Category: archives
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Montgomery may pilot digital textbook program
A key chain USB storage device plugged into the home computer would substitute for lugging home books. By: Jill Matthews MONTGOMERY Forget the need for shoulder-sagging backpacks. Say goodbye to heavy textbooks. Embrace the digital age. That is what a select group of students from Montgomery Middle School will be doing if the Board…
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Princeton High School parking back on council agenda
Mayor receives complaints about increase in parking tickets. By: Jennifer Potash Parking, but not necessarily garages, returns to the Princeton Borough Council’s attention tonight. The council will also set up a list of goals for 2004. Mayor Joseph O’Neill said he has received numerous calls and e-mails from Princeton High School parents and students complaining…
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Reality check
A marketing firm develops a new publicity vehicle for doctors, lawyers. By: Gwen McNamara Whether it’s network or cable, reality TV is all the rage. From makeovers and dating, to even home improvement, it’s nearly impossible to channel surf and not encounter some type of reality program designed to bring you up close and personal…
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Princeton University tuition hike below national average
The 4.5 percent increase brings the bill to $38,297 a year. By: Jeff Milgram Princeton University will raise tuition, room and board 4.5 percent for 2004-2005. This increase will bring the cost of a Princeton undergraduate education to $38,297 a year. The tuition increase was contained in the university’s $900 million balanced budget for the…
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Girl Scouts will honor hospital president
Former Plainsboro resident to mentor West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South student. By: David Pescatore The Girl Scouts of Delaware-Raritan are set to name former Plainsboro resident Amy Mansue as a Woman of Distinction for her work as president and chief executive officer of Children’s Specialized Hospital. As part of her honor, the Hightstown resident will…
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‘Crazy Quilt’
A memoir of family, faith and questioning. By: Jillian Kalonick As author Cynthia Yoder began to write a history of her Pennsylvania Dutch Mennonite grandparents, Henry and Betts Yoder, she paged through "pounds and pounds" of Betts’ diaries. She was disappointed to discover most entries were as brief as "Did some sewing. Made myself ten…
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Quick-learning Mahon is help to PHS girls’ hockey
Late start hasn’t hurt oldest relative By: Bob Nuse Blathnaid Mahon may have gotten a late start, but she’s making up for it rather quickly. Mahon, a junior at Princeton High School, comes from an ice hockey family. But, despite being older than her siblings, she actually started playing the sport after her younger sisters.…
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BUSINESS WRAP-UP
Jan. 27-29, 2004. Tyco to keep Bermuda registry Tyco International Ltd.’s board of trustees is recommending the company keep its incorporation in Bermuda. A preliminary proxy statement, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission earlier in the month, states the board concluded moving to the United States would prove too expensive. Incorporating in the…
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Three faculty members fill PU endowed chairs
Princeton University’s Board of Trustees approved the creation of several new professorships at its Nov. 15 meeting and named three faculty members to endowed chairs, the university announced last week. The appointments were effective this past September, the university said. Anne-Marie Slaughter, dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Policy, was named…
