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  • Two more throw in hats for vacant council seat

    Jenny Crumiller and Mark Freda say they are intersted in seeking post. By: Jennifer Potash    The field of potential Princeton Borough Council candidates has grown by two.    Jenny Crumiller of Library Place and Mark Freda of Fisher Avenue, a former Borough Council member, both expressed interest in serving out the unexpired term of Councilman Joseph…

  • PU football goes down kicking

    Tigers get five field goals in loss to Dartmouth By: Justin Feil    The way that the Princeton University football team started its game at Dartmouth on Saturday, the Tigers seemed well on their way to a third straight victory over the Big Green.    But the first four Princeton drives inside the Dartmouth 20-yard line ended…

  • Why not a goose for Christmas dinner?

    If you want to have goose for a large family dinner, you may need to roast more than one bird. By: Faith Bahadurian Illustration by Judy Martin    When I recently noticed roast goose with chestnut-sage dressing on the holiday menu of Chez Alice on Nassau Street (sold by the pound, and very tempting), I was…

  • Nov. 25, 8:02 p.m.: The future of the NBA

    LeBron is for real. By: Hank Kalet    LeBron James is for real. Charles P. Pierce says so and so do nearly everyone who has seen the teen pheenom play. He doesn’t have much of a shot yet, but he has an NBA body, an amazing court sense and passing ability way beyond his years. Anyone…

  • Junior firepower lifts PU men’s hoops

    Wallace scores, Venable defends in Tiger win over Colgate By: Justin Feil    In the box score, it’s easy to see that Judson Wallace was the focal point of the Princeton University men’s basketball team offense in a 73-64 win over Colgate on Friday.    What’s harder to see is just how much the presence of another…

  • Sheehan is appointed Plainsboro administrator

    Served as community development director from 1993 to 2000. By: Gwen McNamara    PLAINSBORO — After more than four months of searching, the township has a new administrator.    On Monday, the Township Committee unanimously approved the hiring of Robert Sheehan as township administrator. Committeeman Michael Weaver was not present.    Mr. Sheehan’s annual salary will be $107,000,…

  • Police charge graduate student with stalking

    By: Jennifer Potash    A Princeton University graduate student was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly stalked his girlfriend Nov. 11 in violation of a restraining order.    William Kendrick McManus, 35, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was charged with contempt of court. He is being held in lieu of $20,000 bail at the Mercer County Detention Center.    The victim,…

  • Aspiring journalist at university named Rhodes Scholar

    Philosophy major is opinion page editor of The Daily Princetonian. By: Jeff Milgram    Princeton University senior David G. Robinson, a philosophy major who plans to be a journalist, is one of 32 American college students selected as Rhodes Scholars for 2004.    The opinion page editor of The Daily Princetonian, Mr. Robinson, 22, of Potomac, Md.,…

  • New Hope wants to reduce motorcycle noise

    In addition to roadblocks and tickets being given out by police, the borough plans to install a decibel meter. By: Linda Seida    NEW HOPE — Residents want to know about the motorcycles pouring into their river town on weekends, crowding the streets, taking over parking spots and polluting the air with their noise.    Specifically they…