Category: archives
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C-PLL baseball builds new tradition
By: Rich Fisher The Cranbury-Plainsboro 12-year-old all-stars begin District 12 play tonight without a tradition of winning championships. But C-P does have a solid track record of steady improvement each year. As 8-year-olds, the locals won just one game in their tournament season. Over the next three seasons, the win totals increased to three, five…
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South football finds legacy keeper
Solomon is new coach to replace Stuart By: Bob Nuse When West Windsor-Plainsboro High South began its search for a new head football coach, it wasn’t just the position it was looking to fill but the philosophy that had been entrenched over the years. "We wanted someone who would play into the legacy that Tom…
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Aprigliano hopes for summer fun
By: Rich Fisher It hasn’t taken long for Joe Aprigliano to experience victory as many times during the American Legion baseball season as he did during the high school season. Just five games into the Mercer County American Legion League season, Aprigliano and his Princeton Post 218 teammates already had three wins, which has surpassed…
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New signs encourage greater use of parks
About 1,138 acres of public parkland valued at $154 million is now owned by the two Princetons. By: David Campbell Under a new program by the Princeton Environmental Commission to encourage greater use of parks in Princeton Township and Princeton Borough, the township has erected several new signs at selected parks. About 1,138 acres of…
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Arzilla DuVall
Arzilla DuVall, 66, of Cranbury, died Tuesday, June 17, at University Medical Center at Princeton. She is survived by her husband of 47 years, Donald DuVall of Cranbury; a son, Grady Pete DuVall of New York; a daughter and son-in-law, Renee and Michael Northon of Washington; two grandchildren, Stephanie and Jarot, both of Washington; her…
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THIS WEEK
For the week of June 26-July 2 Today (Thursday) Sing-a-long Sample Classes: Kids’ MusicRound will introduce its summer class series with free preview classes in music and movement for families with young children, ages infant to four, at 9:30 a.m. at the Allstar Dance Academy on Route 27 in South Brunswick. The free, 30-minute sample…
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Guest Opinion
State needs smart housing policy By: Dianne Brake New Jersey’s housing targets set by the Council on Affordable Housing have created more affordable housing than any previous program. But the results have not lived up to the goal envisioned by the Mount Laurel doctrine: to provide those trapped in poverty in cities the opportunity to…
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Library considers ‘filtering’ federal funds
In wake of U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding Child Internet Protection Act, a possible decision to opt out. By: Jennifer Potash The costs of installing Internet filters in order to qualify for federal funds may outweigh the benefits of the grants, the director of the Princeton Public Library said Thursday. In a 6-3 decision Monday,…
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Mathematician races age to solve puzzle
David Robbins seeks solution to the challenge of a lifetime. By: Jeff Milgram Ever since David Robbins was a youngster, he’s been on a quest to solve the mathematical puzzle: How do you calculate the area of a polygon that has unequal sides? "Suppose you had some pieces of fence, straight pieces of fence of…
