Category: archives
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Art Stroll does an encore in borough
Local artists to display their wares on Thursday. By: Jennifer Potash Downtown merchants and area artists invite the community to take another Sunset Art Stroll Thursday. Local artists will display their wares in participating shops and area musicians will give free performances in various downtown locations from 6 to 9 p.m. Beth Perrino, president of…
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Mold cleanup will send residents packing
Fix five years in the making for 120 Plainsboro condominiums. By: Gwen McNamara PLAINSBORO Serious mold problems caused by improperly installed stucco at the Princeton Landing housing development on Sayre Drive finally are being addressed. Residents living in 120 condominium units, known as The Commons, are being asked to vacate their homes for three…
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Foundation money helps McCarter mount new show
Dodge Foundation’s $112,500 gift to help finance "Anna in the Tropics." By: Jeff Milgram McCarter Theatre will use part of a $112,500 grant from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation to mount a production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Anna in the Tropics" by Nilo Cruz. The money was part of a total of $5.2 million…
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New PHS principal approved by 7-1 vote
Gary Snyder heads 550-student high school in rural western Massachusetts. By: Jeff Milgram The principal of a 550-student high school in rural western Massachusetts was named principal of Princeton High School Friday. In a 7-1 vote, the Princeton Regional Board of Education approved the hiring of Gary Snyder, 40, principal of the 7th- through 12th-grade…
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Light warfare
Laser Park entertains young and old alike. By: Gwen McNamara WEST WINDSOR With fog swirling along the ground, a team decked out in high-tech gear moves stealthily around stacked barrels and other obstacles to sneak up on enemy combatants to take out their base. No, this is not some military training exercise or a…
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Aug. 4, 10:40 p.m.: The future of Iraq?
Afghanistan is in political turmoil. By: Hank Kalet Perhaps a preview of what Iraq might look like in the future? (From The Washington Post.) "A year and a half after the United States and its allies drove the Taliban from power, acts of politically motivated violence have become frequent and fierce in the key southern…
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Extreme Views
From her little house on the prairie, painter Eve Ingalls creates landscapes of the end of the Earth. By: Susan Van Dongen The term "extreme" is one of those words that used to be hip and unusual, but got watered down when it caught the imagination of the mass market. Now we have extreme sports,…
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Aug. 4, 10:47 p.m.: Let the generals run the army
On a draft Wesley Clark movement. By: Hank Kalet I have to ask where this sudden obsession with Ret. Gen. Wesley Clark comes from. Perhaps he’s a great leader, but is there really a need for a military man to take over the country?
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Princeton Temperature Record – August, 2003
By: Tom Lederer The Princeton Temperature Record is based on readings from a Nimbus Ultra digital thermometer with an accuracy of 0.2 degrees F. Readings, taken in Princeton Township near the Princeton Shopping Center, are rounded to the nearest degree. DATE HIGH LOW August 31, 2003 78 59 August 30, 2003 86 67 August 29,…
