Category: archives
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Plainsboro teen is throwing a big party
The March of Dimes is lucky to have Rahul Bansal. By: Gwen Runkle The March of Dimes is lucky to have Rahul Bansal. Rahul, a senior at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, has raised more than $30,000 for the organization over the past few years as a youth volunteer and he is in the…
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This won’t be a good year for promises
PACKET EDITORIAL, Jan. 14 By: Packet Editorial When Gov. James E. McGreevey delivers his second annual message to the Legislature and assembled dignitaries at the State House this afternoon, we presume he’ll be honest with his audience and acknowledge that the state of the state is not what it should be. Financially, the state is…
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Girl Scouts to honor six women mentors
The Girl Scouts of Delaware-Raritan Inc., continuing its mission to empower all girls from every background, will be recognizing in March six leading New Jersey women role models who have exemplified dedication, leadership and commitment in their communities and in their fields of expertise. "The leadership of our honorees shows young women that they must…
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Community Works sets workshop for nonprofits
Community Works, an evening of workshops for volunteers, staff, and boards of nonprofits, will hold its sixth annual conference on Monday, Jan. 27. The event takes place at the Frist Campus Center of Princeton University from 5 to 9:15 p.m. and is sponsored by the university and The Rotary Club of Princeton. "This conference is…
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Genomics symposium set for Friday
Some of the top minds in biology and medicine will gather Friday for a symposium to mark the opening of the Carl Icahn Laboratory and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton University. The symposium, "Genomics: Connecting Basic Biology to Disease," will take place in Room A02 of McDonnell Hall. It will start at…
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Holocaust center to open at Mercer County College
WEST WINDSOR. The Mercer County Holocaust/Genocide Resource Center will open Wednesday at the library of Mercer County Community College’s West Windsor Campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road. The new center will promote resources for holocaust education and awareness, and will include books and technological aids to assist public and private schools in planning courses of…
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Music for Intimate Spaces
Daniel Elyar and Le Triompe de l’Amour perform French Baroque music in Princeton Jan. 18. By: Susan Van Dongen In the 1999 film The Red Violin, the instrument in the title is made by a master, who crafts it with true love. Without revealing the end of the story, the violin’s special color comes from…
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Fabric of Life
‘Contemporary African-American Quilts’ at the Mercer Museum illustrates the art of communicating through stitches. By: Amy Brummer An example of the marriage between African themes and American traditions includes Linda Bodley’s "Musuyide" quilt, above. Quilts provide a window into American women’s culture. Though they were made out of necessity, the quilt was a way for…
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State’s new security center moves to Lawrence home
$2.5 million Homeland Security Center opens after move from Fort Dix. By: Lea Kahn LAWRENCE Six months ago, the masonry building across the driveway from the state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs offices on Eggert Crossing Road was an empty shell. But hundreds of hours of work and $2.5 million later, the 10,000-square-foot…
