Category: archives
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PU hopes to bounce back from disappointment
Harvard football dominates last three quarters By: Justin Feil The Princeton University football team has had to bounce back only once before from a loss, but bouncing back from a 39-14 loss to Harvard on Saturday won’t have quite the same feeling. The Tigers, who suffered their only other loss this season in the final…
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GOP Township Committee candidates attack Democrats over taxes, debt, openness
Princeton Township Democrats Phyllis Marchand and Lance Liverman face challenge from Paul Kapp and Irene White. By: David Campbell Debt management, property taxes and openness in local government were the primary topics of discussion among candidates for two seats on the Princeton Township Committee during an editorial board meeting with The Packet on Monday. Incumbent…
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Rider to host Holt-Spadea debate Thursday
LAWRENCE The major party candidates in the 12th Congressional District will meet for a debate Thursday at Rider University. The noon debate will be held in the Bart Luedeke Center Theater and is sponsored by the university’s Institute for New Jersey Politics. "We are pleased to host this debate and to have it during…
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Kitts, young Tartans tied for tourney lead
Stuart tennis team eyeing elusive Prep B crown By: Bob Nuse Last year, Kathryn Kitts got a chance to experience winning an individual Prep B tennis title. This year, the Stuart Country Day School junior would like to not only repeat as the Prep B first singles champion, but experience the feeling of winning a…
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Sewer work closes section of Dey Road in Plainsboro
PLAINSBORO Dey Road between Plainsboro Road and Scudders Mill Road will be closed to through traffic 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today through Friday because of work needed for the installation of sewer lines, township police announced. The road will also be closed during the same hours next week, beginning Monday and ending Friday,…
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PHS defense toughens in MCT win
Kardassis keys solid effort in back from girls’ soccer By: Bob Nuse Greg Hand has seen his Princeton High girls’ soccer team make great strides this season. In Saturday’s 2-0 win over West Windsor-Plainsboro South in the opening round of the Mercer County Tournament, the Little Tigers’ coach saw some things he had been hoping…
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Suit challenging downtown development dies again
Concerned Citizens’ effort to reopen case rejected. By: Jennifer Potash Concerned Citizens of Princeton’s bid to halt the downtown redevelopment project appears to be at an end. Mercer County Superior Court Judge Linda Feinberg denied Concerned Citizens’ motion to reopen the case on Friday. Attorneys for the grassroots nonprofit organization argued for the case to…
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False fire alarm ordinance tabled in Princeton Borough
Questions of legality of some provisions force measure to go back to drawing board By: Jennifer Potash A proposed ordinance that would slap hefty fees on property owners with monitored fire alarm systems that cause repetitive false alarms will go back to the drawing board. The Princeton Borough Council was slated to hold a public…
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After the Flood
Odette’s restaurant and cabaret in New Hope, Pa., reopens after enduring the wrath of last month’s overflow of the Delaware River. By: Matt Smith TIMEOFF/MATT SMITH Bob Egan poses with the recently returned piano in the cabaret at Odette’s in New Hope, which opens this weekend with three sold-out performances by Ann Hampton Callaway (below…
