Category: archives

  • ‘The Noonday Demon’

    The author of an award-winning book on depression tells his story. By: Jillian Kalonick    At the height of his depression, Andrew Solomon could not summon the effort to turn over in bed.    "The anxiety was intolerable … I felt all the time this terrible, paralyzing fear —and I knew there was nothing to be afraid…

  • PHS wrestlers show improvement

    Little Tigers tune up for regular season with Garden State Classic By: Justin Feil    Don’t be fooled by Princeton High’s ninth-place team finish out of nine teams at the Garden State Classic wrestling tournament Saturday. The Little Tigers entered just five wrestlers in the varsity portion of the all-day tournament, and almost all of them…

  • Borough Council aims to set goals, priorities

    By: Jennifer Potash    Setting goals and priorities for 2002 will be the focus of tonight’s Princeton Borough Council meeting.    The public session begins at 7:30 p.m. in the council chamber at Borough Hall.    Councilman David Goldfarb sought the work session so the council members could begin to focus on pressing issues, such as the borough’s…

  • Seminars, Meetings and Events

    TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18 • Le Tip of Princeton networking breakfast from 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. at the New York Deli Restaurant on Route 1 South (near the Mercer Mall) in Lawrence. Information: (609) 396-2480. • Business Network International, Princeton Chapter networking breakfast from 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. at the Café 600 in the Sovereign Bank…

  • PDS girls pleased with fourth place at Canterbury tourney

    Panther girls’ ice hockey team shows improvement By: Justin Feil    The Princeton Day School girls’ ice hockey team finished fourth at the Canterbury School Tournament, but left New Milford, Conn., with the reassurance that they can play with the best teams anywhere in the country.    "They were so thrilled with everything," said PDS head coach…

  • New dorm is approved

    Princeton’s planners OK five-story, horseshoe-shaped, 93,000- square-foot structure. By: David Campbell    The Regional Planning Board of Princeton Thursday night unanimously approved a dormitory on the west side of Washington Road to house 211 Princeton University undergraduates.    Construction is expected to begin early in the new year, said Jon Hlafter, the university’s director of physical plant.…

  • Student injured in fall from PU tower

    Police say she fell 50 feet, broke both legs and suffered possible internal injuries. By: Jeff Milgram    A 21-year-old Princeton University student was in critical condition Monday after falling from the northeast turret of the University Chapel on Thursday night, a spokeswoman for the Capital Heath System’s Helene Fuld Campus said.    Princeton Borough police identified…

  • South defense, Buono too much for North girls

    Pirates prevail in basketball opener By: Bob Nuse    As long as Gio Buono is on the basketball court, it doesn’t make any difference what position she happens to be playing.    Buono, a senior at West Windsor-Plainsboro High South, played everywhere on the court Friday night as the Pirates opened the season with a 46-23 win…

  • University picks top fund-raiser

       Princeton University has appointed Brian J. McDonald, currently the volunteer chairman of Princeton’s National Annual Giving Committee, to be its next vice president for development.    His appointment take effect Feb. 1.    Mr. McDonald succeeds Van Zandt Williams Jr., who is retiring after 22 years.    The vice president for development is the university’s chief fund-raising officer…