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  • A week of buzzer beater and upsets

    Princeton basketball league finals are set By: Ben Stentz    Welcome to my world of buzzer beaters, upset specials, and conspiracy theories. It’s all part of playoff week in the Princeton Recreation Department Summer Basketball Leagues.    It started harmlessly last Sunday night when 11th-seeded Pratico Jewelers upset 10th-seeded New York Sports Club in the opening round…

  • Zoners reject bank’s plan

    No use variance for Commerce Bank. By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — The township Zoning Board of Adjustment sent Commerce Bank back to the drawing board Thursday.    The board denied the bank’s request for a use variance to build a bank at the corner of Cranbury Road and Route 571 where a service station currently…

  • Battle of the Chefs

    Peddler’s Village in Lahaska, Pa., hosts an International Food and Fun Fair Aug. 10-11. By: Diana Wolf Chef Brendan Gillespie from the Spotted Hog will compete against fellow Peddler’s Village chefs in a cooking contest Aug. 10.    Fans of Iron Chef and Ready… Set… Cook! will delight as Peddler’s Village in Lahaska brings its own…

  • Montgomery will open up open space again for hunters

    Township also sanctions officers for roles in hunting violations. By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — The Township Committee issued suspensions Thursday to three police officers who participated in an illegal hunt in Montgomery and Franklin as it put the finishing touches on this year’s deer management ordinance.    The committee approved the findings of special prosecutor Thomas…

  • Conservation design approved in Montgomery

    An attempt to preserve open space by giving builders a cluster option. By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — The Township Committee finally adopted the much-debated conservation design ordinance Thursday night, nearly a year after it was introduced.    Conservation design is intended to preserve the maximum amount of contiguous open space within a development tract. Most of…

  • Plainsboro to be featured in ‘Images’ book

    More than 200 photos to appear in volume on township’s history. By: Gwen Runkle    PLAINSBORO — The township will soon join more than 1,000 communities throughout the nation that have been memorialized as part of Arcadia Publishing Co.’s "Images of America" picture book series.    Bill Hart, a township resident for 18 years, will be assembling…

  • PU’s Page set for U.S. Amateur

    Golfer just ‘happy to be there’ By: Justin Feil    The biggest golf tournaments that Creighton Page has played in came last spring in his freshman year at Princeton University. Within two weeks, he’ll step to a new level when he competes in the United States Amateur Championship that will be held Aug. 19-25 at the…

  • Montgomery 9s enjoy tourney experience

    Southern New Jersey run ends in final By: Bob Nuse    They played what amounted to a Major League schedule in what seemed like a Major League setting. And in the end, the Montgomery 9-year-old all-star baseball team nearly pulled off a major surprise in the Southern New Jersey Cal Ripken State Tournament.    Montgomery advanced to…

  • PDS grads ‘Accelerate’ athletes to next level

    Jelenic among those taking advantage of program By: Bob Nuse    HAMILTON — Even as Lee Jelenic was making a name for himself as an ice hockey player during an outstanding career at West Windsor-Plainsboro High, he realized he had some shortcomings as a player.    "Skating had always been one of the weak points of my…