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  • Former Met makes difference as speaker

    Hearn brings motivational talk to Princeton By: John Fortuna    Ed Hearn sat forlornly on the bench of the New York Mets. Across the Shea Stadium infield, the Boston Red Sox stood on the top step of their dugout, poised to celebrate the team’s first World Series championship since 1986.    Hearn, the Mets’ rookie catcher and…

  • Letters to the Editor, March 1

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, March 1 Science, religious are not in competition To the editor:     I must confess my dismayed at the distorted attention The Packet, as well as any other newspapers running the same cartoon, gave recently to a cartoon that offered a misleading comparison of science and religion (The Packet, Feb. 25).…

  • OBITUARIES, March 1, 2005

    William H. Cherry, Charles M. Hartman, Thomas H. Johnson, David Castrejon, Helen M. Craven, Kate P. Tredennick. William H. Cherry Physicist, township committeeman     MONTGOMERY — William H. Cherry died on Feb. 19 at University Medical Center at Princeton. He was 85.    Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was a Princeton Township resident for 53 years…

  • YWCA to honor 14 women

    22nd awards dinner set March 9 at Hyatt Regency    Fourteen women from local businesses, organizations, and educational institutions will be honored at the 22nd annual YWCA Princeton’s Tribute to Women awards dinner, to be held at the Hyatt Regency Princeton on Wednesday, March 9, beginning at 5 p.m.    The Tribute program was established nationally by…

  • PHS swim teams meet challenges

    Girls reach final, boys fall in semis By: Justin Feil    EWING — Both the Princeton High boys’ and the girls’ swim teams lost their season finales, but the fact that both returned to the same high level as last season was bigger in their eyes.    "It’s never easy to lose a meet that matters," said…

  • WW-PS girls fall in swim semis

    Westfield holds on against Pirates By: Justin Feil    EWING — The West Windsor-Plainsboro South girls’ swim team ended its season much like it has many seasons in the recent past.    The Pirates lost in a public state A semifinal, its first loss of the season, just shy of reaching a second straight state final but…

  • McGovern searches for end to hunger, overpopulation

    1972 presidential candidate is keynote speaker at Princeton University conference. By: Robert M. Bernstein    The United States must assume an active role in eliminating global hunger and promoting nutrition programs, former U.S. Sen. and 1972 Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern said Thursday at a Princeton University address.    His keynote speech at Dodds Auditorium marked the…

  • Borchert win has bite to it

    PHS senior wins at District 17 By: John E. Powers    FLEMINGTON — Princeton High senior Will Borchert was expecting to see Mercer County 189-pound champion Brett Linebarger in the finals of the District 17 Tournament Saturday afternoon at Hunterdon Central. But the second-seeded Borchert did see a very familiar opponent in Hopewell Valley’s Mike Yaros…

  • Esipov wins District 20 title

    Ragucci, Simmons-Edler also advance By: Ken Weingartner        SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Misha Esipov knows what it’s like to win a championship by surprising people.    After Saturday, he knows what it’s like to claim a crown when the target is on him.    Esipov won the District 20 Tournament title at 152 pounds Saturday at South Brunswick…