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  • LETTERS: Condo bill deserves support

    To the editor:     State Sen. Shirley Turner of Ewing has introduced the Common Interest Community Homeowner Association Act in the state Legislature.    First, it will be presented to committee and we can only hope and pray that it will be passed in the General Assembly and subsequently signed by Gov. Richard Codey. To obtain…

  • Close but no next round for boys’ soccer

    PHS, North, South ousted in states By: Bob Nuse    The state tournament is about making the most of your chances. And for all three Packet-area public school boys’ soccer teams that played their sectional openers on Tuesday, they didn’t quite make enough of those chances.    All three teams came up on the short end of…

  • ‘Rum & Onions XXV’

    Princeton Country Dancers packs ’em in for a night of revelry. By: Michael Redmond    Fun, just plain fun, is what the Princeton Country Dancers are all about, and an estimated 200 dancers and a band of 50 volunteer musicians had plenty of it Saturday at Princeton Day School during PCD’s 25th "Rum & Onions," a…

  • Incumbents triumphant in Princeton Borough Council race

    Koontz and Martindell turn back a challenge from Princeton University student Evan Baehr. By: Jennifer Potash    While much of the country seemed to be enveloped by red, Princeton Borough appeared to be an oasis of blue on the electoral map Tuesday, with voters handily re-electing Princeton Borough Council incumbent Democrats Roger Martindell and Andrew Koontz.…

  • Running part of McNulty family

    North siblings set for Mercer meet By: Justin Feil    Long before they were contributors for the West Windsor-Plainsboro North cross country teams, Kaitlyn and Sean McNulty started developing a love of running.    "We’ve always been running," said Kaitlyn, a junior in her second year with the Knight girls’ team. "Our whole family would just go…

  • Robert Lee Carlson

       Robert Lee Carlson, 61, of Pennington died Nov. 4 at home after a battle with Lou Gehrig’s Disease.    Born in Worcester, Mass., he had been district manager for Michael’s Arts and Crafts in Central Jersey for the past five years.    He was employed by Woolworth’s for 37 years. A lifelong member of the National Rifle…

  • Medical ethics, Part 1: Genetic testing raises many questions

    What are medical ethics? What guides physicians? How does your local hospital handle medical ethics? By: Lorraine Seabrook with Robert Pickens, M.D.    Birthdays and anniversaries are a natural time for reflecting on the past while eyeing the future. This month University Medical Center at Princeton (UMCP) marks its 85th anniversary and is celebrating the occasion…

  • Cranbury’s 4th-, 8th-graders get high marks on state tests

    Cranbury School students excel in state standardized testing. By: Josh Appelbaum    Cranbury School’s fourth- and eighth-graders excel in language arts literacy, mathematics and science, according to New Jersey’s 2004 standardized test results, and the state identified Cranbury as a benchmark district.    In 2003, the state Department of Education set standards and statistical goals for school…

  • Open space tax increase gets nod

    Voters approve open space tax increase of 1 cent per $100. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — While the margin of victory was smaller than he expected, Mayor Richard Pucci said he is pleased that voters approved an increase in the township open space tax.    Voters were asked Tuesday to approve an open space tax increase…