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  • Trafton Tredick

    Trafton Tredick, 87, died Sunday at The Medical Center at Princeton. Born in Haddonfield, he lived in Pennington since 1943. He graduated from Pennington School for Boys in 1933 and was a Navy veteran of World War II, serving as an instructor at Fleet Sound School in Key West, Fla. He retired in 1976 as…

  • These citizens truly deserve our gratitude

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Feb. 26 By: Packet Editorial    How many people can you think of who would actually want to be elected to a position that pays no salary, offers no benefits, requires regular participation in lengthy and tedious committee meetings, invites telephone calls at all hours from extremely opinionated and frequently abusive citizens and demands…

  • PHS ends historic season in B state swim final

    Little Tigers boys lose to powerful Cherry Hill East By: Bob Nuse    EWING — Now the Princeton High boys’ swim team knows what the opposition felt like all season long.    In winning their first 14 meets of the season, only once did the Little Tigers score less than 100 points. The Princeton buzzsaw rolled through…

  • Hightstown frustrates Knights in MCT hockey final

    WW-PN drops 6-5 overtime decision two nights before state opener By: Justin Feil The Mercer County Tournament final against Hightstown wasn’t the tune-up that the West Windsor-Plainsboro High North ice hockey team hoped it would be. The Knights found themselves caught up in the rough stuff and in the end frustrated by a 6-5 loss…

  • WW-P to decide on redistricting

    Elementary school plan leans on closeness of school to home. By: Gwen Runkle    The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional Board of Education is expected to vote on a proposed elementary redistricting plan at its meeting tonight.    The proposed plan, developed by the Elementary Attendance Area Committee, a subcommittee of the school board, uses proximity — closeness of…

  • Take stock of needs when choosing online broker

    What’s the best online trading site? That depends on your goals. By: Jon Steele    What’s the best online trading site? "Best," in this context is subjective. With more than 100 available — even more, if you count investment clubs and sites serving particular populations — the choice will come down to how the contenders measure…

  • Afghan leaders’ plea: Don’t abandon us again

    A warning of chaos if country is abandoned by international community. Task: undoing Taliban’s cultural damage By: Jeff Milgram    American troops should stay in Afghanistan "until the last terrorist is gone," Abdul Wahid, an official of Afghanistan’s Ministry of Planning, said Monday following a three-day workshop at Princeton University.    "You have to give the people…

  • Task: undoing Taliban’s cultural damage

    A call to restore world’s largest Buddhist sculptures. By: Jordan Paul Amadio    For Paul Bucherer, director of the Afghanistan Institute and Museum in Bubendorf, Switzerland, undoing the Taliban’s destruction of non-Muslim art is a critical priority in rebuilding Afghanistan’s rich cultural heritage.    "Afghanistan has been a crossroads of civilizations throughout history," he said during a…

  • PU women lose to No. 5 Dartmouth

    Hockey squad still has shot at hosting ECAC playoff series By: Justin Feil    The first time that the Princeton University women’s ice hockey team met No. 5 Dartmouth, the Tigers were in the midst of a three-game losing streak. That streak ended when Princeton upset Dartmouth, 3-1, on Jan. 5 with an outstanding defensive effort.…