Category: archives
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Teens vow no drugs, no alcohol
Corner House student board hopes to influence peers. By: Jeff Milgram Six teenagers are sitting around a conference table, eating pizza and talking about lacrosse, drinking and using drugs. They look like typical Princeton teenagers; what they are saying about drugs and alcohol is anything but typical. They are six of the eight members of…
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‘Guardian angels’
Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad soldiers on despite challenges. By: Dennis O’Neill Guardian angels may not always watch over us, but sometimes they are just around the corner. Princeton resident Mark Sanders is a 22-year veteran of the Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad. Two years ago he sat in his Palmer Square home…
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Engaging Spring
The Aububon Society presents a workshop on the science of the vernal season at the Plainsboro Preserve. By: Susan Van Dongen Staff photos by Frank Wojciechowski A view of the Plainsboro Preserve’s 50-acre lake. Male mourning doves in mating season remind me of a man I used to work with. A "legend in his own…
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Eminem
"Eminem," a 10-month-old black-and-white neutered male, is in need of a loving home and available for adoption from SAVE, 900 Herrontown Road, Princeton. For information about adopting "Eminem" or another dog or cat, call (609) 921-6122. SAVE: http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/NJ143.html
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Falcon boys fulfilled their potential
By: James McKeever Coming into the 2003-04 season, Monroe bowling coach George Packard knew his boys team had talent. Where exactly that talent took the Falcons was the question bouncing around Packard’s mind. "We had everybody returning from last season so I knew we were capable of winning our division," Packard said. "How well we…
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Council cuts back on big borough tax hike
Increase trimmed down to 14 cents. By: Jennifer Potash The Princeton Borough Council is expected to introduced a whittled-down 2004 municipal budget Tuesday with plans to further reduce the bottom line. The Finance Committee of the Borough Council on Tuesday directed Borough Administrator Robert Bruschi to have the budget, with a 14-cent increase in the…
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Criticism goes past decorum into vitriol
PACKET EDITORIAL, March 19 By: Packet Editorial Did you ever have the overwhelming urge to grab a politician by the throat, push him up against a wall and tell him to shut up? Ordinarily, we just ignore the empty rhetoric of opportunistic officeholders who weigh in on matters about which they know little or nothing…
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Sicherman’s heart beats frail shoulder
By: Rich Fisher Amy Jacobi figured that her prep school swimming career was pretty much over before it started. Boy, was she wrong. The Peddie freshman not only swam for the Falcons varsity this past season, she was impressive while doing so. Her time of 25.13 seconds in the 50 freestyle at the Eastern Prep…
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Students to offer sunny story
‘Annie’ to open at Cranbury School on Thursday. By: Matthew Kirdahy Tomorrow may only be a day away, but opening day for the Cranbury School’s spring production of "Annie" is still six days away. Fifty-two students from the sixth, seventh and eighth grades will perform in the popular musical, which pits a bubbly little girl…
