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Policy debate degenerates to demagoguery
PACKET EDITORIAL, Feb. 19 By: Packet Editorial, Feb. 19 Enough, already! When attorneys hold a press conference to announce that they’re filing a lawsuit, or otherwise challenging established public policy, it’s news. And we cover it. When attorneys stage a press conference to draw attention to themselves and try to grab a headline in the…
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Bechtold win war of gunslingers
Senior sharp-shooter leads Tigers past Harvard, sets up showdown with Yale By: Justin Feil There’s an old Clint Eastwood western movie in which Eastwood and a bounty hunter face off in a shooting contest, both seeing how clever he can be in putting holes in the other man’s cowboy hat with pistol blasts. Mike Bechtold…
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Forums to help families still shaken by Sept. 11 attacks
West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District sponsors series. By: Gwen Runkle West Windsor resident Beth Feehan knows all too well that while more than five months may have passed since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, much of the trauma associated with what transpired is still fresh in the minds of many West Windsor and Plainsboro…
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Library demolition set to begin Wednesday
Last debris removed from structure. By: Jennifer Potash The Princeton Public Library, once nearly filled to the rafters, now sits like a hollow shell on Witherspoon Street. Workers removed the last debris from the building Monday in preparation for the demolition, now scheduled to start Wednesday. The library obtained the demolition permit from Princeton Borough…
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Robert Gernhart
Robert William Gernhart, 70, died Thursday, Feb. 14, at Capital Health System at Fuld hospital, Trenton. Born in Trenton, he was a longtime Lawrence resident. He retired in 1993 from Trap Rock Industries, Kingston, after 30 years as a carpenter foreman. He was an Army veteran, serving with the 508th Airborne Regiment. Mr. Gernhart was…
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Mending Broken Wings
A workshop at the Princeton Public Library Feb. 19 will explain the basic biology and behavior of owls. By: Susan Van Dongen Above, a screech owl at The Raptor Trust, a privately funded wild bird rehabilitation center. Below, Raptor Trust founder Len Soucy gets ready to release a golden eagle. Athena, the Greek goddess of…
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Painted Layers of Suffering
Dr. Marc Malberg uses surgical skill to paint through to the souls of his Jewish heroes. By: Susan Van Dongen "My Aunt Channa in the Forest of Josefow, July 13th, 1942," by Dr. Marc Malberg. The painting depicts a forest on a perfect blue-sky day in July. Sunbeams reach through the canopy of trees, dappling…
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School vote faces delay
State aid figures might might not be received until March 26 By: Nick D’Amore A delay in the release of state aid figures could mean that the April school board elections will be postponed. The state Legislature has approved a bill giving Gov. James McGreevey until late March to unveil his state budget and the…
