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  • White Buffalo begins deer cull despite weather

    Fourteen deer killed and one immunized as part of birth-control experiment in Princeton Township. By: David Campbell    Following a month-long delay in getting approval from the state, the third year of Princeton Township’s deer-management program finally began Thursday night, with the only hindrance to progress over the weekend being the heavy rains.    Fourteen deer were…

  • Expanding the world of possibilities for business

    INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Intro to Special Section. By: Madeline Bayliss    Technology has a special heritage in this area, stemming from the inventions of Edison and RCA. Today, the innovation created by technology is much more widespread. No longer bound by laboratories and scientific genius, technology in the hands of users is yielding new ideas and results…

  • Institute plans to develop land, defying preservationists

    Major parcels have already been preserved, Planning Board is told. By: David Campbell    An attorney for the Institute for Advanced Study told the Princeton Regional Planning Board Thursday night the institute has already conserved a significant portion of its lands and has no intention of selling a remaining parcel that Revolutionary War enthusiasts and a…

  • Celebrating Welsh pride: dishes for St. David’s Day

    IN THE KITCHEN by Pat Tanner:  The patron saint of Wales is remembered March 1, the day of his death, with some traditional Welsh specialties — honeyed lamb, bara brith and Welsh rabbit. Illustration by Judy Martin    I am fascinated by the rituals — mostly European and often centered around food — that mark the…

  • Elderly man found dead in Stony Brook

    Victim had been suffering from dementia. By: David Campbell    A 75-year-old Princeton Township man suffering from dementia was found dead on an ice floe in Stony Brook Monday morning after he was reported missing from his residence on Route 206.    Police said that around 2:30 a.m. Monday, Virginia Dingwall reported that her husband, Andrew, had…

  • County college cuts ribbon on high-tech conference center

    New facility at Mercer designed to help the area’s workforce compete in the global marketplace. By: George Frey Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski Attendees gather for the ribbon-cutting ceremony that marked the official opening of a new conference center at Mercer County Community College in West Windsor. Staff photos by Frank Wojciechowski At left, College…

  • Frist calls for a Medicare cure and a focus on AIDS crisis

    Senator receives James Madison Award at university. By: Amy Sennett    Senate Majority Leader William Frist (R-Tenn.) was honored with the American Whig-Cliosophic Society’s James Madison Award Saturday afternoon in the Faculty Room of Nassau Hall at Princeton University.    In a talk that followed, the senator focused on critical health issues facing the world — and…

  • IT professional must do more

    INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY By: Madeline Bayliss    Searches today are like a child’s Christmas list. They want everything.    Rod Colon used to be the one initiating those searches in his human resource positions on Wall Street. Then he took his practices of career and network management to the recruiting side of the technology business, currently as director…

  • West Windsor municipal budget could rise 5.6 percent

    Revenues are down and non-discretionary costs are up. By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — Although "make due with less" was the theme for township administrators as they crafted a preliminary budget for 2003, taxpayers are again being asked to endure an increase in property taxes.    Currently, the administration is proposing a $26.6 million budget, which…