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  • Oh! Yu-Gi-Oh!

    Japanese card game sends kids flocking to tournaments By: Dara-Lyn Shrager    Michael Barna is 13 years old and, at the moment, he is deep in thought.    If his monster card doesn’t have enough attack points to send 12-year old Ian Shaw’s monster card to the graveyard, he will lose this duel.    If that doesn’t sound…

  • Extending the Season

    In celebration of the ‘14th Annual Festival of Trees,’ the halls of the Museum of the American Hungarian Foundation in New Brunswick will be decked through Jan. 26 with traditionally adorned evergreens from international regions such as Belarus, Denmark and Hispanic-Latino nations. By: Susan Van Dongen    Only a Scrooge would toss a tree out the…

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    For the Dec. 27 issue By: Squads thanks dinner donors To the editor:     As everyone knows, this time of year can be a time of joy or loneliness for many of our community’s senior citizens. The members of the East Windsor Rescue Squad District II, located on Twin Rivers Drive, recognize this and once…

  • HHS to test new SAT

    High school students can preview a new version of the Scholastic Assessment Test in March. By:    HIGHTSTOWN — Scoring a 1,600 on your SATs, the fantasy of high school academic champions, is not what it once was. At least it won’t be by the year 2005.    That’s when the College Board — which sponsors the…

  • Nassau Sushi

    With its happy mix of Japanese and Korean specialties, this restaurant is a welcome addition to Princeton’s casual dining scene. By: Pat Tanner Nassau Sushi 179 Nassau St. Princeton (609) 497-3275 Food: Good Service: Efficient Cuisine: Japanese and Korean Ambiance: Typical casual Japanese Prices: Moderate Hours: Lunch: Mon.-Sat. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Dinner: Daily 2:30-10:30 p.m.…

  • Voters are a last resort in Princeton High’s bid overrun

    Board members try to determine why bids were over budget By: Jeff Milgram    Princeton Regional Board of Education officials, trying to figure out why bids for construction at the high school were substantially over budget, say they will ask voters for more money only as a "last resort."    "It’s the easiest solution," board President Charlotte…

  • Fire Co. to host comedy night

    New Year’s Eve not funny enough? Then you’re not hanging out with the right fire department. By: Scott Morgan    For the second straight year, the Hightstown Engine Co. is ringing in the new year with the sound of laughter. "An Evening of Stand-up Comedy" is … well, an evening of stand-up comedy, except that it’s…

  • For the Dec. 27 issue

    James L. Purcell, Johnnie B. Troutman, George S. Vardakis, Helene O. Schipske, Edmund George Mattson, Joseph Schwarze. By: James L. Purcell    HIGHTSTOWN — James L. Purcell, 80, died Monday at home.    Born in Oxford, Pa. in Chester County, Mr. Purcell was a longtime Hightstown resident.    Mr. Purcell was a World War II Army Veteran and…

  • Letters to the Editor, Dec. 27

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Dec. 27 ‘Active adults’ ask the hard questions To the editor:     Councilwoman and Planning Board member Alison Miller’s comments, as reported in the interview at the Wyeth/Rouse open house, should not go unchallenged.    She obviously likes the idea of realizing more taxes from this kind of mixed-use development, but is…