Category: archives
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PHS girls streaking in right direction
Little Tigers top PDS for third straight win By: Andrew Cangiano After a long losing streak, nothing feels better than getting back on track and going on a winning streak. That’s exactly what the Princeton High girls’ basketball team has done, as the Little Tigers defeated Princeton Day School, 38-25, Thursday in a physical, defensive…
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Jan. 24, 2:59 p.m.: Bush’s Social Security scam
A crisis not in the making. Or, let’s scare the people into doing something stupid. By: Hank Kalet The Social Security crisis is such a load of bunk that the White House, as Josh Marshall points out in his Talking Points blog, is attempting to enlist the Republicans’ favorite target, Bill Clinton, to lend it…
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Edward H. P. Gilman
Edward Hubbard Platt Gilman, 91, of Newtown, Pa., formerly of Pennington and Montclair, died Jan. 17. Born in Hankow, China, Mr. Gilman attended Kuling American School in Kiangsi, China, and graduated from Montclair High School and Brown University. Mr. Gilman moved to Pennington in 1975 and was an active member of Pennington Presbyterian Church. He…
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Marcia Dey Powell
Marcia Dey Powell, 75, died Jan. 20 at the University Medical Center at Princeton. Born in Grand Rapids, Mich., she graduated from the University of Maryland and had lived in the Hopewell Township area for 26 years. She taught at the former Miss Mason’s School and had been active in The Princeton University Art…
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Jan. 24, 2:55 p.m.: Dispatches for a month or so
The last five weeks of Dispatches. By: Hank Kalet With my being so inconsistent with posting to Channel Surfing in recent weeks, I thought I’d provide links to some recent Dispatches: Jan. 20: The inauguration Jan. 13: Gov. Codey’s State of the State Jan. 6: Pressures on today’s teens Dec. 30: Reporting on a local…
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Jan. 24, 2:57 p.m.: Bush and the budget bunko
My Progressive Populist column on the president’s rather questionable budget math. By: Hank Kalet Here is my piece from the current issue of The Progressive Populist on the Bush budget.
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Stay Up Late
Students at The College of New Jersey present a 24-hour theater competition. By: Jillian Kalonick TIMEOFF/JILLIAN KALONICK From left: Bethany Allinder, Christine Scarfuto and Gabe Alonso are part of the team planning ‘Wired!’, TCNJ’s play festival. Students will present six one-acts at the college Jan. 29. It’s an odd fact of college life staying…
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Elizabeth D. Barlow
Elizabeth D. "Betsy" Barlow, 79, died Jan. 20 at her home in Pennington. Born in Trenton, she was a lifelong area resident. Ms. Barlow retired from E.T.S. in Princeton after many years of service. She was an active community volunteer and involved with St. James Church in Pennington. Daughter of the late Sumner H. and…
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Going to egg-stremes:Allentown student breaks world record
LIFESTYLE By: Erica Hammond ALLENTOWN Sprawled out on his stomach on the hard, speckled floor of the atrium at Allentown High School, senior Anthony Napoliello projected a Zen-like concentration Saturday morning as he set out to achieve his goal of balancing 420 raw eggs to attain Guinness Book of World Records’ status. "It started…
