Category: archives
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Keeping up with recreation costs is a tall order
Board hikes fees for traveling basketball camp. By: Jennifer Potash A popular Recreation Department basketball program, beset by growing costs, has been slammed with a major increase in participant fees. The Princeton Joint Recreation Board voted unanimously Thursday to raise the fee for the winter traveling basketball program by about 65 percent. The league draws…
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Montgomery gets ready for safe hunting season
Nine hundred acres of township land opened to area hunters as new training class required. By: Paul Sisolak MONTGOMERY The township’s hunter-dependent deer-management program is coming back for another season with an emphasis on greater safety. The hunting season, which begins Saturday, runs for five months and covers 900 acres of township open space.…
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Chester A. Lawton Jr.
Chester A. Lawton Jr., 88, died Sunday at Briarleaf Nursing Home in Doylestown, Pa. Born at Brook Farm, Ewing Township, he had resided in Trenton, Pennington, Harbourton and Hopewell Township before settling in Buckingham Springs, New Hope, Pa. Mr. Lawton was the vice president and sales manager of the Star Porcelain Company until his retirement…
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Sept. 2, 10:12 p.m.: What we talk about when we talk about Israel
Anti-Semitism, Israel and the muddied waters. By: Hank Kalet Here’s a good piece from the New York Times magazine on the distinction between anti-Semitism and opposing Israel that should be required reading for anyone planning to call someone an anti-Semite or who opposes Israeli policy. There is a difference and there is a way to…
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New gospel choir seeks diversity
The Black Gospel Awareness Program aims to reach across age, gender, race and religion. By: Jennifer Potash The soulful voices of a unique new gospel choir will soon sound in Princeton. The WIMG Community Advancement Fund, based in Trenton, will launch a multicultural awareness program that seeks to promote diversity through gospel music. The Black…
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Letters to the Editor, Sept. 2
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Sept. 2 By: Generous gesture affirms faith To the editor: A gesture of kindness was bestowed upon me today that I would like to share with the Princeton community. As I prepare to serve in the Peace Corps for two years as a volunteer in Central Asia, I went to…
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WW-P schools to run towns’ cable TV channels
Two townships team up with school system in television venture. By: Gwen McNamara In a rare display of cooperation, West Windsor and Plainsboro townships have teamed up with the regional school district to enter the wilds of cable TV. Through three-year interlocal services agreements with both municipalities, the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District has agreed…
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Hard workers
Physical therapist rewards kids with a moment in the spotlight. By: Ellen G. Webster For eight years Clare Fannon, a pediatric physical therapist, has been quietly honoring her young, private-practice clients with achievement awards for goals they strive toward and, in some cases, master. My children and I recently participated in Ms. Fannon’s 2003 awards…
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Brewpub gets zoners’ OK for more parking
Spaces behind Triumph Brewing Company building sanctioned by board. By: Jennifer Potash Triumph Brewing Company has added to its parking inventory despite the objections of a neighbor. The Princeton Borough Zoning Board of Adjustment approved the parking change Thursday. The borough’s zoning department has sought to remedy a parking space problem at a residential property…
