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  • Fantasy baseball game a hit

    Amateur, pro players raise $30K for charity By: Kyle Moylan    TRENTON — There were no jokes about the irony of politicians and the other would-be athletes playing in a game to benefit the disabled. No comments about greedy, overpaid athletes either. On a recent Saturday night at Mercer County Waterfront Park they not only weren’t…

  • Fitness center promises broad range of services

    The Medical Center at Princeton Fitness & Wellness is a joint venture of the medical center and Fitness and Wellness Professional Services, which has engineered similar ventures across the country. By: David Campbell    MONTGOMERY — A hospital-based wellness and fitness center to open in the spring at the Princeton North Shopping Center promises to be…

  • CVCC swimmers moving on up

    Finish second at PASDA Division 3 By: Justin Feil    In last year’s Princeton Area Swimming and Diving Association regular season, the Cherry Valley Country Club was able to knock off every other Division 4 team, prompting a move up to Division 3 for this summer. Claire Scarpa wasn’t exactly sure about the move.    "I remember…

  • Nassau team enjoys first sectional

    Tennis squad goes 2-3 in Middle States tourney By: Bob Nuse    Even though her team lost three of the five matches it played at the USA League Tennis sectional tournament over the weekend, Lauri Caulin knows they weren’t all that far away from a trip to nationals in Tuscon, Ariz.    "We lost two of the…

  • Little news, lots of hype in this mailbox

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Aug. 20 By: Packet Editorial    We almost found ourselves laughing last week at the sight of all those New York and Philadelphia television reporters tripping all over themselves to file live reports standing in front of the Nassau Street mailbox where the anthrax was found.    Then we thought about it for a moment,…

  • PRC looks for return trip to sectionals

    4.5 team encouraged by Middle States showing By: Justin Feil    The Princeton Racquet Club 4.5 women’s team had such an encouraging tournament in its first trip to the USA League Tennis sectional championships that it came away looking forward to a return visit.    "We saw the level of competition here," said Colleen Cosgrove after her…

  • Construction timetable set for new high school

    The Montgomery project gets under way Aug. 31 and the school should be ready to open its doors Aug. 27, 2004. By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — The new Montgomery High School should be ready to open its doors Aug. 27, 2004, according to Superintendent Stuart Schnur.    Dr. Schnur and other district officials met with the…

  • Two PDS students die in accident

    The boys were killed along with their father in a crash in Nevada last week that also severely injured their mother. By: Jeff Milgram    Princeton Day School is mourning the deaths of two students — brothers from Trenton — who were killed along with their father in a crash in Nevada last week that also…

  • Contractor selected for veterans memorial

    The memorial is expected to consist of a grid of trees, with one missing to symbolize the void left by residents of Plainsboro who have died or served in military conflicts throughout the 20th century. By: Gwen Runkle    PLAINSBORO — The Township Committee on Wednesday unanimously selected L.J. Makrancy & Son Inc., a Trenton-based nursery…