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  • The Arts Council of Princeton unveils fall roster of classes

    Wide range of programs for children and teens    As school starts up, so do the art programs at The Arts Council of Princeton, with a diversity of classes for children and teens of all ages and interests.    Adventurous students can choose from an imaginative array of ceramics, drawing, painting, mixed media, photography, creative writing and…

  • Wanna hang out?

    Princeton-area college students, home for the summer: So what’s for them to do here but work and vegetate? By: Ariana Markowitz    A couple weeks ago, four of my friends, my sister and I went on a Hoagie Haven run around 11:30 at night. We saw five people we knew during the 45 minutes that we…

  • Conover looking to continue tradition

    Former assistant is new girls’ basketball coach By: Bob Nuse    Byron Conover got his start coaching basketball earlier than most.    "I got out of high school and didn’t go to college right away," Conover recalled. "I knew I wanted to work with young people and I was 19 or 20 at the time and the…

  • Young makes major move

    PU graduate will start for Rangers tonight By: Justin Feil    Chris Young will fulfill a boyhood dream when he makes his major league debut for the Texas Rangers tonight.    The Princeton University graduate was called up from AAA Oklahoma, where he was 3-0 with a 1.48 earned run average in five starts, and will be…

  • Grovers Mill Pond dam work won’t clog area roads

    Two-year restoration began this month. By: Shanay Cadette    WEST WINDSOR — Motorists should not be affected as restoration work continues into the fall at Grovers Mill Pond dam, officials say.    Delayed for decades, the repair portion of the two-year restoration project began this month when LBD Contracting of Princeton started removing trees and stumps along…

  • Summer pays off for Muir

    WW-P South graduate is all-star pitcher By: Justin Feil    Justin Muir was pleased with the progress he showed in his first season in the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League, but otherwise it was a tough summer for the Long Island Collegians.    "It didn’t go so well," Muir said. "We didn’t make the playoffs. We had a…

  • Helen Rittley

       Helen Rittley, 80, died Friday at Capital Health System, Mercer Campus.    Born in Trenton, she was a resident of Hamilton for 45 years before moving to Pennington two months ago.    She was a graduate of St. Hedwig Grammar School and Trenton Central High School. She was formerly employed by Nevius-Voorhees Department Store and was an…

  • Aug. 24, 9 a.m.: Top Ten, or Bogey mania

    Don’t Bogart that film, my friend. By: Hank Kalet    Humphrey Bogart is my favorite actor. Period. So this week, Bogey is the subject of this week’s Top Ten — my top 10 favorite Humphrey Bogart movies:    1. "The Maltese Falcon."    2. "Casablanca."    3. "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre."    4. "The Big Sleep."    5. "Key…

  • Letters to the Editor, Aug. 24

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Aug. 24 Committee of Nine commended for effort To the editor:     Last spring, Princeton Future set up a new process to help resolve expansion issues related to The Arts Council of Princeton. It invited three representatives each from The Arts Council, the Witherspoon-Jackson Neighborhood Association, and Princeton Future — "a…