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  • Huttners enjoying diamond summer

    WW siblings have exceled on field By: Justin Feil    When Joe and Liz Huttner arrived home Wednesday night, the siblings could identify with each other’s disappointment.    A 6-1 loss to Nottingham in the losers’ bracket semifinal had ended the District One Babe Ruth tournament for Joe and his West Windsor-Plainsboro 15-year-old all-star baseball team. A…

  • P-C falls in Babe Ruth 15s

    Begin earns tournament Sportsmanship Award By: Bob Nuse    EWING — In all-star tournament situations, you need to come to play right from the start.    A year ago, the Princeton-Cranbury 15-year-old Babe Ruth all-star baseball team did just that. The team won early in the tournament, stayed in the winners’ bracket and captured the District One…

  • WW-P Legion clinches playoff spot

    Late Princeton rally falls short By: Bob Nuse    One team is gearing up for the playoffs. The other is about to start making summer vacation plans.    But that doesn’t mean Princeton Post 218 didn’t give West Windsor-Plainsboro a scare before falling, 11-7, Saturday in their American Legion baseball battle at Smoyer Park.    Princeton trailed, 11-0,…

  • Deer cull opponents call for mediation

    Advocates of roadside reflectors say they have not been adequately maintained. By: David Campbell    The Deer Management Options Task Force is seeking third-party mediation with the Princeton Township Committee to resolve differences over the township’s deer-management plan.    Meanwhile, advocates of deer reflectors as one alternative to the township’s use of hired sharpshooters to cull the…

  • A chic clambake from Triumph

    IN THE KITCHEN by Pat Tanner:  Chef Mark Valenza shares two of the recipes he will prepare for Triumph’s next Gambrinus Dinner — a five-course extravaganza featuring selections from New Jersey’s newest microbrewery.    Soon after it opened its doors in 1995, Triumph Brewing Company on Nassau Street inaugurated a unique series of multi-course extravaganzas aptly…

  • Mathletes prevail

    Local teacher, student help state team place third nationally By: Gwen Runkle    Thanks to the hard work of two local math-lovers, New Jersey’s Mathcounts team won medals for the first time in nearly 20 years of competition.    Under the direction of Alyce Doehner, a gifted and talented math teacher at Community Middle School in Plainsboro,…

  • Share your thoughts about Sept. 11

    The Packet to publish personal accounts.    It’s hard to believe it has been nearly a year since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.    It seems like such a short time ago we all were glued to the television set and were terrified the fallout — or actual attack — would hit our area.    How has your…

  • World of business suits this broker

    Audrey Gould: ‘I’ve always felt that if I give good advice, I’ll get good wishes back, and I’ll gain a good reputation. When I walk down the street, I can be proud of myself and the job I’m doing.’ By: Jon Steele    Audrey Gould took her first steps into the business world at the age…

  • Hungry Eyes

    The Michener Museum takes another look at the work of writer James Agee and photographer Walker Evans. By: Susan Van Dongen Above, from Let us Now Praise Famous Men: Top, "William and Ida Ruth Tengle" and "Townspeople Converse," both from Hale County, Ala., 1936.    In August 1936, Fortune magazine assigned writer James Agee (1909-1953) to…