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  • Stand tall when standing up for cause

    PACKET EDITORIAL, May 21 By: Packet Editorial    From Jesus Christ in Roman-occupied Jerusalem to Mohandas K. Gandhi in colonial India to Martin Luther King Jr. in segregationist Alabama to Nelson Mandela in apartheid South Africa, the practitioners of civil disobedience have left their indelible mark on the pages of world history.    The willingness to stand…

  • Environmental study of Route 92 delayed until September

    Opponent of turnpike-Route 1 link sees delay as ‘positive sign.’ By: David Campbell    The New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Monday the release of its long-awaited environmental study of Route 92, a proposed link between Route 1 and Exit 8A of the New Jersey Turnpike, will be delayed until September.…

  • Princeton Township budget approved

    The average township homeowner will pay $102 more in municipal taxes. By: David Campbell    The Princeton Township Committee on Monday night unanimously approved a $26.8 million 2002 budget, carrying a 2.5-cent increase in the municipal tax rate.    The budget represents a $1.7 million increase, or nearly 7 percent over the $25.1 million budgeted in 2001,…

  • Differences arise over borough’s tax rate

    Should the tax increase be 3.5 cents, 4.5 cents or something in between? By: Jennifer Potash    Princeton Borough’s $18.5 million budget for 2002 is ready for introduction at tonight’s council meeting, but the administration and at least one member of the governing body have differing opinions on the proposed tax rate.    Councilman Roger Martindell, chairman…

  • Knight baseball busy, alive in division race

    North rallies past Valley rival PHS By: Justin Feil    The West Windsor-Plainsboro High North baseball team is full of pretty typical teenagers, and they play the part on the field as well. Give them a little free time and they’re likely going to get in trouble. Keep them busy, and they’re at their best.    Recently,…

  • Boyle’s last-second goal gives PU men returnn to semis

    Tigers’ lacrosse sends Georgetown home, 14-13 By: Bob Nuse    HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — At some point Princeton University’s penchant for winning one-goal lacrosse games in the post-season has to go from magical to eerie.    The Tiger men’s lacrosse team made it four straight one-goal wins in the post-season and 13 of 14 under Bill Tierney when…

  • Raider boys shine with county titles, personal-bests

    Flores, Tirado, Vaccaro, Klueber win gold By: Rudy Brandl    BOUND BROOK — Last week’s performance at the Somerset County Championships proved that the Hillsborough High boys’ track and field team is poised to peak in the post-season. It also showed that this squad will be extremely dangerous and potent next spring.    The Raiders, who finished…

  • Order Amid Chaos

    Chalfont, Pa., artist Jonathan Hertzel finds his muse in energetic forms. By: Jodi Thompson Jonathan Hertzel maintains that a certain amount of chaos and unpredictability in life gives one a broader, spiritual sense.    Around the turn of the last century, American essayist and historian Henry Adams said "Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit."…

  • Into the woods for an intrepid morel foray

    On the hunt for a very special mushroom in Princeton. By: Pat Tanner    I had only vague notions of what to expect on my first-ever mushroom hunt, a morel foray in a semi-secret location in the woodlands of Princeton.    On a picture-perfect Sunday morning in May, I met up with between 30 and 40 members…