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Princeton gearing up for Communiversity 2003
Communiversity 2003 will take place on Saturday, April 26, from noon to 4 p.m., in downtown Princeton. Presented by The Arts Council of Princeton and the students of Princeton University, Communiversity attracts more than 10,000 people to the heart of town each year. The outdoor festival features visual and performing arts, crafters, children’s activities, a…
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Hightstown primary boasts two contests
Five Democrats and three Republicans filed for primary elections. By: Scott Morgan HIGHTSTOWN This June’s Borough Council primary will see two contested Democratic races and an uncontested Republican ballot. Three Democratic candidates are vying for two available full-term seats and two Democrats are running for an unexpired term currently held by Eugene Sarafin. Three…
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A garden will grow in Smoyer Park site
Princeton Recreation Department on the lookout for green thumbs. By: David Campbell The Princeton Recreation Department is on the lookout for residents with green thumbs. The community gardens at Barbara Smoyer Park may not be much to look at today, but according to Kate Herlihy, the department’s program supervisor, it will be a sight to…
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Criticism is aimed at the wrong vehicle
GUEST OPINION, April 11 By: Patrick W. Gavin Will someone please give the SUV a hug? It certainly has been under a lot of heat recently. SUVs, popular though they may be, have recently come to symbolize all the things that occasionally don’t make America so great reckless power, "bigger is better," narcissism, demolition,…
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Curb appeal and gracious living attract buyers to Highgate at Horsham
Montgomery County community sweeps homebuilding honors at Pinnacle Awards in Pennsylvania Orleans Homebuilders’ Highgate at Horsham community and its Bellingham model are recent winners at the Pinnacle Awards, claiming every award in their category. In all, the model and the community were honored with Community of the Year, Best Single Family Home 3,500 to 4,500…
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Township brochure published
The first-ever Municipal Guide now is available. By: David Pescatore EAST WINDSOR The next time you are in a bank or a restaurant and you see a book with a picture of a royal looking tree adorned with majestic auburn and golden foliage, pick it up. It is the township’s first Municipal Guide and…
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Seniors grapple with the meanings of Islam
On Wednesday morning, in the upper room of the Clay Street Learning Center, a group of Princeton seniors gathered to puzzle out the problem of Sayyid Qutb. By: David Campbell In an article last month in The New York Times Magazine, journalist Paul Berman described Qutb as al Qaeda’s Karl Marx, its intellectual hero and…
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New Rutgers president seeks support
Wants Legislature to restore 12-percent cut in state aid. By: Jeff Milgram Richard L. McCormick, the former newspaper carrier who will be inaugurated as Rutgers University’s 19th president Sunday, came to the Nassau Club on Wednesday to ask for help in getting the Legislature to restore a 12-percent cut in state aid. "It will have…
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Religious revival on college campuses predicted
John DiIulio sees fading impact of baby boomers. By: Jeff Milgram When the National Review magazine asked him to write a review of William F. Buckley’s new spiritual autobiography, "Nearer My God," former Princeton Professor John DiIulio decided he’d better read Mr. Buckley’s earlier book, "God and Man at Yale." Published in 1951, when Mr.…
