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  • ADL asks Sarafin to step down

    The Anti-Defamation League has joined other groups in denouncing the Hightstown council member. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — The state office of the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith has joined the list of public watchdog groups asking Councilman Eugene Sarafin to step down for making bigoted comments.    On Tuesday, Shai Goldstein, director of the ADL’s…

  • Strong Voices

    The Bucks County Choral Society celebrates its 30th anniversary with concerts in Doylestown, Pa., Langhorne, Pa., and Philadelphia. By: Amy Brummer Composer Robert Maggio (above, left) and Bucks County Choral Society Artistic Director Thomas Lloyd (right) will premiere a new work at the group’s upcoming concerts. Mezzo soprano Suzanne DuPlantis (left) will perform with the…

  • Plasma lab will receive federal fusion funding

    Congress OKs an additional $1.5 million for the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory to support construction of a new National Compact Stellarator Experiment.    Congress has approved an additional $1.5 million in federal funds for the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory to support the construction of a new National Compact Stellarator Experiment, according to an announcement issued by…

  • Delays unlikely on school addition

    New school expansion should not be slow-moving By: Matt Kirdahy    The Cranbury Board of Education does not expect any delays on the new school expansion, despite a request for a contract extension by the developer G&P Parlamus.    "Because of the recent snowstorm and freezing temperatures, G&P Parlamus has requested a 15-day contract extension," said school…

  • Peddie shooting for another Prep A state title

    The girls’ basketball team will face Lawrenceville for the crown on Saturday. By: Neil Hay    The Peddie girls’ basketball team is one game away from another state Prep A championship.    What else is new?    The Falcons moved into tomorrow’s finals against the Lawrenceville with an easy 71-25 win over Blair Wednesday afternoon at Rutgers Prep.…

  • Higher Ground

    The Blind Boys of Alabama bring the gospel sound to McCarter Theatre and the Scottish Rite Auditorium. By: Susan Van Dongen "We sing with inspiration from on high," says Clarence Fountain, one of the founders of the Blind Boys of Alabama (above). "You don’t get that every day."    Life, like a bottle of fine wine,…

  • Friends turn out for ailing colleague

    Fundraiser held for cancer patient By: Al Wicklund    MONROE — Monroe Township postal workers braved the snow and raised $5,000 for Erin, a gallant fellow employee who is fighting cancer.    Sharon Sorensen, a postal worker who coordinated the event held at the Jamesburg Elks on Sunday, said the day went beautifully, despite the snow.    To…

  • With Pathmark closing, employees want vacation pay

    The store, in the Windsor Green shopping center on Route 1, is expected to shut its doors for good March 14. By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — It’s always difficult losing a job, but for about 100 employees at the Pathmark grocery store on Route 1, who claim the store is cheating them of thousands…

  • PHS Interact Club to hold auction for Afghan children

       With the support of other school clubs, The Interact Club (Junior Rotary) at Princeton High School is sponsoring a silent auction on Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Davis Conference Room at Princeton High School.    Proceeds will go to the BluePack Project, an initiative to provide 200,000 specially made backpacks filled with basic…