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  • Catfish can finally show off their hard-earned trophies

    By: Rich Fisher    It’s one thing to have a successful team.    It’s quite another to be able to show off its accomplishments.    But for years — actually, forever — the Cranbury Swim Club was never able to show off the trophies it had won over the years.    "I don’t know why we never had a…

  • TANGENTS: Cheer for more than jerseys

    TANGENTS By John Saccenti: Keep Piazza on the Mets. By: John Saccenti    I’m tired of rooting for uniforms.    I say that not as a tired fan of dry cleaning or the Laundromat, but as a fan of professional baseball.    In recent years, baseball fans have been subjected to what one might call a revolving door…

  • Princeton YWCA to expand its open house program

    Voting rights, equity in athletics, immigrant rights among the topics. By: Jennifer Potash    This is not your mother’s YWCA.    Instead of gatherings over tea or meeting for aerobics, the YWCA Princeton will be tackling voting rights, equity in athletics and immigrant rights this fall.    The YWCA is holding an open house Thursday, inviting women in…

  • Finding adventure in Maine

    Boy Scouts hit the open road to take trails and rivers. By: Joseph Harvie    When the new school year begins, teachers often ask students a common question: "What did you do this summer?" This year, a group of 18 students already have an answer: "We walked through a cloud, saw some moose, hiked to Maine’s…

  • Governor has real chance to leave legacy

    EDITORIAL "Our present constitutional provision making the president of the Senate the acting governor upon the death or inability to act of the real governor is, to my way of thinking, indefensible. There is no logical reason why the duties and powers of the chief executive of our state should become vested, by reason of…

  • For the Sept. 3 issue

    Richard W. Morris, Christina S. Wund Walsh. Richard W. Morris    HORSHAM, Pa. — Richard W. Morris, 58, formerly of Hightstown, died Sunday at Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, Pa.    Born in Princeton, he resided in Hightstown until moving to Horsham, Pa., eight years ago.    Mr. Morris retired from the U.S. District Court where he served as…

  • AG seeks dismissal of suit to unseat McGreevey now

    Hearing on lawsuit filed by Princeton attorneys set for Wednesday. By: Jennifer Potash    A federal judge will hold a hearing Wednesday on a lawsuit filed by two Princeton attorneys that claims Gov. James E. McGreevey’s delayed resignation violates federal voting laws.    But state Attorney General Peter J. Harvey filed papers this week asking the federal…

  • Sept. 3, 1:11 p.m.: The RNC, DAy 4, what a long strange trip

    On Bush, lies, rhethoric and God. Welcome to the crusades. By: Hank Kalet    OK. It’s done with, and the finale was pretty big.    As David Corn writes in his Capital Games Weblog on The Nation Web site, we now know what the president plans for the next four years.    "It’s official: the 2004 campaign is…

  • Riding high: Dedicated sisters devote their time, energy to horseplay

    LIFESTYLE By: Ashley Caudill    Sometimes lightning does strike twice in the same place. Sometimes twice in the same family, as with a dynamic duo from Millstone that is making strides in the competitive equestrian world.    The Horzepa sisters — Wilhelmina, 13, and Mary Elizabeth, 11 — both represented Monmouth County at the New Jersey State…