Category: archives

  • O’Brien gives PDS fresh start

    Freshman quarterback already a leader for Panthers football By: Bob Nuse    So what if Clint O’Brien had never played a game at quarterback before. Bruce Devlin saw something in the makeup of the freshman to think he had what it took to play the position.    "His brother (Dan) has been here and I knew him…

  • PHS looks to end scoring drought

    Little Tigers’ field hockey looks for return of first-week offense By: Bob Nuse    All Joyce Jones has to do is look at the first two games of the season to know that her Princeton High field hockey team has the ability to score goals.    Now, the veteran coach just needs her Little Tigers to find…

  • BUSINESS WRAP-UP

    Issue of Oct. 5 Cytogen settles patent suit    Plainsboro’s Cytogen Corporation announced the settlement of a patent infringement suit against the company and C.R. Bard, Inc., on Sept. 29.    The amount of the settlement was not disclosed and does not prove fault or liability, Cytogen said.    Immunomedics, a Morris Plains-based company focused on developing and…

  • Local Rotarians host Argentine reporter

    Club has provided equipment to remote hospital’s neonatal unit. By: Jill Matthews    About 5,000 miles separate Tucuman, a province in Argentina, from Princeton.    But last week, that distance seemed a bit smaller for members of the Rotary Club of Princeton, who hosted Horacio Galiana, a business and economics reporter for La Gaceta, a mid-sized daily…

  • Going the ‘extra mile’ for employee health

    When it comes to healthcare, companies are starting to ‘walk the walk,’ creating environments that encourage activity and exercise. By: Gwen McNamara    When the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation was looking to renovate its headquarters off College Road East in Plainsboro, the nonprofit decided to join the ranks of a small but growing number of businesses…

  • Hard-working Wagner wants state berth

    PHS boys’ soccer begins slow turnaround process By: Justin Feil    If the Princeton High boys’ soccer team had more players like Kevin Wagner, the Little Tigers probably wouldn’t be sweating out a state tournament berth for the second straight year.    Wagner is one of just a handful of returning starters from last year’s Central Jersey…

  • PU football has own "Playmakers"

    Clutch performances give Tigers 3-0 start By: Justin Feil    "Playmakers" was supposedly canceled this year, but the cast seems to have found its way to the Princeton University football team.    The Tigers continued their turnaround from last year’s 2-8 campaign by making the big plays when they needed them most to survive Columbia, 27-26, in…

  • MILESTONES

    Issue of Oct. 5 HEALTH & MEDICINE    Dr. James S. Marks has been named the new senior vice president and director of the health group of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and will join the foundation on Dec. 1.    One of America’s leading experts on disease prevention, Dr. Marks has served since May 2004 as…

  • ‘Debate’ data: Dueling spin from ‘experts’

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Oct. 5 By: Packet Editorial    It’s hard to pick up a newspaper, turn on a radio talk show or watch a TV newscast these days without getting spun three ways to Sunday about the performance turned in by George W. Bush and John Kerry in the first presidential "debate."    We use the term…