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  • Spirited Post 401 off to strong start

    By: Rich Fisher    The South Brunswick Post 401 American Legion baseball team is off to a nice start, and coach Tony Cosumano has a sneaky suspicion it may stay that way.    "I like this team a lot better than the last few years," said Cosumano, seemingly entering somewhere around his 400th year as Post 401…

  • Princeton Packet Baseball Player of the Year

    Hard-working Umar delivered for Montgomery By: Bob Nuse    Peter Mueller never has to worry about whether Nick Umar will put in the time and effort needed to become the best possible baseball player he could be.    "He had a great year," said Mueller, the head coach at Montgomery High. "I’m not sure what more he…

  • E.A.S.Y. Riders are setting out again

        On Saturday, June 26, a group of local teens and adults are heading for the beach … on their bicycles. The E.A.S.Y. Riders will pedal from Princeton to the New Jersey shore and back — a total of 100 miles in two days — to raise funds for HiTOPS, the Princeton-based nonprofit that offers…

  • Week of June 11, 2004

    Hamilton Square, Raritan, Washington, East Windsor, Princeton Junction   Hamilton Square    James Brand, sales associates in Weichert, Realtors’ Hamilton Square Office, received office award recognition for his outstanding industry achievements in the first quarter of 2004. Mariann Brand, branch manager, made the announcement.    Mr. Brand closed the first quarter of 2004 with the most closed units…

  • Lessons learned from baking cookies

    Woodland School bake sale teaches students about business By:Sharlee DiMenichi    MONROE — Tables of treats filled the Woodland School gym Monday as students ran a bake sale aimed at teaching them lessons of entrepreneurship and charity.    As part of the sixth-grade social studies and economics curriculum, students were required to go into business selling cookies…

  • Candidates Forum, June 11

    CANDIDATES FORUM, June 11 Irene White Republican candidate, Princeton Township Committee     The notion of hindsight and finger-pointing will not solve Princeton Township’s road mess. Suffice it to say, we residents are being held hostage by Township Committee misadventures.    As we see residential property taxes increase on the average by 9.6 percent over last year’s…

  • Letters to the Editor, June 11

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, June 11 Public participation is appreciated To the editor:     I thank all those Princeton Borough residents who participated in the recent Borough Council primary election by listening, questioning, commenting and voting.    Whether you followed the newspaper coverage, attended council meetings or neighborhood gatherings, or joined your neighbors in conversation over…

  • Movie Timetables

    Going to the movies tonight? Find out where and when the show you want to see is playing. Movies and times are valid from June 16 to June 17, 2004. Because of the possibility of last-minute schedule changes, it is wise to call the theater before leaving home. Please note: In the event that theaters…

  • Patriot Act chills freedoms, League told

    Attorney Grayson Barber warns of threat to First Amendment. By: Jill Matthews    Grayson Barber, a First Amendment lawyer and privacy advocate from Princeton, discussed the "chilling effects" of the USA Patriot Act at the League of Women Voters of the Princeton Area’s annual meeting on Wednesday.    "In order to have a fundamental democracy, you need…