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  • Princeton Packet Wrestler of the Year

    WW-P South’s Morfe had dream season By: Bob Nuse    Brendon Morfe had the kind of season most high school wrestlers can only dream about.    The West Windsor-Plainsboro High South senior was the heavyweight champion in the Mercer County champion, the District 20 tournament, and the North Brunswick Raider Invitational. He finished the season with 21…

  • Editorial: ECHO housing is loving family alternative

    By: Mae Rhine    It’s sad to see a loved one grow old and need help just to go about the business of daily life.    Making a meal, taking a shower, getting out of bed — these are all things we take for granted now. But there may come a day when some of us will…

  • Letters to the Editor, March 12

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, March 12 By: Majority supports courageous efforts To the editor:    The term "Silent Majority" has taken on new meaning in the Princeton deer war, particularly now that it has entered its terrorist stage. I don’t have a single friend or acquaintance who does not support the courageous efforts of Mayor Marchand…

  • Trees under siege

    Spreading bacteria threaten Princeton’s canopy By: David Campbell    A tree scourge new to the region has Princeton arborists hedging their bets to keep the canopy of the town’s tree-lined streets from losing its green.    The scourge is actually a scorch — bacterial leaf scorch, to be precise — and it’s caused by a bacterium called…

  • Montgomery parents seek lower age for orchestra program

    Third-graders would be allowed to join, under the proposal. By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — Twenty elementary school parents are agitating for a change to the district’s vaunted orchestra program.    The parents sent a letter to district Superintendent Stuart Schnur asking that students be accepted into the orchestra program in third grade instead of the usual…

  • Louisville ends PU men’s hoop season

    Tigers’ last-gasp NIT comeback falls short, 66-65 By: Justin Feil    When Ahmed El-Nokali’s long three-pointer came up short as the buzzer sounded in Freedom Hall, the Princeton University men’s basketball team came up just short of its comeback bid against Louisville in the first round of the National Invitational Tournament, 66-65. The Tigers stormed back…

  • Township delays vote on height restrictions

    Ordinance would affect senior housing on Princeton Ridge. By: David Campbell    The Princeton Township Committee on Monday night delayed approval of a height-restriction ordinance for multi-family senior housing that may be built under recently approved overlay ordinances for three sites on the Princeton Ridge.    The decision to extend the public hearing to March 25 was…

  • Making book on life

    Gerald Speedy has written a book on "Coming of Age at Ninety." By: Michael Redmond    It’s not news that more and more Americans are living into their 80s and 90s, but few middle-aged people — busy with their families and careers — stop to think about who they will be and what kinds of lives…

  • Plumsted voters OK school referendum

    The $17.95 million project will pay for a new primary school, as well as renovations to the elementary school and additions to the high school. By: Scott Morgan    PLUMSTED — The school district vigorously promoted a $17.95 million construction and renovations referendum, and in the end the voters agreed to give it the green light.…