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  • New college group promotes chastity

    Elizabeth Anscombe Society gets official university recognition. By: Robert M. Bernstein    Chastity is not usually associated with the college lifestyle, but a group of Princeton University students promoting the value of commitment in relationships was granted official recognition last month by the student government.    The new organization, calling itself the Elizabeth Anscombe Society, attracted students…

  • Arts Council plans its summer programs around expansion

    Camps to move out of building in anticipation of startup work. By: Jennifer Potash    It may still be winter, but The Arts Council of Princeton already is planning for summer vacation.    Even though its Witherspoon Street building will be closed for an expansion project, The Arts Council will still offer its customarily wide range of…

  • New hotels enter crowded field

    Hampton Inn Princeton, which opened Jan. 28 in South Brunswick, is latest addition, with a Marriott Residence Inn in West Windsor to follow. By: Gwen McNamara    Whether business or pleasure, there’s no shortage of places to stay along the Route 1 corridor. But despite the region’s fierce competition, two new hotels are betting they can…

  • Tigers hope to be .500

    PU hosts Penn in finale tonight By: Bob Nuse    Back in November, the thought of being happy to finish the Ivy League season at .500 would have seemed ridiculous to the Princeton University men’s basketball team.    But after a weekend sweep of Harvard and Dartmouth moved the Tigers to 6-7 in the league, a .500…

  • Borough downtown development gets Smart Growth Award

    One of eight state projects to be honored by New Jersey Future. By: Jennifer Potash    The Princeton Borough downtown redevelopment now under way that garnered much controversy over the years has now earned a laurel — New Jersey Future will bestow a Smart Growth Award on the development and its planners later in this spring.…

  • OBITUARIES, March 8, 2005

    Richard J. Rotter, Antoinette B. Arcamone, Ella Tucker, Edwin R. Sherman Jr. Richard J. Rotter Montgomery High teacher     MONTGOMERY — Richard Joseph Rotter died Saturday at home. He was 48.    Born and raised in Wilmington, Del., he lived in East Windsor before moving to Montgomery 13 years ago.    He was an oceanographer at Princeton…

  • Taxpayers are buying studies in triplicate

    PACKET EDITORIAL, March 8 By: Packet Editorial    If anyone needs to be reminded of what a wasteful extravagance it is for Princeton Borough and Princeton Township to function as two separate and distinct municipalities, the tale of two police studies — or will it be three? Or four? — is enormously instructive.    In Dickensian terms,…

  • Rebates shouldn’t be used to balance budget

    GUEST OPINION, March 8 By: Cy Thannikary In his budget address on March 1, acting Gov. Richard Codey delivered a double dose of bad news to property taxpayers in New Jersey. He proposed to put a moratorium on property tax rebates including preventing some people from deducting property taxes on their income tax returns, and…

  • OPHTHALMOLOGY

    OPHTHALMOLOGY By: OPHTHALMOLOGY