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  • Schools say students unlikely to face random drug tests

    Princeton-area officials comment on U.S. Supreme Court decision. By: Gwen Runkle    Despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision to allow public schools to randomly test high school students in competitive extracurricular activities for drugs, area school officials do not anticipate changing their policies anytime soon.    Administrators from the Princeton Regional School District, Montgomery Township School…

  • Angelo Correnti

       HAMILTON — Angelo Correnti, 89, died June 30 at Mercerville Nursing Genesis Health Care.    Born in Trenton, he lived in Lambertville and Bordentown Township before moving to Hamilton.    He retired after many years with John A. Roebling’s Sons Co., Trenton.    Son of the late Mauro and Annunziata Maiurano Corrente, brother of the late Nicholas Corrente…

  • Florence eliminates C-P 12’s from District 12 Tournament

    Cook’s oustanding pitching effort squandered by missed scoring opportunities By: Rich Fisher    HAMILTON – Cranbury-Plainsboro Little League’s 12-year-old All-Stars may have been eliminated from the District 12 Tournament Thursday night, but they went out by playing one of their best games of the entire tournament.    Facing a powerful Florence squad for the second time in…

  • Summer smarts

    Veterinarians offer some ‘cool’ advice about pets    Summer weather, vacation travel, family time and outdoor activities often affect your cat and dog. Here is some advice from the New Jersey Veterinary Medical Association to help keep your pet safe this summer.    1. Do dogs and cats get sunburn?    Some dogs get sunburn. Just like fair-skinned…

  • Attacks on board not justifiable

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    The attacks on the borough Planning Board’s decision to draw a resolution against school expansion by your paper ("To borough: Schools not a burden," July 5, 2002, Page 8A) and borough residents Torry Watkins and Susan Lloyd are not justified by any facts I can discern from reading…

  • ‘Small’ town to hire transportation guru

    Plainsboro looking for full-time expert in transportation and traffic management. By: Gwen Runkle    PLAINSBORO — Traffic in central New Jersey, like sweating on a broiling summer day, can’t be avoided.    But in Plainsboro, township officials are vowing to tackle the problem head on by hiring a full-time planning professional with expertise in transportation and traffic…

  • Warren skates among finest

    PDS graduate makes USA Hockey’s player development camp By: Justin Feil    Alix Warren has been traveling to ice hockey camps around the country and Canada in summers for nearly 10 years. And, since she was a freshman, she’s played in the winters for the Princeton Day School girls’ ice hockey team and the Lawrence LadyBugs…

  • Borough officer completes course

    Sgt. Richard Warshany learned the ins and outs of managing a police department during a 10-week course offered at Fort Dix. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — Academically, it was brutal. Far more brutal than the Police Academy.    But the 18 exams and 20-page term paper (on top of his day job) have paid off for…

  • Study suggests minor oil spills may do harm

    Princeton-led study documents the widespread death of marine iguanas on a Galapagos island.    Relatively minor oil spills may cause more ecological damage than previously thought, according to a Princeton-led study that documented the widespread death of marine iguanas on a Galapagos island.    In a report published in Nature, biologist Martin Wikelski and colleagues reported that…