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  • Who’s willing to pay for lieutenant governor

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Spet. 9 To the editor:     I seriously doubt if the recent Quinnipiac University poll bothered to asked the same people — 73 percent of whom said they wanted a lieutenant governor — if they would be willing to pay higher state income or sales taxes to pay for this totally useless position.…

  • Amid ongoing construction, schools gear up for opening

    Some construction-related problems remain and there’s some cleanup still to do, but classes will begin — hopefully as scheduled — on Thursday, the Princeton Regional School District’s interim superintendent says. By: Jeff Milgram    "All of the indicators are looking good," interim Superintendent Richard Marasco said before a tour of the school buildings Thursday.    The elementary…

  • 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…

  • Lost in the Crowd

    Magdalena Abakanowicz’s ‘Big Figures’ greet visitors to the Princeton University Art Museum. By: Pat Summers TIMEOFF PHOTOS/FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI Sculptor Magdalena Abakanowicz, born in Poland, came of age during the Nazi destruction of Warsaw. Crowds have figured prominently in her life and work. Above, "Big Figures" on the Princeton University campus.    In front of Princeton University’s…