Category: archives
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Hyatt Regency getting $11.4 million facelift
Room renovations expected to be completed next month, but entire hotel is focus of project. By: Gwen McNamara WEST WINDSOR Major changes are happening at the Hyatt Regency Princeton hotel in Carnegie Center off Alexander Road and Route 1. The hotel is pouring $11.4 million into a facility-wide renovation project, which will transform the…
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The long drive home
How a child’s mere presence can teach tolerance to his elders. By: Karen Deaver Our friends couldn’t decide which was worse: the fact that we were driving to Florida for Christmas, extending a three-hour plane trip to a 20-hour rite of passage, or that we had no on-board DVD player AND refused to drug our…
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Deer cull comes to a quiet close
Program reaches goal one year early. By: David Campbell The fourth year of Princeton Township’s deer-management program wrapped up Friday, bringing to a close what has proven to be the most uneventful chapter of a program dogged in the past by opposition. Culling by township contractor White Buffalo harvested 276 deer in a program that…
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Banquet symbolizes plight of Third World
At high school’s Amnesty International Club, some eat rice while seated on the floor while others are served by waiters in sumptuous style. By: Shanay Cadette Some people weren’t exactly happy about being forced to sit on the floor and dine on white rice and water while others were treated to an array of dishes…
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Tax hikes would pay for new county projects
Environmental health agency and reverse-911 phone system proposed by county executive. By: Jennifer Potash The proposed Mercer County 2004 budget offers funding for some long-sought projects by Princeton Borough and Princeton Township along with a jump in the county tax rate for those municipalities. The $224 million spending plan, released Wednesday by Mercer County Executive…
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Live from Newtown
The Newtown Chamber Orchestra brings ‘Winter Warmth’ with its next concert. By: Amy Brummer Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski "I think people can become more connected with the music in a smaller venue," says Russell Hoffmann, music director and conductor of the Newtown Chamber Orchestra, and a teacher at John Witherspoon Middle School in…
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Fund-raisers to hold ‘An Evening of Hope’
Dinner and auction to assist Montgomery 13-year-old battling cancer. By: Jill Matthews MONTGOMERY Most residents of the township are familiar with the story of Hope Bertelsen, a 13-year-old middle school student battling cancer. Many have participated in small fund-raisers, such as bake sales, to help the Bertelsen family pay for her costly medical treatments, which…
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Powell speech at university to draw anti-war protesters
Secretary of State delivering keynote at Kennan conference. By: Jeff Milgram An anti-war group plans to protest the visit of U.S. Secretary of State Colin L. Powell to Princeton University on Friday. But the area’s most prominent anti-war group, the Coalition for Peace Acton, has no plans to join in the protest by the Committee…
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Live from Newtown
The Newtown Chamber Orchestra brings ‘Winter Warmth’ with its next concert. By: Amy Brummer Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski "I think people can become more connected with the music in a smaller venue," says Russell Hoffmann, music director and conductor of the Newtown Chamber Orchestra, and a teacher at John Witherspoon Middle School in Princeton.…
