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  • Prince makes Princeton king of Ivies

    Freshman finds deja vu in Tigers’ baseball crown By: Justin Feil    Aaron Prince was just a high school sophomore when Steve Young delivered the Ivy League championship to the Princeton University baseball team with a game-ending 10th-inning single three years ago.    It’s still a fond memory for Young, a senior second basemen for the Tigers,…

  • May 11, 9 a.m.: Top Ten returns

    The top 10 war movies according to me. By: Hank Kalet    Call this the return of the Tuesday Top Ten. It’s been quite a while since I offered one of these lists. But they were a lot of fun and always generated a lot of response, so here it goes.    This week’s Top Ten: War…

  • Letters to the Editor, May 11

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, May 11 New library is not altogether perfect To the editor:     This evening, for the first time, I visited the new library. Fortunately, I walked — for, as usual, there were no readily available parking spaces. Yes, I know the garage will open soon, but I expect that the traffic…

  • Freedom to Explore

    Artists chart unexplored waters at the Fabric Museum and Workshop in Philadelphia. By: Amy Brummer Artist Kara Walker as captured in a video performance on March 26, part of her exhibit Fibbergibbet and Mumbo Jumbo at the Fabric Workshop and Museum.    For artists, gaining recognition for an individual style can be a major career boost.…

  • Gadowsky hired to fix PU offense

    Tiger men’s ice hockey has new coach, new style By: Bob Nuse    Guy Gadowsky is an ice hockey coach who likes to play a wide-open offensive style.    The Princeton University men’s team averaged two goals a game last year during a 5-24-2 season that ultimately led to the dismissal of head coach Len Quesnelle.    Guy…

  • PHS weathers a string of calamities

    Friday lightning strike latest in series of unexpected events that now forces search for makeup day. By: Jeff Milgram    In the beginning of April, a construction worker ruptured a natural gas line, forcing the evacuation of Princeton High School.    Early on Friday morning, lightning apparently hit PHS, or very close by, knocking out the school’s…

  • OBITUARIES, May 11, 2004

    Gertrude D. Cruser, H. Mitchell Dielhenn, C.D. Elliott Sands, Domenico Gugliemi, William F. Sowarby Jr., Alfred B. Heavener. Gertrude D. Cruser Retired from Princeton University     WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP — Gertrude Danbury Cruser died Friday at home. She was 81.    Born in Allentown, Pa., she lived most of her life in Princeton.    She retired in 1999…

  • Montgomery votes down employee incentive program

    Union voices objections; reconsideration possible. By: Jill Matthews    MONTGOMERY — After first being informally discussed a few months ago by the Township Committee, the employee incentive program was voted down Thursday after the employees’ union raised last-minute concerns about it.    Representatives from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, who said they were…

  • Nyuck, Nyuck, Nyuck

    Something about Larry — marking the birthplace of the Philadelphia "Stooge." By: Susan Van Dongen The Larry Fine mural at the Stooge’s birthplace at Third and South streets.    Overheard on the new River LINE light rail, en route to Philadelphia via the PATCO connection in Camden: "We’ll meet you on South Street, at ‘Larry’s.’"    Unfortunately,…