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  • Princeton Packet Boys’ Basketball Player of the Year

    Hun’s Murray has strong all-around game By: Bob Nuse    If nothing else, Mingus Murray has proven that he has no problem adapting to change on the basketball court.    In his second season as the starting point guard for the Hun School boys’ basketball team, Murray had to adjust to playing with a whole new set…

  • Emergency training a success

    Monroe fine tunes its emergency units By: Al Wicklund MONROE — The clinical coordinator position, for an in-house trainer to keep the township Emergency Medical Services and other agencies up-to-date on the latest in emergency medicine, has proved to be a welcome addition to the township Ambulance Service, according to Judy Olbrys.    Ms. Olbrys, director…

  • How to keep on looking good — no matter what your age

    HEALTH MATTERS By: Dr. John E. Vine "Regardless of your age, the most important thing you can do for your skin is daily use of sunscreens." John E. Vine, M.D. Chief of dermatology The Medical Center at Princeton    If your goal is to look 20 when you’re 50, you might want to starting looking now…

  • Week of March 21, 2003

    From Pennington, Princeton and Princeton Junction PENNINGTON    Richard A. Weidel Jr., president, and Frederick P. Nix, manager of Weidel Realtors Pennington office, announced that Pamela Gillmett was recognized as the top lister for the month of December.    Ms. Gillmett, originally from New York, has been a resident of Pennington for more than 8 years and…

  • Letter: Expansion plan needs support

    To the editor:     Congratulations to the South River voters for their support of education and approving their March 11 school bond referendum by a 2-to-1 margin. The taxpayer of an average home will see an increase of $93 per year to cover approximately $6 million of the total $11 million dollar project. No trailers…

  • Ceremonies launch Princeton school renovation projects

    Ground broken this week at five schools. By: Jeff Milgram    Five years ago, the Princeton Regional Board of Education formed an ad hoc committee to study the district’s facilities needs.    The committee ultimately recommended the district renovate and expand all six of its school buildings.    This week, the board broke ground for construction at five…

  • Woman hit by car on Nassau Street

    Police seek the help of witnesses.    Princeton Borough police are seeking witnesses to an accident in which an elderly borough woman was stuck by a car Sunday afternoon while crossing Nassau Street.    Mary Meyers, 73, of Spruce Circle was crossing Nassau Street about 20 feet east of Linden Lane when she was hit by a…

  • Warring thoughts: debating the strikes on Iraq

    In Hightstown this week, many students had the war on their minds. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — On the eve of spring, Wednesday, downtown Hightstown is sunny and calm. By the middle of the afternoon, there are six hours until the president’s deadline; less than one working shift worth of time left in President George…

  • ‘Brother Men Who Fly’

    World War II memoir opens the book on some lost Army fly-boys. By: Dennis O’Neill    In the 1946 film adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham’s novel, The Razor’s Edge, returning World War I aviator Laurence Darrell (portrayed by Tyrone Power) reflects on the death of a comrade:    "And then I think of a guy I knew.…