies jointly funded by the borough and…
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Veteran holdover Davidson keys PDS nine
Junior batting leadoff for Panthers By: Bob Nuse Andrew Davidson remembers when he was a young player on the Princeton Day School baseball team. He would watch the older, more experienced players ahead of him and learn. Now, as a junior and one of the veteran players for the Panthers, Davidson is the one leading…
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Non-studying helps student win national word challenge
West Windsor sixth-grader takes home college scholarship. By: Emily Craighead WEST WINDSOR Sixth-grader Ming-Ming Tran’s favorite literary heroine is cursed (by a well-intentioned fairy) with obedience, but she finds ingenious and unexpected ways to get around obeying orders. In a way, Ella of "Ella Enchanted," by Gail Carson Levine inspired the strategy that…
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Milestones
Issue of April 26, 2005 By: Sara Carpenter NONPROFIT Thomas P. McCool has been appointed the new president and CEO of the Princeton-based not-for-profit Eden Family of Services. Mr. McCool brings more than 30 years of experience working with and advocating for individuals who have been diagnosed with developmental and emotional disabilities, including autism. Most…
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Frederick A. Bentley Jr.
Frederick A. Bentley Jr., 93, of Pennington died April 21 at the University Medical Center at Princeton. Born in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England, his father Fred Bentley Sr. immigrated to America in 1920 to work in the Trenton Potteries. He sent for his wife Annie and his children in 1922 and they lived in Trenton for…
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Prisons are this century’s growth industry
PACKET EDITORIAL, April 26 By: Packet Editorial Plastics. Everybody remembers that one-word piece of whispered wisdom Mr. McGuire (played by Walter Brooke) delivered to the befuddled Benjamin Braddock (played by Dustin Hoffman) in the 1967 hit movie, "The Graduate." Well, here it is 38 years later, and plastics is no longer the growth industry it…
