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  • Judge backs fired township worker on ‘threats’

    Threats allegedly made regarding a supervisor deemed "exaggerated and did not warrant discipline." By: David Campbell    A Superior Court judge has ruled in favor of a Princeton Township employee who claimed he was unjustly fired in October 2000 for allegedly threatening the life of his supervisor.    Superior Court Judge Linda Feinberg ruled April 19 that…

  • New library will outshine temporary one

    PACKET EDITORIAL, May 7 By: Packet Editorial    We’ve heard from a lot of folks around town these past few weeks how absolutely wonderful it is that the Princeton Public Library is now in the Princeton Shopping Center. It’s so convenient, they say. Parking is so easy. The Cafe is right there. Wouldn’t it be marvelous…

  • INSTINET: Healthy Sigel hoping to enjoy return to Jasna Polana course

    ‘You see some beautiful trees, rolling hills, really nice golf holes and magnificent buildings. It’s different from a lot of facilities.’ By: Justin Feil    Jay Sigel admits to having a hard time in tournaments that he doesn’t like. Despite battling back from recent shoulder surgeries, he’s finished under par in the last two Instinet Classics…

  • INSTINET: Useful things to know about the 2002 Instinet

    A bit of history as the tournament hits its 18th year. By: Bob Nuse    This will be the third year that the Instinet Classic will be played at The Tournament Players Club at Jasna Polana in Princeton. It is the 18th year of the tournament overall, which has previously been known as the Bell Atlantic…

  • ‘Don Juan’

    McCarter Theatre offers a stunning new adaptation of Molière’s 1665 play. By: Stuart Duncan Cameron Folmar (left) and Adam Stein in Don Juan at McCarter Theatre. The most stunning thing about Don Juan at McCarter Theatre is not the lush setting by Kevin Rupnik, although the colors and richness of detail, down to the fourth…

  • New hall at institute named for Bloomberg

       He’s the founder of media giant Bloomberg L.P. and the mayor of New York City. And now, Michael Bloomberg, a former trustee of the Institute for Advanced Study, has a hall named in his honor on the institute’s Einstein Drive campus.    Bloomberg Hall, dedicated Friday, will house the institute’s School of Natural Sciences and will…

  • ‘Paul Robeson’

    Passage Theatre Company brings one of Princeton’s most famous sons to life. By: Stuart Duncan Cary Gant (left) and Chuck Cooper in the Passage Theatre Company production, Paul Robeson.    Paul Robeson at Mill Hill Playhouse in Trenton, under the banner of the Passage Theatre Company, is a richly detailed look at the complicated and intriguing…

  • Letters to the Editor, May 7

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, May 7 By: Lack of trust continues to grow To the editor:    The editorial in your April 30 edition stimulated this reader’s response as a neighborhood resident living near The Medical Center at Princeton. Our family has lived here in the neighborhood for 11 years. Before purchasing our home, we checked…

  • New buildings eyed for downtown block

    Nearly 100 new townhouses and a new five-story building discussed at Princeton Future session. By: Jennifer Potash    The downtown block bordered by Paul Robeson Place, Chambers, Hulfish and Witherspoon streets could gain nearly 100 new townhouses and a new five-story building.    Princeton Future, the nonprofit organization that promotes a holistic approach to planning for downtown…