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  • No titles, but progress from area wrestlers at counties

    Princeton High is top local team after two reach finals By: Bob Nuse    TRENTON — While no Packet-area wrestlers managed to win a championship at the Mercer County Tournament, there was still reason for all three teams to feel good about their two days at Trenton High.    The reason to be happy was progress, which…

  • Vote expected tonight on Hulfish North pact

    Parking problems near high school expected to be raised. By: Jennifer Potash    One long battle over Palmer Square may end, but another regarding parking looks to continue at the Princeton Borough Council meeting tonight.    The developer’s agreement between Palmer Square Management Inc. and Princeton Borough over the luxury Hulfish North Development will go before the…

  • Reducing paint’s impact on the environment

    GOOD EARTHKEEPING, Feb. 3 By: Sandy Batty Paint seems like one of the few things in life we can take for granted; slap it on and forget it. But the way we select and use paint actually does affect air quality and health.    "Architectural coatings" (the industry term for paint) contain volatile organic compounds, or…

  • Marines pay a visit to patriotic pen pals at middle school

    A combat-tested flag brought home. By: Shanay Cadette    A special delivery came all the way from Iraq via Arizona at Community Middle School on Friday.    An American flag, flown in several combat missions during the Iraqi war, was personally returned to the West Windsor-Plainsboro district school Friday by U.S. Marine Corps captains Tre Del Pizzo…

  • Pupil, teacher reunited on powerful Cougars

    Dubiel helps MHS girls’ swimming finish second at counties By: Justin Feil    Claire Scarpa gets to know a lot of the Montgomery High swimmers when she teaches them in middle school. But with Allie Dubiel, Scarpa goes back beyond elementary school.    "I was a senior in high school," said the MHS head coach, "and I…

  • PHS scholarship fund receives grant

       The Princeton Regional Scholarship Foundation has received a $17,500 grant from the Nathan Cummings Foundation to support its need-based scholarships to Princeton High School graduates.    The Nathan Cummings Foundation, located in New York, is committed to democratic values and social justice with the aim to build a socially and economically just society. The grant was…

  • Nolan helps Hun hoops topple Big Red

    First-year Raider’s quick start leads to key MAPL win By: Bob Nuse    Leo Nolan had played in his share of big basketball games while he was at The Delbarton School, but nothing that quite prepared him for life in the Mid-Atlantic Prep League.    "At Delbarton we would get good crowds, but nothing like that this,"…

  • Joseph S. Lojko

       Joseph S. Lojko, 77, of Hopewell died Friday at Capital Health System, Fuld Campus, after suffering a stroke Jan. 28.    Born in New Brunswick, he attended Bordentown Military Institute until he joined the U.S. Marines and served in World War II in the Pacific Theater. A resident of South Brunswick for 53 years, he was…

  • Feb. 2, 5:10 p.m.: Independent realities

    Exactly who will this commission be independent from? By: Hank Kalet    Just a question about this bit of news, from my friend Bill:    "Bush is going to name all nine members of an ‘Independent’commission … and the Washington press just nods its collective head? I hate to quote Bob Dole, but ‘Where’s the Outrage?’ When…