Category: archives
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Mazdaspeed MX-5 Miata: Is it the best one yet?
Pop open the hood, and your eyes will be treated to one of the best detailed engine compartments this side of a Ferrari, thanks to the red crinkle-coated valve cover along with numerous polished bits and pieces By:Frederick Staab The Mazdaspeed MX-5 Miata is built on a petite 89-inch wheelbase with a 155-inch total length.…
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Hansen assumes Tigers’ No. 1 spot
Cranbury connection leads girls cross country By: Justin Feil There’s been no sophomore jinx for Susanne Hansen. Almost out of necessity, the Princeton High sophomore out of Cranbury has risen from a strong freshman year to take the lead for the girls’ cross country team and be an even stronger runner in her second year…
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An upsurge in new voters
Voter registration in Cranbury increases by over twelve percent. By: Josh Appelbaum Voter registration in Cranbury has spiked from last year, with the township seeing a 12.5 percent increase in eligible voters for next week’s election. Officials at the Middlesex County Board of Elections said last week they have seen a surge in voter registration…
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NJ Transit adds weekend trains for holiday season
NJ Transit will alter its Northeast Corridor timetable on Sunday, offering additional "Holiday Extra" trains on the weekend. Four of the extra trains will depart Trenton between 8:25 a.m. and 11:25 a.m. Saturday and Sunday running express from New Brunswick to Newark Airport, with additional stops at Newark Penn Station and Secaucus Junction before arriving…
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‘Vera Drake’
Writer/director Mike Leigh is more interested in class than in character, and the social commentator in him saves this film from B-movie bathos. By: Elise Nakhnikian Imelda Staunton is a sunny English maid with a secret side to her life in Vera Drake. Vera Drake takes place just a few years after World War II…
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Library lecture program, book collection to memorialize Christopher Reeve
"The Brooke Ellison Story" screened at Monday observance. By: Jennifer Potash The spirit of determination and love of the performing arts so embodied by Christopher Reeve, the actor and director with quadriplegia who died earlier this month, will be memorialized with a new lecture series and theater arts collection at the Princeton Public Library. The…
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DiPastina wins fourth title as Hun repeats
Raiders girls’ tennis adds state crown to county, MAPL wins By: Justin Feil The Hun School girls’ tennis team came through when all the pressure was on in Sunday’s early rounds, and that made Wednesday’s Prep A state finals just a formality. The Raiders went into the finals knowing that they didn’t need to even…
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This presidential vote really is on the issues
Students don’t know the names of the candidates, just their positions. By: Jill Matthews WEST WINDSOR For students at Village School, voting for president of the United States isn’t just about a popularity contest. At least that’s the lesson staff at the school are trying to instill during a school-wide mock presidential election. The…
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Communing with nature on your commute
EDITORIAL By: Michele S. Byers Thanks to technology, a gradual transition to a more service-oriented work force, and incredibly efficient highways, our jobs are more than ever independent of location, distance and time. Many workers are migrating outward to suburban and rural New Jersey in search of a better quality of life and reduced stress.…
