Category: archives
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Plainsboro Preserve may turn over a new leaf
By: Shanay Cadette PLAINSBORO A leaf will figure prominently in the new entryway to the Plainsboro Preserve Nature & Education Center. At least that’s what township officials would prefer to see featured on the sign at the Scotts Corner Road center. The preserve opened last summer is situated on more than 1,000…
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Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week
High-scoring Chen lifts PHS to 5-1 record By: Justin Feil A year older and after two years of varsity experience, Vicki Chen is producing for the Princeton High girls’ ice hockey team at a higher clip than ever. That’s saying something since she was the Little Tigers’ scoring leader last season. "She’s almost surpassed her…
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Viking boys keep heads above water
By: Rich Fisher The strangest basketball season ever at the Cranbury School has finally gotten rolling, and the Viking boys have started with a 2-1 record. Due to a lack of gym to practice in, the actual season got underway in January. The Vikings opened with wins over Allentown (59-21) and New Egypt (44-22) before…
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Plainsboro’s Forrestal Village takes on a new look
Retail uses de-emphasized. By: Gwen McNamara PLAINSBORO A lot can change in a year. That’s especially true at Princeton Forrestal Village, where there are now new tenants, new owners and plans to transform the look of the center. In January of last year, The Gale Co., then manager of the property, received approval to…
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Princeton University provost to be next Penn president
Amy Gutman to succeed Judith Rodin on July 1. By: Jeff Milgram Princeton University Provost Amy Gutmann will become the next president of the University of Pennsylvania. Her selection was announced Thursday by James S. Riepe, chairman of Penn’s board of trustees, at a press conference in Philadelphia. The trustees will confirm Dr. Gutmann’s appointment…
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Freshman duo leading PHS boys’ ice hockey scoring
Ryan, Teifer use experience to start quickly By: Rich Fisher The way Princeton High coach Paul Merrow looks at it, John Ryan and Peter Teifer may be freshmen, but they are far from inexperienced when it comes to hockey. Which is why Merrow is not overly surprised that the Cranbury duo has burst on the…
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Dean backers don’t cry in their beer after setback
‘Deaniacs’ watch Iowa returns at Triumph Brewing. By: Jennifer Potash When New Jersey Democrats vote in a presidential primary this year, it will be in a season far removed from the current wintry mix of wind and ice. The Garden State shares last-primary-in-the-nation status with Montana both hold primaries on June 8. But neither…
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Museum exhibit to chronicle everyday life
Cranbury History Museum displays donated items such as eighty-year-old cructches, children’s toys, and teapots. By: Matthew Kirdahy The upcoming exhibit at the Cranbury History Museum is a hodgepodge of everyday objects that people have donated over the years. Eighty-year-old crutches, teapots, children’s toys, a metal door latch and old farming trophies are among the host…
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DISPATCHES: Government must do more to aid homeless
DISPATCHES By Hank Kalet: Non-profit groups are doing more to aide the homeless than the government is. By: Hank Kalet Back when I was about 20 I lived in a house on Route 1 with friends and worked at a local Mexican restaurant. One of the men working there, a man in his 50s, was…
