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  • Loss doesn’t alter Princeton 12s’ outlook

    Could face Cranbury-Plainsboro in losers’ bracket tonight By: Justin Feil    EWING — Even after its first loss of the District 12 Little League baseball tournament dropped it to the losers’ bracket, the Princeton 12-year-olds didn’t feel any more pressure than usual.    "They have already put the game behind them," said Princeton manager Larry Peterson of…

  • Princeton Borough may leave police post vacant

    Borough Council to discuss police personnel issues in closed session. By:Jennifer Potash    With mounting budgetary pressures, Princeton Borough may alter its police department staffing levels.    The Borough Council will discuss police personnel issues tonight in a closed session.    The council is said to be considering leaving vacant the administrative lieutenant position upon Lt. John Reading’s…

  • Chess wizard takes ’em on at the library

    16 take part in a simultaneous chess match against a university student, sponsored by the Princeton Public Library as part of its summer games program. By: Dennis O’Neill    Ten-year-old Jordan Roth has been looking for a good game of chess and found one at the Princeton Public Library.    Jordan was one of 16 participants in…

  • July 8, 12:14 p.m.: Top Ten, or Springsteen mania

    This week’s Top Ten offers four times the Top Ten goodness of regular top tens. By: Hank Kalet    This week’s Top Ten took a lot of effort. As readers of this Web log probably have figured out by now, I am a big Bruce Springsteen fan. So, paring down his rather massive catalogue to 10…

  • Girl power not enough for C-P 12s Little League baseball

    Taft, teammates fall to District 12 final eight losers’ bracket By: Justin Feil    There were murmurs after Briana Taft doubled to drive her teammate to third base in the fifth inning.    Some were murmurs of wonder at the power in Taft’s swing, the power that drove the ball on a bounce to the left-centerfield fence.…

  • Beyond organic

    Some area farmers are finding alternatives that could alter the way we eat and live. By: Amy Brummer    Over Kelley Harding’s dining room door is a small folk painting of a farmhouse flanked by trees. The message printed across the bottom: "Simplify."    Wearing a flannel shirt and overalls, Mr. Harding exemplifies the nostalgic image of…

  • Grovers Mill Pond gets funding

    Restoration work will include repairing the 400-foot-long earthen dam and dredging the 37-acre, man-made pond. By: Gwen McNamara    WEST WINDSOR — The township has secured some much-needed funding to get work started on the Grovers Mill Pond and dam.    At the urging of U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12), the Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia office…

  • MHS, Skyland edges Mercer football stars

    Locals wished for more say in overtime outcome By: Justin Feil    EWING — The first Sunshine Classic ended in a 14-14 tie, and the seventh would have also if it weren’t for organizers’ decision to play overtime.    The Skyland Conference all-stars, including Montgomery High’s David Andrew and Craig Vaccarella, prevailed on an 18-yard field goal,…

  • Here’s a fine skillet of Jersey Shore fish

    IN THE KITCHEN:  If you have New Jersey fish to fry — or broil, bake or grill — Cooking the Shore Catch by R. Marilyn Schmidt can help. Here are some recipes adapted from the book. By: Faith Bahadurian Illustration by Judy Martin    The fish truck came to our house every Friday during my childhood…