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  • PU women climb in XC rankings

    Ferrell leads Tigers to sixth-place finish at Pre-Nats By: Justin Feil    Cack Ferrell was sixth overall to pace the Princeton University women’s cross country team to a sixth-place team finish at the Pre-National Invitational at Iowa State on Saturday.    Two things make that statement quite significant, and they play into each other’s hands.    The first…

  • What you need to know about hearing and hearing loss

    Excessive noise, drugs, toxins and heredity are the most frequent contributing factors of hearing loss. Lorraine Seabrook    Impaired hearing is a medical disorder that affects nearly 30 million Americans, particularly the elderly. Approximately one in 10 Americans has a hearing loss that affects his or her ability to understand normal speech.    Dr. David Goldfarb, an…

  • Free parking plentiful, say town officials

    A small turnout of merchants to hear borough pitch for mitigating downtown parking squeeze By: Jennifer Potash    To lure customers back to downtown Princeton, merchants and the borough officials agree they must counter a perceived lack of parking spaces.    A small group of merchants and other downtown business owners met with Princeton Borough staff on…

  • Kewpie

    "Kewpie," a friendly, older Shepherd/Collie mix, is in need of a loving home and available for adoption from SAVE, 900 Herrontown Road, Princeton. For information about adopting "Kewpie" or another dog or cat, call (609) 921-6122. SAVE: http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/NJ143.html

  • WW moves to control drinking by teens

    Ordinance will give police the right to ticket teens caught possessing or consuming alcohol on private property. By: Gwen McNamara    WEST WINDSOR — The Township Council introduced an ordinance Monday targeted at quelling the municipality’s underage drinking problem.    The ordinance, which would enable township police to ticket teens caught possessing or consuming alcohol on private…

  • Father and son duo earn their black belts

    Family works together to acheive a common goal. By: Jamie Simpson    MONROE — For some, a typical day of father-and-son bonding might be some fishing, or watching the big game on television. But for one Monroe Township father and son, their bonding ritual is something completely different.    Robert Garofalo and his son, Nicholas, lifelong Monroe…

  • Two professors win top scientific honor

    W. Jason Morgan of Princeton University and Edward Witten of the Institute for Advanced Study will receive National Medal of Science.    Princeton University geophysicist W. Jason Morgan and Institute for Advanced Study physicist Edward Witten are among the eight scientists and engineers who will receive the National Medal of Science — the nation’s highest scientific…

  • Hopefuls agree development needs to be balanced

    East Windsor Township Council candidates discuss the balance between residential and commercial development. By: David Pescatore    EAST WINDSOR — The issue of development — residential and commercial — along with open space preservation may be the chief concern of voters as they head to the polls Nov. 4 to elect for Township Council members.    Windsor-Hights…

  • Letter: Democrats breaking promises to Jamesburg

    To the editor:     For the past five years we have heard about a traffic light coming to Jamesburg’s Perrineville Road intersection.    Each year, the Democrats told us it was a mere months away. Last year, just before election day, a big blue sign was posted telling us that our Freeholders and local Borough Council…