Category: archives
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Uncommon Reels
The musicians who make up Providence bring the sounds of Ireland to Pennington March 10. By: Susan Van Dongen They didn’t catch the Northern Lights, but traditional Irish band Providence discovered a lively Irish music scene on tour in Norway. "We’ve been touring for about three years, but that was one of the most spectacular…
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Attacker gets 12-year sentence
The ex-husband of a former township woman and Herald reporter was sentenced to 12 years in prison last week for repeatedly stabbing her with a kitchen knife in October 2000. By: Mark Moffa TRENTON A father, stricken with grief over his daughter’s stabbing 17 months ago, last week detailed the suffering he and his…
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Princeton High School leads state again in SATs
West Windsor-Plainsboro and Montgomery school districts also in state’s top 10. By: Jeff Milgram For the third year in a row, Princeton High School students achieved the highest SAT scores in the state, according to the 2001 New Jersey School Report Card released Wednesday. At the same time, the Princeton Regional School District spent $85…
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IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
Kiwanis Club pitches in for town’s needs By: Al Wicklund MONROE When it comes to giving, the Rossmoor Kiwanis Club has a reputation and track record that are difficult to match. "I can’t praise those men and women enough," said Rita Whitney, director of the Monroe Township Senior Center. Ms. Whitney said the Kiwanis…
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Out from under the veil
A woman’s experiences under Taliban rule recounted. By: Jeff Milgram She was a normal Afghan teen from a prominent family who dreamed of going to college and becoming a journalist. But her plans were put on hold when the Taliban took control of Kabul in 1996. A week after their arrival in Kabul, the Taliban…
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EDITORIAL
State tests are a matter of perspective High school juniors all across New Jersey were using their No. 2 pencils this week as the state kicked off its administration of the new High School Proficiency Assessment. The HSPA was supposed to include sections on math, language arts, social studies and science. But Gov. James E.…
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Author works to prove point about poverty
Barbara Ehrenreich learned about the reality of rent inflation and poverty firsthand while researching her latest book. By: Lindsay Dell Barbara Ehrenreich, author of "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America," said Tuesday that the national poverty statistics reported by the United States government now estimated to be around 12 percent of…
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A sad day for civil discourse in Princeton
PACKET EDITORIAL, March 8 By: Packet Editorial Most people we know who live in and around Princeton are tired of hearing about deer. As best we can tell, most policy-makers, at both the state and local levels, are tired of talking about deer. And, to be perfectly frank, we’re tired of writing about deer. When…
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HHS grad proves most valuable
Atisha Fitch, a member of Hightstown High’s class of 1998, was named the Most Valuable Player of the Region 19 women’s basketball tournament for Mercer County Community College. By: Neil Hay Shrugging off their modest fourth seed, the Mercer County Community College women’s basketball team defeated Lackawanna and Essex last week to advance to the…
