Category: archives
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Web site aids college-bound athletes
Internet helps make college choices easier By: Bob Nuse Dick Lipsey is a firm believer that when it comes to getting help choosing a college for a student-athlete, there are no better experts than Mom and Dad. With that in mind, Lipsey has given the student-athlete and his family a major tool in the college…
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Letters to the Editor, Nov. 25
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Nov. 25 By: Plainsboro Preserve is an outdoor gem To the editor: The bad news is that land in New Jersey is being developed at the rapid rate of about 50 acres a day. But there is some good news to report. About a 7-mile drive from downtown Princeton is…
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County grant makes My Ben tract buy ‘doable’
The Hunterdon County Board of Freeholders gave Stockton $200,000, half of its obligation to match funds awarded last month by the state Green Acres Program. By: Linda Seida STOCKTON The Hunterdon County freeholders have awarded a $200,000 grant to the borough to help preserve as open space land commonly known as the My Ben…
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Former city man trying out for Olympics
Kyle Tress, formerly of Lambertville, is training for the sport of skeleton in which athletes travel down a bobsled track facedown and headfirst without much more protection than a helmet and no steering or brakes. By: Linda Seida Lambertville native Kyle Tress is aiming for a spot on the United States Olympic Team in 2010.…
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OBITUARIES, Nov. 25, 2003
Evan Ruderman, Grace C. DeVito, Barbara Mitchell-Melton, Evelyn Bettes, Nicholas H. Rosso, Ann M. Dey, Francis E. Warren. Evan Ruderman Women’s rights, AIDS activist NEW YORK, N.Y. Evan Ruderman died Nov. 18 of complications from AIDS. She was 44. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she lived much of her early life in Princeton and…
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‘Shattered Glass’
The real story here is how the glitzing up of even traditionally wonky publications is making journalism more vulnerable to glory seekers. By: Elise Nakhnikian Movies about manipulative, dissembling reporters are nothing new, but the power-hungry pundits in old-school classics like His Girl Friday, Ace in the Hole, The Sweet Smell of Success and Laura…
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Police Blotter-Nov. 27, 2003
Solebury Nov. 18 at 5:25 a.m., police investigated the reported attempted theft of a 1990 Acura Legend from a residence at the 100 block of Shire Drive in the Yorkshire Meadows development. While attempting to enter the car, the alarm was set off, and a vehicle was seen leaving the area.
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Michener museum satellite opens
The new art gallery is hailed as a "jewel in the crown" of New Hope. By: Linda Seida NEW HOPE The opening Nov. 18 of an annex of the James A. Michener Art Museum at Union Square is a coup for the tiny borough. Officials there are hailing the satellite as the "jewel in…
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Tango, West Windsor style
The township arts council lights up the night with dance. By: Michael Redmond For a couple of hours on Friday, the sizzling sound and the ardent spirit of Buenos Aires held sway in Thomas Grover R. Middle School. The West Windsor Arts Council was presenting "Tangle … Tease … Tantalize … A Chance to Tango,"…
