Category: archives
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Irish unlucky for North field hockey
ND ousts Knights from state tournament By: Justin Feil Simply put, the West Windsor-Plainsboro North field hockey would have preferred a different draw in the North 2, Group III state tournament. It wasn’t that the Knights, as the sixth seed, had to play the No. 3 seed, it was that the No. 3 seed was…
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McGreevey hasn’t earned parting respect
PACKET EDITORIAL, Nov. 9 By: Packet Editorial Back in August, when Gov. James E. McGreevey declared himself a "gay American" and announced he would leave office in November, we were among a decided minority of newspapers in this state that did not urge the governor to resign immediately. Had he done so, instead of waiting…
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A Village Cursed
Both a brassy tourist trap and a quaint New England town, Salem, Mass., offers glimpses of its dark past and an unmistakable aura of mystery. By: David Goodwin PHOTO: DAVID GOODWIN Old Burying Point Cemetery in Salem, Mass., a town known for its 1692 witch trials. As immortalized by the writings of native son Nathaniel…
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Another bias crime reported
In third recent incident, a 20-year-old Hispanic resident of Princeton Township says he was threatened with a knife. By: David Campbell A 20-year-old Princeton Township resident was charged Thursday with bias intimidation of a Hispanic man and making terroristic threats after he allegedly threatened the victim with a knife. It was the third such bias-related…
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Door opens for PU goalie to start
Gaudiel helps Tiger women split pair By: Justin Feil Defensemen and forwards who aren’t on the first shift still know they will get their turn in a hockey game. Back-up goaltenders, they don’t frequently get those chances. In her first two seasons, Roxanne Gaudiel was the back-up goaltender for the Princeton University women’s ice hockey…
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Cougar girls pull tourney upset
MHS rallies to beat Millburn By: Bob Nuse WEST ORANGE Despite having dominated most of the first 65 minutes of Saturday’s state tournament game against Millburn, the Montgomery High girls’ soccer team still found itself down, 1-0. It’s a position the Cougars have been in before. "The only legitimate chance they had the whole…
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Going south for Italian gusto
"The Flavors of Southern Italy" really hits the spot By: Faith Bahadurian "The Flavors of Southern Italy" really hits the spot. Not only are the recipes appealing, the introduction is a good read, as author Erica De Mane describes her family’s attempts to obscure their Italian heritage in an effort to fit in to their…
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Third forum slated on hospital’s future
Princeton Health Care Task Force will meet Thursday in a roundtable format. By: David Campbell The Princeton Health Care Task Force is scheduled to hold its third public forum Thursday night in its ongoing discussion of the future of the hospital campus on Witherspoon Street. The meeting is scheduled to begin 7:30 p.m. in the…
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Council to revisit stacked-parking proposal
Several changes have been incorporated into the ordinance since an earlier version was introduced in May. By: Jennifer Potash The Princeton Borough Council will hold a public hearing tonight on an ordinance to allow stacked parking in the three downtown parking garages. The meeting will start a half-hour later than usual, at 8 p.m., so…
