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  • PU softball ready for Ivies

    Tigers split behind Ries’ homer By: Justin Feil    It’s less than a week from the start of the Ivy League season, but already the Princeton University softball team has experienced some highs and some lower points to their season.    The Tigers beat three nationally ranked teams in their first 11 games before losing five straight…

  • Get Congress moving on transportation funding

    GUEST OPINION, March 30 By: Peter Cantu It’s an election year and there’s a bill in Congress that will single-handedly help create and preserve jobs, improve our quality of life, benefit the environment and support homeland security. The cost of this bill, moreover, does not raise the federal deficit.    Unfortunately, the bill is stuck in…

  • BREAKING NEWS: Superintendent to leave district July 31

    Kohn signs contract with Massachusetts school system. By: Jeff Milgram    Superintendent Claire Sheff Kohn will leave the Princeton Regional School District July 31 to become the top administrator of the Masconomet Regional School District, north of Boston.    "I just signed a contract," Dr. Kohn said Tuesday. The Masconomet School Committee, the equivalent of a board…

  • Library checks out of shopping center

    Final countdown at temporary site sees few patrons, no tears. By: Jennifer Potash    With very little ado, the Princeton Public Library bid adieu to its temporary location at the Princeton Shopping Center on Sunday.    "The library is now closed," said Tim Quinn, the library’s spokesman, as a wall clock ticked on 6 p.m.    Library Director…

  • Princeton Packet Boys’ Swimmer of the Year

    Applegate made PHS consistent winners By: Justin Feil    Jesse Applegate will graduate from Princeton High with plenty of individual swimming honors, but what he values most is the achievements of the Little Tiger boys’ swim team.    As a freshman, the current PHS senior was an onlooker, but a big supporter by the end of the…

  • Under 30 and ready to schmooze

    Women’s networking group aids the transition from college to the working world. By: Melinda Sherwood    Twenty-two-year-old Emily Fraser had no trouble landing a boyfriend in Princeton — she merely walked up to an attractive young man working in a local outdoor goods store and asked him out.    When it came to connecting with other professional…

  • OBITUARIES, March 30, 2004

    Arthur Rozas, Dr. Reuven Snyderman, Rose-Marie Church, Carol Fries, Cornelius H. Bull, Marie P. Rasna. Arthur Rozas Retired Hun School teacher     COCONUT CREEK, Fla. — Arthur "Arturo" Rozas died March 21. He was 73.    Mr. Rozas was a member of the Hun School of Princeton faculty from April 1965 until retiring in June 1995.…

  • Koontz gets backing of Princeton Democratic organization

    New councilman only one of four candidates to win support for primary. By: Jennifer Potash    Foreshadowing a competitive and possibly contentious Democratic primary in Princeton Borough, the Princeton Community Democratic Organization has endorsed only one of the four candidates seeking election.    The PCDO members voted Sunday to endorse Borough Councilman Andrew Koontz, who was appointed…

  • Schizophrenia, Part III of III: A patient’s story

    "Mr. Cunningham’s family took a rare step to seek out a psychiatrist who was able to provide sensitive interpretation, medication and continual support," George Wilson, M.D., Princeton House Behavioral Health, Princeton HealthCare System. By: Lorraine Seabroook with Robin Cunningham    Last week, readers were introduced to Robin Hugh Cunningham, a gentleman now in his 60s, who…