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  • Firemen endorse lockbox law

    The Lambertville Board of Fire Commissioners wants the city to install lockboxes on all businesses. By: Sue Kramer    LAMBERTVILLE — The Board of Fire Commissioners has endorsed a proposed ordinance that would enable the Fire Department to quickly obtain master keys to a burning business from a locked box installed outside the building.    The ordinance…

  • The science of home-baked cookies

    IN THE KITCHEN by Faith Bahadurian:  Sharing cookies that are a bright spot in the long labors of young scientists who have rapidly developed gourmet palates. Illustration by Judy Martin    Although by night and by weekend I toil for The Princeton Packet, by weekday I work at Princeton University as an administrator for a research…

  • ‘Double Play’

    George Street Playhouse stages two one-acters, ‘The 75th’ and ‘The Vibrator.’ By: Stuart Duncan    One-act plays have always been the stepchildren of theater. Opera may be able to package "Cav and Pag" (Mascagni’s Cavalleri Rusticana and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci), and a few generations back one could see two or three Noël Coward short pieces together with…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR 01/23

    From the Jan. 23 edition of the REgister-News By: Book group    The book group will meet 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23 at By the Book, 150 Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown to discuss "The Wanting Seed" by Anthony Burgess. All are welcome. PTA clothing drive    Holy Assumption School PTA is accepting coats, shoes, belts, purses, bed sheets,…

  • Skate park idea gaining some favor

    But outside funding seen as necessary. By: David Campbell    The Princeton Recreation Department is seeking to balance community interests and financial constraints as it explores the feasibility of constructing a skateboard park for Princeton youth.    The need for such a facility to keep kids safe and relieve damage from skateboarding to property in downtown Princeton…

  • Serious Vacca is leader in pool

    Versatility helps Hun swim team By: Justin Feil    Nick Vacca has always been one of the top swimmers for The Hun School swim team, but this year he’s taking it a little more seriously.    "My freshman and sophomore years, I thought of it as, ‘I swim with another team and high school is just fun,’"…

  • Poor defense costs North in Titans Cup defense

    Knight ice hockey team falls to Hopewell Valley, 6-1 By: Bob Nuse    Tim Grable knows that in order for his West Windsor-Plainsboro North ice hockey team to win against the better teams it faces, the Knights need to play better than they did on Friday in the Titans Cup game against Hopewell Valley.    "They deserved…

  • Vote set tonight on downtown developer’s agreement

    Three-phase project would change the face of central business district By: Jennifer Potash    Barring any last-minute hitches, the developer’s agreement for the downtown parking garage is slated for a vote tonight by the Princeton Borough Council.    Some council members said they are still in the information-gathering phase, but are prepared to cast a vote tonight.…

  • Lending an ear

    Problem-solver clears path to school success. By: Jeff Milgram    Caroline Mitchell is a people person.    As the Princeton Regional School District’s home and school liaison for more than two years, she serves as an ombudsman for students, a mediator between parents and teachers and a guide to the inner workings of a school system that…