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  • PU shot at upset blocked at Temple

    Controversial call leaves Tigers just short By: Justin Feil    PHILADELPHIA — Joe Scott is tired, even bored, after seeing the same teams from the same conferences on ESPN.    "Everybody plays the same way," said the Princeton University men’s basketball head coach. "Nobody wants to guard each other. Scores are in the 90s. Nobody tries to…

  • West Windsor launches municipal cable channel

       WEST WINDSOR — The township has launched its municipal cable channel, Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh announced Wednesday.    Channel 27 will feature municipal government information for 12 hours a day and educational content from the West Windsor-Plainsboro school district for the other 12 hours.    Township programming will include information on township meetings and agendas as well as…

  • Bible-inspired art in seminary exhibit

       "Bible Interpretations x 2," an exhibit of drawings representing Bible stories from the Old and New Testaments by artists William Hogan and Howard Berelson, will open on Wednesday, Jan. 5 and continue through Friday, Feb. 11 at the Erdman Art Gallery of Princeton Theological Seminary.    A native of New Jersey, Mr. Hogan graduated from the…

  • School board may join Snowden sidewalk dispute

    Safety concerns are cited in aftermath of two recent accidents near Princeton High School. By: David Campbell    The Princeton Regional Board of Education will decide if it wants to weigh in on a proposal by Princeton Township to install sidewalks on a portion of Snowden Lane along the Princeton Borough border, a plan that has…

  • Cougar coach is twice blessed

    Popadiuk is close to boys, players By: Justin Feil    Christmastime has always been a special, yet hectic, time for Paul Popadiuk and his family.    "We always have a tournament," said the Montgomery High girls’ basketball head coach. "You have school stuff, like correcting tests, and there’s a lot of stuff going on."    Four years ago,…

  • Candles lit for victims of domestic violence

    Meadow Lakes, Womanspace particpate in statewide campaign to recognize victims of violence. By: Dana Lynn Flatekval    EAST WINDSOR — More than 100,000 candles were lit across the state on Sunday symbolizing those who have been victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.    Closer to home, to kick off the weekend, more than 900 luminaries outlined…

  • For the Dec. 24 issue

    James Curtis Van Horn, Edith Milbank Corbin, John W. Hopper, Jennifer Kline. By: James Curtis Van Horn    EAST WINDSOR — Jim Van Horn, 66, died Sunday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in Appleton, Wis., he graduated from The University of Wisconsin, Madison, with an honors degree in journalism. After eight years…

  • ‘House of Flying Daggers’

    Even drops of blood are splattered with symbolic meaning in this tragic love drama. By: Bob Brown    Maybe in the next millennium, pop-culture archeologists will proclaim that all Chinese could walk on treetops. Ever since Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, it’s been a given, along with the ability to scale the sides of buildings and duck…

  • ‘Tis the season to wish you all happy holidays

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Dec. 24 By: Packet Editorial    ‘Tis the day before Christmas 2004,    And like all the years we have lived through before,    This one’s been filled with its ups and its downs,    Some good times, some bad for our cities and towns.    In Princeton, for instance, a true highlight came    When the library opened…