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  • Such Stuff as Dreams are Made On

    McCarter Theatre stages Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest.’ By: Stuart Duncan    The pre-opening publicity was fierce and intriguing. Blair Brown, an actress of considerable note and accomplishments, was going to play the role of Prospero in McCarter’s revival of Shakespeare’s The Tempest.    The name of the character would be changed, ending in "ra" rather than "ro," thereby…

  • POLICE BEAT 02/20

    From the Feb. 20 edition of the Register-News. By: BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP    Police were called to the game room of the Petro Truck Stop on Rising Sun Road on Jan. 29 at 7:30 a.m. on report of a theft of coins from the video game machines.    TD Rowe Amusements owns the machines. The truck stop employee…

  • Residents dig out after major storm

    Schools close, crews persist to clear roads. By: Jeff Milgram    Students got an extra day off, businesses opened their doors and homeowners wearily pulled out their shovels again Tuesday as the great dig out continued in earnest after a monster storm dumped between 17 and 21 inches of snow on the greater Princeton area Sunday…

  • PYHA Tigers grow into top team

    Hockey team goes from two wins to championship game By: Ben Stentz    Hard work and commitment must pay off. Just ask the players from the Princeton Tigers Squirt A youth hockey team.    Two years ago the Tigers, then playing in the Mite B division, finished the season with a record of 2-37. One of those…

  • Health officer re-issues emergency checklist

    How to prepare for what was once the unimaginable. By: Jennifer Potash    With the Boy Scouts’ motto of "be prepared" in mind, the Princeton Regional Health Department has issued a checklist for residents to use in the event of a biological or other emergency.    The list, originally prepared and released to the public last year,…

  • City wants chamber input on lockboxes

    The rapid entry system would allow firefighters to enter a building without destroying windows or doors. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — The City Council will seek input from the Lambertville Area Chamber of Commerce before agreeing to make an emergency access system endorsed by the Board of Fire Commissioners mandatory.    The emergency access system, also…

  • WW-P North wins MCT hockey title

    Title evidence of building program By: Justin Feil    TRENTON — The way that Joe Ferrara sees it, the West Windsor-Plainsboro High North ice hockey team’s Mercer County Tournament championship was just a matter of time.    "It seems like we’ve been building," said Ferrara, a Knights defenseman. "First year, we missed the tournament by a half…

  • Hospital’s staff braves the weather

    An opportunity to come together and go the extra mile. By: David Campbell    For staff at The Medical Center at Princeton, the snowstorm that began Sunday afternoon and raged into Monday was an opportunity to come together and go the extra mile — hip-deep in snow, if need be.    Ask Alice Lawrence of Hightstown, a…

  • Woman charged in fatal accident

    Renee Moore, 27, of Bensalem was charged with various motor vehicle offenses and drug possession following an accident Halloween that killed newlywed Gwen Taylor Alper, 49. By: Linda Seida    SOLEBURY — The survivor of a two-vehicle crash that killed a New Hope woman on Windy Bush Road last Halloween has been charged with various motor…