Category: archives
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All in the family
Girlchoir benefit brings together big brother, little sister. By: Dara-Lyn Shrager In a town with no shortage of talented young people doing extraordinary things, it should come as no surprise that brother and sister Robert Honstein and Heather Honstein of Princeton will be sharing the stage at Spring Sing, a benefit concert for the Princeton…
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Protesters square off in downtown Princeton
Each side takes a corner on Nassau Street. By: Jennifer Potash Protesters on both sides of the Iraqi conflict squared off on opposing Nassau Street corners Saturday. Princeton Borough Police officers closed Palmer Square East to through traffic as about 100 anti-war protesters from the Princeton Peace Network lined the sidewalks in front of Tiger…
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Vietnamese cuisine: subtly distinctive
IN THE KITCHEN by Faith Bahadurian: Reflecting the country’s many rivers and 1,600 miles of coastline, dishes emphasize aquatic life and seafood, with an abundance of rice, fresh vegetables and herbs (including countless varieties of basil, mint and cilantro). I was shocked the first time I heard someone talk about vacationing in Vietnam, a country…
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Historic farm among sites for possible sports fields
Need for an indoor athletic facility discussed. By: David Campbell The 28-acre portion of the historic Gulick Farm off Princeton-Kingston Road, which Princeton Township acquired as open space a year ago, is among the sites being tentatively considered by the Princeton Joint Recreation Board as the location for an indoor athletic facility or soccer fields.…
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Anti-war protesters try to engage campus in discussion
University group wants to draw attention to the issues. By: Amy Sennett Princeton University undergraduates protested last week in front of the Frist Campus Center against the war in Iraq, opening a forum for discussion on the conflict. The protests were organized by the Princeton Students United for Peace, an undergraduate organization dedicated to drawing…
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Plainsboro approves budget
By: Gwen Runkle PLAINSBORO Despite facing a tax rate increase for the first time in five years, the Township Committee unanimously adopted a $16 million municipal budget for 2003 Wednesday. The budget represents a 6-percent increase over last year’s budget of $15.1 million. The tax rate will be 33.45 cents per $100 of assessed…
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Borough apartment building gets one-way drive
Zoning board agrees to wishes of neighbors in John-Witherspoon neighborhood. By: Jennifer Potash John-Witherspoon neighborhood residents won a victory at the Princeton Borough Zoning Board of Adjustment on Thursday, gaining the board’s approval to have an apartment complex’s exit modified from two-way to one-way. The board voted 5-2 to amend the Waxwood apartment site plan.…
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‘Big Idea’ comes to Institute
Public TV series to explore Princeton’s great minds By: Jeff Milgram It’s been home to some of the most brilliant minds in the world including Albert Einstein and now WNET, Channel 13, will peer into the minds of his intellectual heirs at the Institute for Advanced Study in a four-part miniseries that will…
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Nelson B. Hansbury Jr.
Nelson B. "Bud" Hansbury, 89, of Titusville died at home on Sunday. Born in South Trenton Mr. Hansbury had lived in Titusville since 1949. A graduate of Trenton High School and the Drexel Institute of Technology, he was hired by the American Steel and Wire division of US Steel in 1933 as a laborer and…
