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  • University selects diverse group of trustees

    Three term trustees and three trustees elected by alumni are selected.    Princeton University has named six new members to its board of trustees.    The board elected Peter Lewis, James McDonnell III and Louise O’Brien to four-year terms as term trustees. Princeton alumni elected three board members — Eileen Guggenheim, Olivier Kamanda and Rajiv Vinnakota —…

  • Friend at the Fed

    Montgomery’s Ben Bernanke is a leading voice at the Federal Reserve. By: George Frey    On June 25, the Federal Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve Board lowered its federal funds interest rate to 1 percent — the 13th reduction since 2001 and the lowest rates have sunk in 45 years. While signaling the economy…

  • Sunshine Bowl is another first for MHS football players

    Andrew, Vaccarella will be first to represent Cougars in all-star classic By: Justin Feil    David Andrew and Craig Vaccarella were both thrilled to be selected to the Skyland Conference team for the Sunshine Bowl all-star football game, and they’ve found the experience to be very helpful.    Andrew and Vaccarella will be the first Montgomery High…

  • OBITUARIES, July 1, 2003

    Matthew Gault, Virginia B. Grant, Mary A. L. Melvin, Bianca M. Gallo, Donald V. Reed Jr., Lucy W. Porter, Rogelio G. Algozo, Llewellyn Watts III, Marie Leadlie. Matthew Gault Worked at Citibank     Matthew Gault of Princeton died June 22 at Merwick Rehab Hospital and Nursing Care. He was 83.    Born in Baltimore, he was…

  • Board OKs new Witherspoon Street mixed-use building

    Replacing abandoned house prompts gentrification concerns. By: Jennifer Potash    The Princeton Borough Zoning Board of Adjustment on Thursday approved the removal of a boarded-up single-family house on Witherspoon Street in favor of a new mixed-use building — but not without qualms over the gentrification of the borough’s historically black neighborhood.    "This one issue is always…

  • Princeton Packet Boys’ Track Athlete of the Year

    Willis flies high for MHS in return from knee injury By: Justin Feil    After suffering a knee injury near the end of the basketball season in February 2002, Alex Willis made quite a successful return to athletics.    This fall he helped the Montgomery High boys’ soccer team reach the Central Jersey Group II championship game…

  • Princeton Battlefield hosts historic exhibits on Fourth

       Revolutionary War soldiers and civilians from Mott’s 6th Company, 2nd Continental Artillery will be on hand to demonstrate drill, cannons and flintlock muskets at "America’s Independence Day" beginning 11 a.m. Friday at Princeton Battlefield State Park.    The Thomas Clarke House Museum and "The Arms of the Revolution" exhibit will be open for tours. A talk…

  • Tale of two C-PLL baseball teams

    Splits first two games with different performances By: Justin Feil    There is no truth to the rumor that Cranbury-Plainsboro Little League has two 12-year-old all-star baseball teams. But it looked like two different teams in its first two games of the District 12 baseball tournament.    Nine C-PLL batters struck out and only five had hits,…

  • Biselli da Baldassari

    Veal Saltimbocca, Penne Carbonara and other Italian specialties top the offerings at Chambersburg’s Baldassari Regency. By: Faith Bahadurian Biselli da Baldassari In the Baldassari Regency 145 Morris Ave. Trenton (609) 392-1280 www.baldassari.com Food: Very good Service: In-training Prices: Moderate to expensive Cuisine: Italian-American Ambiance: Over-the-top ornate Hours: Lunch: Wed.-Fri. Noon-2 p.m.; Dinner: Sat.-Sun. 5-10 p.m.…