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  • Building demolition on Wright South will make way for new field

    Site of Public Works storage building to become a baseball field. By: Matthew Kirdahy    The township is set to demolish a Public Works storage building on the Wright South property to make way for a new baseball field.    The township introduced a $275,000 bond ordinance Monday to clear the building from the property.    After demolition,…

  • Noted architect Cesar Pelli draws big crowd

    Speaks before Rotary Club at fund raiser for Argentine hospital. By: Jeff Milgram    Argentine-born and New Haven, Conn.-based architect Cesar Pelli designs only a handful of buildings a year.    His projects range from DiNunzio Pool at Princeton University to Wolfensohn Hall and Simonyi Hall, both at the Institute for Advanced Study, to the Carnegie Hall…

  • More delays possible for library and garage

    A moveable target with openings as late as April 15. By: Jennifer Potash    The opening dates for Princeton Borough’s new municipal garage and the Princeton Public Library are a moveable target — largely due to weather conditions.    Both the new $18 million library and the garage were slated to open around April 8, but the…

  • March 26, 4:07 p.m.: Passionate about ‘The Passion’

    Some critical thoughts about Gibson and his movie. By: Hank Kalet    Here are a couple of pointed looks at Mel Gibson’s "The Passion of the Christ" from two Catholic writers who write often about religion.    The first, from Garry Wills, an adjunct professor of history at Northwestern University and author of "Saint Augustine’s Sin" ran…

  • Doris Baron

       Doris Baron, 85, of Monroe, formerly of Taunton, Mass., West Roxbury, Mass., and Margate, Fla., died Wednesday, March 17.    Her husband of 50 years, Simeon B. "Sonny" Baron, is deceased. She is survived by her children, Arleen Levenson and her husband, Bob, of Milford, N.H., Howard A. Baron and his wife, Donna, of Big Bear…

  • Dervech and Stasi end careers as all-stars

    By: Rich Fisher    Cranbury residents Alexis Dervech and Eliza Stasi concluded their Princeton High School basketball careers by playing in the CYO All-Star Basketball game on Tuesday night.    The game is a match-up of senior players from Mercer County high schools and prep schools.    Although the PHS girls struggled through a 3-21 campaign this year,…

  • Scholars dissect special tie of blacks and Jews

    Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Murray Friedman share views at Princeton University forum. By: Jeff Milgram    They share a history of slavery and oppression and marched together — some even died together — during the civil rights era.    So what has happened to the special relationship between American blacks and Jews?    That was the subject…

  • Pennington’s Judy Hill and Hopewell Valley News to be honored May 7

    Valley Foundation announces E-squared Award recipients Hopewell Valley Foundation    The 2004 individual recipient of the E-squared Award, sponsored by the Hopewell Valley Foundation, is Judy Hill. The corporate recipient is the Hopewell Valley News (HVN).    Ms. Hill and her family have lived in the Pennington community for over 10 years. During this time, she has…

  • Hopewell Township board introduces pooper-scooper law

    Public hearing, adoption vote slated for April 12 Board of Health meeting. By John Tredrea    The Hopewell Township Board of Health voted March 8 to introduce a proposal that would require pet owners to clean up after their pets or face fines from $5 to $50.    The ordinance, due for a public hearing and adoption…