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  • Student performance to be instantly online

    Slackers be warned: Your days are numbered By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — Slackers beware.    District high school and middle school students with a penchant for underachievement had their worst fears realized this week as the district unveiled ParentConnect, a software application that will enable parents to view their children’s attendance and academic standing in real…

  • Decision delayed on high school schedules in WW-P

    Administration seeks more time to develop plan. By: Gwen Runkle    The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional Board of Education will not be taking up the issue of high school scheduling changes at its meeting tomorrow.    The board was expected to hear a presentation on two schedule proposals to increase student instruction time, as called for in the…

  • Princeton Packet Girls’ XC Runner of the Year

    PHS’ Perera enjoyed incredible journey By: Justin Feil    Dilshanie Perera isn’t like most good high school runners.    Coming into her senior year of cross country at Princeton High, she didn’t run up the sort of weekly mileage that would have a car in the shop for monthly oil changes like many of her Colonial Valley…

  • Town Hall

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  • Library construction kicks off

    Completion slated for 15 months from now By: Jennifer Potash    Neither the muddy ground nor the prospect of wearing hard hats could diminish the enthusiasm of Princeton Public Library officials, local politicians and well-wishers attending the new library’s ground-breaking ceremony Monday.    After an autumn filled with a contractor’s legal challenge and construction delays, there was…

  • PU’s new Rhodes Scholar a microbe hunter

    Princeton senior is one of only 32 selected nationwide By: Jeff Milgram    Princeton University senior Laura Shackelton is one of 32 American college students chosen as Rhodes Scholars, the scholarship trust announced Saturday.    The Reno, Nev. resident also won a Marshall Scholarship, but said she will accept the Rhodes, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary…

  • Changes in Raiders don’t change outlook

    Mardy hoping to help Hun repeat hoops success By: Bob Nuse    Scott Mardy has seen a lot of players come and go over the last three years with the Hun School boys’ basketball team.    But because of one of the constants in the program, it has never felt like a revolving door.    "I think Mr.…

  • Magic number elusive for Taj Ma-Township-Hall

    ANALYSIS: Just what the building cost is difficult to pin down By: David Campbell    The Taj Ma-Township-Hall. The infamously expensive mayor’s chair. Delays, mold and more delays.    Princeton Township’s municipal building has drawn its share of criticism by detractors since the original project was first approved by the Township Committee in 1994. The criticism has…

  • Soph helps PU fill gap in post

    Stephens helps Tigers in win over Lafayette By: Justin Feil    With nine minutes of action in Princeton University’s 89-75 win over the Lafayette men’s basketball team Saturday, Mike Stephens has played 52 minutes in the Tigers’ first five games. That total surpasses his total of 43 minutes played all of last year.    Stephens has filled…