Category: archives
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‘Of Mice and Men’
Playhouse 22 presents a production of John Steinbeck’s classic novella. By: Stuart Duncan John Steinbeck’s 1937 novella Of Mice and Men didn’t win a Nobel or Pulitzer prize, but it was about the only thing Steinbeck ever wrote that didn’t. Back in the days when students had reading lists, the book used to be a…
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It’s Easy
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Stockton budget means 1-cent tax rate hike
That increase will generate about $5,000, which will be donated to the Fire Department’s fund for a new firetruck. By: Linda Seida STOCKTON Council members Monday unanimously passed a budget that will increase the tax rate by 1 cent, or about $17 for the average homeowner. They also said an increase in sewer rates…
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Streaky PU hopes for explosion
Tiger baseball team can clinch division at Cornell By: Justin Feil When the Princeton University baseball team heads to Cornell for its final Ivy League regular-season series Friday, the bus might as well have "Caution: Flammable" placards. The Tigers looked like dynamite in a doubleheader sweep of Pennsylvania on Saturday, then were snuffed when the…
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Bialek won’t seek Princeton school board presidency
Anne Burns seen as likely successor. By: Jeff Milgram Charlotte Bialek will step aside as president of the Princeton Regional Board of Education tonight after four years. Ms. Bialek, who was just re-elected to her third term on the board Monday, said she will not have her name be placed in nomination in order to…
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Citing need to reach out, Cornel West unveils music CD
At campus "release party" professor explains 19-track album mixing many black musical traditions. By: Elyse Graham Cornel West’s voice purred like a disk jockey’s in the dark lounge of Campus Club. "4BMWMB Four Black Men Who Mean Business. I’m talkin’ about Derek D.O.A. Allen, our producer and songwriter who will go toe-to-toe with anybody…
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New regulations on stormwater-management to be aired
Princeton Environmental Commission sponsors Thursday forum. By: David Campbell The Princeton Environmental Commission is hosting a forum Thursday night to educate the public on the state’s new mandated stormwater-management rules. Speakers at the forum, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Princeton Township Hall, include Joe Skupien of Storm Water Management Consultants and George Hawkins, executive director…
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After hoopla dies down, the headaches resume
Garage not ready for prime time; library on curtailed schedule this week. By: Jennifer Potash Both the Princeton Public Library and the downtown municipal parking garage had relatively smooth openings Saturday, but there’s still work to be done. The new library will follow a shortened scheduled through Thursday at its new three-story facility. Nearby, the…
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Construction of Route 92 is long overdue
PACKET EDITORIAL, April 27 By: Packet Editorial With the release last week of a draft environmental impact statement prepared by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the long-delayed Route 92 project, which would link the New Jersey Turnpike at Interchange 8A with Route 1 near Ridge Road, is back on the front burner where…
