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It’s steal and run once again for Dinky ‘kiss and run’ sign
A popular decoration for bedroom and dorm room walls. By: David Campbell When former Princeton Borough mayor Barbara Boggs Sigmund first proposed short-term "kiss and run" parking outside the Dinky rail station in the late 1980s, she probably didn’t anticipate the extra work she was creating for the borough’s Public Works Department. The distinctive signs…
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Benchley seeks moratorium on Witherspoon Street development
A freeze on building while future of a key corridor is worked out. By: Jennifer Potash With many variables regarding the future development of Witherspoon Street still undecided including the pivotal question of whether the University Medical Center of Princeton will relocate from its current site or seek to expand where it is …
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Fisher is example for Hun hockey
Senior forward keeps intensity high for Raiders By: Justin Feil In the week since returning from winter break, most of the Hun School ice hockey team has struggled with its intensity at the start of games. Not Jeff Fisher. The senior forward has reason to play all out every second he’s on the ice. Fisher…
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PHS wrestlers gaining experience
Little Tigers grow even in loss to WW-P North By: Bob Nuse Experience goes a long way in high school wrestling. This year, West Windsor-Plainsboro North has it, and as a result the Knights are off to their best start in years. On Saturday, WW-P North topped Princeton, 51-24, for its third straight win to…
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Learning curve
Local businessmen use technology to teach foreign language. By: Melinda Sherwood It’s a phone, it’s a camera, it’s an address book and a calculator and one day, if two entrepreneurs have their way, that cell phone may even be able to teach you French. Sheldon Sturges, a life-long educational consultant, and Roy Rosser, a…
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Princeton man, 50, killed in traffic accident
Gerald Covello was widely known for work in youth baseball programs. By: Jennifer Potash and Rachel Silverman State police are investigating a traffic accident that claimed the life of a Princeton Township man Thursday in Hamilton Township. Gerald R. Covello, 50, of Christopher Drive died at the site of the accident near the interchange of…
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Emann sworn in as police captain
Other Princeton Township officers win promotions. By: Rachel Silverman Former township police Lt. Mark Emann entered a new role as captain Monday night in a ceremony officiated by the Princeton Township Committee. With family members and borough police staff on hand, Sgt. Michael Henderson was also inducted as lieutenant, Detective Scott Porreca as sergeant, and…
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A laptop for every student in Montgomery
PACKET EDITORIAL, Jan. 11 By: Packet Editorial, Jan. 11 For the past decade or so, just about every school district in the country has been jumping through hoops to get computers into as many students’ hands as humanly possible. Long gone are the days when computers were esoteric pieces of hardware programmed by people with…
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Princeton Future discussions to be broadcast on cable TV
Princeton Community Television, TV30, will broadcast Princeton Future discussions on the Witherspoon Street corridor. From 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, TV30 will air Princeton Future’s kickoff meeting on the Witherspoon Street project that was held on Nov. 13. Princeton Future’s next public meeting will be held 9 a.m. Saturday at the Princeton Public…
