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  • Montgomery transformed into Wild West cow town

    Three-day rodeo raises money for local organizations. By: Paul Sisolak    MONTGOMERY — The township took on a Texan flair last weekend as the 10th annual Montgomery Rodeo captivated fans of the Old West.    The event, held Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Daube Farm on Sunset Road, brought in over $6,000 in ticket sales on…

  • Princeton Packet Baseball Player of the Year

    WW-PS’ Woodhull shows full repertoire in final year By: Bob Nuse    During what turned out to be an outstanding high school baseball career, Tim Woodhull never really got a chance to show what he could do if he were completely healthy.    A shoulder injury prevented him from pitching at all for West Windsor-Plainsboro South as…

  • June 10, 5 p.m.: Top teams

    OK. Let the arguments begin. By: Hank Kalet    A wonderful feature on ESPN.com‘s Sports Nation page that is guaranteed to keep baseball junkies like myself talk for weeks.    http://sports.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/neyer/Rob Neyer gives us his all-time teams, a starting lineup for each Major League Baseball teams.    I have some issues. I’d take:    1. Jimmie Foxx and his…

  • New sidewalks are cause for stroll at Littlebrook School

    By: David Campbell    Parents for a Safer Walk to School, a Princeton advocacy group, plans to hold a walk Wednesday to commemorate the new sidewalks on Rollingmead that were built to provide a safe pedestrian thoroughfare for children at Littlebrook Elementary School.    The walk is scheduled to begin 3 p.m. Wednesday, rain or shine. Walkers…

  • East Windsor woman charged with murder

    The mother of a 21-month-old boy who died last week was charged on Tuesday with first-degree murder. By: Sarah Winkelman    EAST WINDSOR — A township woman was charged with first-degree murder on Tuesday in the June 4 death of her 21-month-old son.    Handcuffed and wearing a dark green jumpsuit, Maritza J. Soto, 27, was arraigned…

  • New name for hospital reigns as it pours

    At the soggy June Fete, Medical Center takes on a new image. By: Jennifer Potash    WEST WINDSOR — The Medical Center at Princeton signed an affiliation pact with University of Medicine and Dentistry-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School on Saturday and was officially renamed the University Medical Center at Princeton.    The agreement was signed under a…

  • Police join forces to defuse bomb threat

    A four-hour standoff in Princeton University building ends peacefully. By: Jennifer Potash    A Long Branch woman was arrested Saturday after making bomb threats from inside a Princeton University building, police reported.    Geraldine M. Dametz, 46, was charged with burglary, making terroristic threats and raising a false public alarm following a four-hour standoff with police that…

  • He kept the schoohouse door open

    Forty years ago Princeton resident Nicholas Katzenbach confronted Alabama Gov. George Wallace at the University of Alabama. By: Jeff Milgram    Even after 40 years, the image remains a powerful memory of the civil rights era:    Alabama’s governor, George Corley Wallace — his dimpled chin defiant as he stands in a doorway at the University of…

  • PHS, WW-PS find doubles trouble in state semis

    Net play works against Little Tigers, Pirates By: Justin Feil    The net was a net advantage for the state doubles tournament opponents of Princeton High and West Windsor-Plainsboro High South.    The last remaining Mercer County representatives fell in the semifinals of state doubles play Thursday at Inman Sports Club in Edison, PHS to Millburn in…