Category: archives
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LETTERS: Challenging Kerry’s assertions
To the editor: John Kerry continually makes statements that are not challenged in any debate. Following are my 350 words worth of challenges. Eighty percent of federal income taxes are paid by 20 percent of wage earners. President Bush reduced tax rates so that people would have more of their own money to…
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Middle school site for sports field eyed in response to Title IX suit
Princeton eyes John Witherspoon Middle School as a solution to their facilities shortage. By: David Campbell Princeton Regional Schools officials have determined that the John Witherspoon Middle School property could be part of a long-term solution to facilities shortages for high school sports that gave rise to a federal civil-rights lawsuit now working its way…
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Array of issues on voters’ minds
Voters divulge which issues are most important to them. By: Josh Appelbaum Homeland security, terrorism and the direction of the nation’s foreign policy are the most central concern to voters in Cranbury in voting for presidential candidates. Voters on Main Street Tuesday were closely guarded in their support of candidates, but talked about issues raised…
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Princeton school board approves new superintendent
Judith A. Wilson will assume her new post Feb. 1. By: David Campbell The Princeton Regional Board of Education unanimously approved the appointment Tuesday night of Judith A. Wilson as the district’s new superintendent. She is expected to assume her new post Feb. 1, replacing current interim Superintendent Richard Marasco. "We’ve come to the end…
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Library books movie nights starting with French flicks
Library takes patrons down memory lane with film series. By: Josh Appelbaum Library Director Howard Zogott said parents should get a baby sitter and go out on a movie date at the Cranbury Public Library. The library has two movies with a French twist, the first of which will be shown tonight (Friday). The French…
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‘Sideways’
Even teetotalers will find plenty to enjoy in this movie that uses wine as a metaphor for relationships. By: Bob Brown Paul Giamatti (left) and Thomas Haden Church go on a wine-tasting tour that also serves as a journey of self-discovery in ‘Sideways.’ In this romantic comedy of appetites and adipose tissue, writer-director Alexander Payne…
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Big hits keep coming from Stuart’s Williams
Tartans field hockey advances to semifinals with shutout By: Justin Feil From her first year of playing, Sarah Williams was a big hitter on the field hockey field. "When I was in middle school," said the Stuart Country Day senior, "I started off going to field hockey camp at Stuart and I won the longest…
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Borough Council votes to raise rental inspection fee
Increase to $175 angers landlords. By: Jennifer Potash The Princeton Borough Council, despite protests by landlords, unanimously approved increasing annual rental inspection fees Tuesday to $175, citing the need to cover program costs. Decrying what would be at least a five-fold fee increase as unconscionable, a dozen landlords and property managers had unsuccessfully urged the…
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Comfortable Morris leads South football
Pirates look for win at Lawrence By: Bob Nuse While the West Windsor-Plainsboro South football struggled record-wise in a 2-7 season a year ago, there were benefits for the Pirates. For one, Brian Morris got a taste of what it was like to quarterback at the varsity level as a sophomore. Now a junior, Morris…
