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  • Adult school lists its courses for the fall semester

    Registration is now under way for the Fall 2004 semester at the Princeton Adult School.    Offerings this year include more than 130 courses ranging from abstract art and classical music to "Sex, Gender and Social Change," swing dancing and financial planning. Students can register online, by mail or sign up for classes at in-person registration…

  • A fond farewell to Lick It ice cream

    "This is the best job you’ll ever have," Frank Bontempo, Lick It Ice Cream owner with his wife, Sandy, would tell us as we busily scooped cones for waiting customers. By: By: Elissa Petruzzi    In response we would roll our teenaged eyes. How could dipping ice cream for a drive-through photo-hut turned ice cream shop…

  • Don’t be fooled by misleading rhetoric

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Spet. 7 To the editor:     After a week of mind-numbing Republican rhetoric, let’s look back and review some facts.    It’s all too easy to take a senator’s voting record out of context. Legislators often vote against a bill because they favor an alternative that would achieve similar results in a different way.…

  • Energized, Montgomery just keeps growing and growing …

    MONTGOMERY — Despite the township’s attempts to curb growth, the municipality has seen a 20-percent population increase in three years, according to a U.S. Census document.Related Story: Montgomery considers a ‘Do Not Knock’ ordinance to deter unwanted door-to-door soliciting. By: Jill Matthews    The 2003 Subcounty Population figures released by the Census Bureau in late June…

  • Library will host forum on voting

       Voting in the digital age is the topic of an upcoming Princeton Public Library forum on Sept. 11. By: Jennifer Potash    Edward W. Felten, a professor of computer science at Princeton University, will be the featured speaker at the forum, titled "Election 2004: How Will Your Vote Count?"    The forum, which is free and open…

  • Letters to the Editor, Sept. 7

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Sept. 7 Don’t be fooled by misleading rhetoric To the editor:     After a week of mind-numbing Republican rhetoric, let’s look back and review some facts.    It’s all too easy to take a senator’s voting record out of context. Legislators often vote against a bill because they favor an alternative that…

  • Remind president that issues matter

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Spet. 9 To the editor:     I have heard numerous times lately when discussing "the issues" — such as education, the economy and the environment — "Why should we care about such issues? If the terrorists win, we will not be around to care about them anyway."    According to such simplistic yet rational…

  • University sophomore found dead in dorm room

    A Princeton University sophomore was found dead in her on-campus dormitory Sunday afternoon. By: Jill Matthews    Melissa M. Huang, 19, of Mechanicsburg, Pa., was found in her bed at 1:28 p.m. Sunday by a university custodian and her parents, who had arranged to meet their daughter on campus, according to a press release issued by…

  • Freshmen hit campus; classes start Thursday

    Princeton University will welcome 1,175 freshmen in the class of 2008 and 541 new students in the Graduate School in activities and programs leading up to the 2004-2005 academic year’s opening day of classes on Thursday.    Freshmen began moving into residence halls during the weekend of Aug. 28-29 and participated in various orientation activities, such…