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  • Princeton group plans to advertise for peace

       A group of Princeton residents, believing that grass-roots opposition to a pre-emptive attack on Iraq has not been accurately reported, is preparing an anti-war TV ad.    "Very few people have the stomach for attacking a country which has not attacked us and whose people desperately want peace," said Jenny Crumiller, one of the organizers, "but…

  • Teachers Share Ideas

    Share your ideas with other teachers By:Newspaper in Education Teachers, do you have an interesting way that you have used the newspaper in your classroom to support mandated State Curriculum Standards? Lend a helping hand to your colleagues. Submit your ideas to this e-mail site using the tool at the bottom of the screen. We…

  • Ruth Brown

       Ruth L. Brown, 94, died Sunday, Jan. 5, at Care One of East Brunswick.    Born in Newberry, S.C., she was a guidance counselor in the Chicago school system before retiring. She relocated to New Jersey in 1978 and resided in Somerset before moving to Kendall Park.    Funeral services were held Thursday, Jan. 9, at Ebenezer…

  • Unlimited colors at Gourgaud

    First show of 2003 draws 40 to gallery. By: Al Wicklund The talent of the members of Watercolorists Unlimited made it a successful start to the year for the Central Jersey artists group and for Cranbury’s Gourgaud Gallery.    Lisa Walsh of Cranbury, a Watercolorist artist and a member of the township’s Arts Review Committee, said…

  • More cuts due in PHS plan

    School board tells architect to trim another $5 million. By: Jeff Milgram    Members of the Princeton Regional Board of Education are telling their architect, The Hillier Group, to come up with at least $5 million more in cost-saving cuts to the plans for construction at Princeton High School.    "We need to do more redesigning," said…

  • Back to Basics

    Adhering to principles of the Italian Renaissance, Nelson Shanks paints the powerful and the influential. By: Ilene Dube    The pope is standing upright. His eyes are open and alert, and a mystical light washes over him. He is far more striking than the hunched-over man we see in the news.    "I wanted the painting to…

  • MHS girls track team fourth in GMC Relays

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    TEANECK – The division may have been different, but the outcome was the same.    Running as a Greater Middlesex Conference White Division contender for the first time in winter track, the Monroe Township High School girls’ team captured the division relay title after two days of competition. With a total of…

  • Freeholders cry foul over tuition break

    Plainsboro students to get fee reduction at Mercer County Community College. By: Gwen Runkle    What started out as a simple plan to give a break on tuition to Plainsboro and Cranbury students at Mercer County Community College has turned into a game of political football.    Bill Baroni, chairman of Mercer County Community ColLege Board of…

  • Despite loss, Peddie boys’ basketball 10-2 on the year

    The Hun Raiders defeated the Falcons 67-60. By: Neil Hay    Despite posting back-to-back tournament wins last month at Loomis-Chaffee and Neptune, success on a more local level again eluded the Peddie boys’ basketball team. For the second time this season, the Falcons were upended by a Mercer County rival. Both times the setback was on…