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  • WW police continue search for driver of school bus

    Woman injured after bus forces her off road. By: Gwen McNamara    WEST WINDSOR — Township police have identified the type of school bus that cut off a 23-year-old Trenton woman earlier this month causing her to lose control of her car and crash off Old Trenton Road.    According to witness reports, the bus belongs to…

  • University hails court ruling on affirmative action

    Tilghman says decision will allow race to continue to be used as a ‘plus factor’ in admission process. By: Jeff Milgram    Princeton University President Shirley M. Tilghman applauded Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that racial preferences can be used in university admission decisions — its first ruling on the important civil-rights issue in 25 years.…

  • Protesting residents block off borough drainage work site

    Submerged in mud and water, Jefferson Road residents shower officials with complaints. By: Jennifer Potash    Jefferson Road residents literally stuck in the mud from a drainage repair project staged a protest early Monday morning that effectively shut down construction work on their street.    The residents say they are frustrated and incensed with Princeton Borough officials…

  • Princeton Post 218 quick to impress

    Legion baseball squad wins two of three By: Bob Nuse    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 three games into the Mercer County American Legion League season, Aprigliano and his Princeton Post 218 teammates…

  • ‘Real’ world beckons WW-P High North graduates

    Weather forces ceremonies inside but spirits remained on the sunny side. By: Gwen McNamara    PLAINSBORO — While rain forced the second graduating class of West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North indoors Friday, the weather did not hamper the spirits of all those in attendance.    A standing-room only crowd of parents, family and friends packed the school’s…

  • Princeton Temperature Record – June, 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 June 30, 2003 88 69 June 29, 2003 89 66 June 28,…

  • Letters to the Editor, June 24

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, June 24 By: Referendum sought on library branch To the editor:     We would like to inform registered voters in Princeton Township of our effort to put a referendum question on the November 2003 election ballot to determine if the electorate favors the establishment of a permanent branch of the Princeton…

  • Can’t Afford a Carriage

    A collection of vintage cycles at the Red Mill Museum recalls the Victorian era’s ‘extreme sport.’ By: Susan Van Dongen

  • Alice C. Hart

       Alice C. Hart, 71, of Robbinsville died June 19 at home following a long illness.    She worked for 16 years at Hopewell Valley Central High School.    She spent a considerable part of her life in Cape May Court House and Fort Myers, Fla.    Daughter of the late Robert and Florence Evans Clark, wife of the…