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  • Late rally falls short for North girls

    Knights defeated in CJ III hoops By: Justin Feil    Halfway through the third quarter of its Central Jersey Group III state tournament quarterfinal matchup with Colts Neck on Thursday, the West Windsor-Plainsboro North girls’ basketball team looked down and out.    But spurred on by its senior group, the fifth-seeded Knights fought back to make a…

  • Democrat hopefuls to meet public at Princeton meeting

       The Princeton Community Democratic Organization invites the public to meet the local Democratic candidates on March 20.    The event, which will also include a presentation by the Princeton Health Care Task Force, will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Suzanne Patterson Senior Center, located behind Princeton Borough Hall off Stockton Street.    The invited candidates…

  • Nearly perfect start for PU softball

    Tigers finish second at tournament By: Justin Feil    In looking to put last season behind it, the Princeton University softball team started the way it liked before a reminder of last year’s offensive struggles cost them the chance at a tournament championship.    The Tigers opened the season with four straight wins in the East Carolina…

  • Princeton school taxes rise in tentative budget

    $1.9 million second question on agenda. By: Rachel Silverman    The Princeton Regional Board of Education will unveil a tentative $67.1 million budget proposal tonight, along with a $1.9 million second-question proposal.    This year’s spending plan is 7.7 percent greater than last year’s $62.3 million budget.    "This year’s budget impact will equal the impact of last…

  • PU conference to examine school readiness

    Experts to meet at university on achievement gap. By: David Campbell    A conference on "School Readiness: Closing Racial and Ethnic Gaps" will be held 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Friday at Princeton University’s Robertson Hall.    The conference will examine the latest research on problems confronting educators in dealing with achievement gaps among students. It will…

  • Travel insurance can be a life saver

    Agent reports a rise in interest. By: Gwen McNamara    Imagine you’re on vacation, having the time of your life when out of nowhere you get injured. Would you know where to turn or what to do?    Sharon and Neil Rifkin of East Windsor recently were hit with that exact scenario, but with travel insurance were…

  • Neighbors of hospital fear unwanted changes

    Princeton Future begins examination of possible uses after medical center leaves its Witherspoon Street campus. By: Jennifer Potash    The old maxim that breaking up is hard do to may apply to Princeton HealthCare System’s decision to move from Witherspoon Street and build a new, expanded facility in the Route 1 corridor.    Several residents attending a…

  • New class pulls some punches

    Princeton native offers instruction in Krav Maga self-defense techniques. By: Rachel Silverman    David Kahn has taught self-defense techniques to agents involved in terrorist intelligence gathering. He’s pumped iron with The Soprano’s star James Gandolfini. And he studies under a 10th-degree black-belt grandmaster in Israel.    You might not want to mess with this guy.    But now…

  • Brener one-ups brother again

    PHS hockey advances in states By: Justin Feil    It’s not easy being Ben Brener these days.    Younger brother Nick has been topping the 1999 Princeton High graduate’s hockey achievements with every step of the postseason, and making sure he knows all about it.    First it was an overtime win over Notre Dame. Then, less than…