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  • MHS rally falls short vs. Hopewell

    Cougar girls have promise for next season By: Justin Feil    After the Montgomery High girls’ basketball team had won so many close games this season, so many games that went down to the wire, so many games for a team that were not picturesque perhaps, it seemed like another dramatic win was coming against Hopewell…

  • Hegseth is PU’s No. 1 worker

    PU senior remains committed despite lack of court time By: Justin Feil    Only one number really tells how committed Pete Hegseth is to the Princeton University men’s basketball team.    It isn’t 29, the number of career points he’s scored for the men’s varsity, nor six, the number of three-pointers he’s made, nor 40, the numbers…

  • Mentoring program helps open door

    An effort to draw minority students into medical careers at Bristol-Myers Squibb. By: David Campbell    For Princeton High School students David Jean and Charlene St. Clair, the symposium on minority health disparities and medical careers held at Bristol-Myers Squibb this week provided vital mentoring denied to earlier generations of minority youths.    "To speak with people…

  • Borough panel backs sidewalk tables

    If approved, a first for downtown Princeton. By: Jennifer Potash    A downtown café may soon become the first eatery to offer outdoor tables in Princeton Borough’s central business district.    The Princeton Borough Historic Preservation Review Board recommended Wednesday that Panera Bread, 136 Nassau St., be allowed to have up to five tables with 15 chairs…

  • Millstone Bypass report expected by April

    Mediation process termed a success — sort of. By: David Campbell    With a draft environmental study of alternatives to the Millstone Bypass expected by the end of next month, officials say the mediation process begun by the state Department of Transportation in 2001 to resolve controversy over the roadway has been a success — sort…

  • A back-to-school-day for children’s book author

    Returning to one’s roots at Montgomery’s Orchard Hill School. By: Diane Bardes Fay    When the PTA of Orchard Hill Elementary School in Montgomery recruited children’s author Brian Lies to visit, the organizers didn’t know that out of 65,000 elementary schools nationwide, Orchard Hill was the very school where Mr. Lies had spent his elementary years.…

  • PHS collapses in state hockey tourney

    Merrow: We were outworked By: Bob Nuse    MORRISTOWN — Paul Merrow expected much more from his Princeton High boys’ ice hockey team during Wednesday night’s state tournament opener against Roxbury.    "I don’t know why, but we didn’t come to play tonight," said Merrow, whose 18th-seeded Little Tigers were eliminated with an 11-1 loss to 13th-seeded…

  • Holland, PU seniors end perfect careers

    Tiger women’s swimming team win fourth straight Ivy title By: Justin Feil    Christine Holland would like very much to continue swimming masters upon graduation from Princeton University this spring, but she’d be hard-pressed to find a way to top what she’s been part of the past four seasons.    The senior co-captain helped Princeton win its…

  • HHS boys’ basketball unable to hold late lead

    Despite outplaying North Brunswick most of game, the playoffs came to an end for the Rams. By: Kyle Moylan    Of all the possible scenarios people could have come up with for this past Tuesday night’s playoff game, what actually happened probably wasn’t even on the list.    Hightstown High, a tremendous boys’ basketball team when it…