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  • Princeton girls basketball team wins first

    By: Justin Feil    Trailing Villa Victoria by three points at halftime Tuesday, Bill Visokay directed his attention at the five Princeton High girls’ basketball team seniors, and he challenged them.    "He started out the talk by saying it was our decision to turn around the season," said Erin Walters-Bugbee, a senior guard. "In other games,…

  • The Iceman Carveth

    Mark Mastrangelo constructs his temporary ice masterpieces at the Lambertville-New Hope Winter Festival. By: Amy Brummer    The chainsaw cuts through the 300-pound block of ice like butter. Snow flies off the blade. With each swipe, ice carver Mark Mastrangelo inches closer to transforming a hunk of frozen water into a glistening, albeit temporary, masterpiece.    Since…

  • Comcast pulls anti-war video featuring 20 Princetonians

    Peace group says cable TV giant violated its constitutional rights by refusing to air a 30-second ad before and after the State of the Union speech. By: Jeff Milgram    A Princeton-based peace group says Comcast violated its constitutional right to free speech when the cable TV giant refused to air a 30-second anti-war ad before…

  • Mancini wants to be a wrestler of high ideals

    By: Ken Weingartner Ken WeingartnerSports Writer    To be a successful high school wrestler, a person needs to possess either superior strength or superior technique.    To be a great wrestler requires both.    And Anthony Mancini wants to be great.    "You can be OK with one or the other, but together, that’s the ideal wrestler," said Mancini,…

  • Association to assess watershed practices

    Committee puts forth effort to save river system By: Matt Kirdahy    The Township Committee wants to work to protect its river system from erosion.    On Monday, it agreed to work with the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association to assess the township’s watershed management.    Noelle MacKay, director of watershed management at the association, said the association is…

  • Eight-String Wonder

    Charlie Hunter talks about life on the road, his recording career with Blue Note, and the difficulties of playing jazz for a pop-music audience. He’ll perform with his quintet at Conduit in Trenton Feb. 7. By: Daniel Shearer    Among musicians, Charlie Hunter inspires the kind of reverence reserved for individuals with jaw-dropping talent. The only…

  • Second-half surge gives PHS its first win

    Walters-Bugbee hopes victory is enough to turn season around By: Justin Feil    Trailing Villa Victoria by three points at halftime Tuesday, Bill Visokay directed his attention at the five Princeton High girls’ basketball team seniors, and he challenged them.    "He started out the talk by saying it was our decision to turn around the season,"…

  • Taking the Plunge

    Leslie Ayvazian’s new play, ‘High Dive,’ grew out of her experiences perched on the edge of a diving board, contemplating her past and approaching a new stage in life. By: Jillian Kalonick Playwright and actress Leslie Ayvazian recruits audience members to help her perform High Dive, part of Passage Theatre Company’s third-annual Solo Flights Festival.…

  • Ida M. Lockwood

       Ida M. Lockwood, 91, of Monroe, died Sunday, Jan. 26, at her home.    Born in Staten Island, she lived in Highland Park prior to moving to Cranbury 28 years ago. Ms. Lockwood was employed as a dietician for five years with Lever Brothers in Washington, D.C. After that, she taught cooking classes in Buffalo, N.Y.,…