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  • New Knights makes mark in girls’ tennis

    Freshman Su leads WW-PN to historic win in states By: Justin Feil    Christine Su wasn’t sure where she would fit into the West Windsor-Plainsboro High North girls’ tennis lineup in her first year of varsity girls’ tennis.    "I was a little nervous," the Knight freshman said. "I knew there were a lot of good players…

  • New report cards delight Montgomery school board

    They will provide a more detailed look at each student’s performance and reflect the district’s emphasis on learning processes. By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — School district administrators unveiled a new elementary school report card Monday night, to the apparent delight of the township Board of Education.    The new report cards will provide a more detailed…

  • PHS parents pick playing fields over parking lots

    But Princeton’s school board projects that the high school will need 282 parking spaces in the future, 203 for faculty and 79 for students. By: Jeff Milgram    It was athletic fields vs. parking lots when the Princeton Regional Board of Education’s Facilities Committee met Thursday.    Parents of Princeton High School students came to the meeting…

  • Princeton Borough looks at burial of utility wires

    By: Jennifer Potash    A borough historic district may get some relief from a proliferation of utility wires.    Residents of Mercer and Alexander streets, along with the Borough Shade Tree Commission, have sought since 1997 to put the wires underground.    With the borough planning to reconstruct Alexander Street and repave a portion of University Place next…

  • There’s more to the mission than missiles

    EDITORIAL: The weapon of food and aid may prove to be of greater force in removing the Taliban from power in Afghanistan.    The most unconventional "war" in American history may have started Sunday in a most conventional way — with bombs and missiles attacking suspected terrorist camps in Afghanistan. It may be weeks, months or…

  • PU men’s soccer wins big vs. Seton Hall

    Tigers face bitter Ivy rival Brown on Saturday By: Justin Feil    It didn’t look good for the Princeton University men’s soccer team.    The Tigers dropped their first two games of the season, back-to-back, and faced Seton Hall, ranked 15th in the latest NSCAA/adidas national poll and winners of five straight.    Yet Princeton felt confident coming…

  • Borough seeks fire volunteers

    Capt. John Archer had hoped to see an increase in volunteer firefighters after the events of Sept. 11, but it hasn’t been the case. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — Capt. John Archer laments seeing the numbers dwindle.    It is a regrettable symptom of modern life that volunteer firefighters discontinue their services because they just don’t…

  • Forum scheduled for Princeton candidates

       The League of Women Voters of the Princeton Area will present a candidates’ forum Wednesday for the governing body races in Princeton Borough and Princeton Township.    The forum will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Jewish Center, 435 Nassau St.    The Borough Council candidates are incumbent Democrats Roger Martindell and Joseph O’Neill, Republican Michael…

  • The Brothers Moon

    This Hopewell establishment offers a celestial ambiance and thought-provoking, eclectic food. By day a classic lunch spot, by night it undergoes a fine dining transformation. By: Antoinette Buckley The Brothers Moon 7 West Broad St., Hopewell (609) 333-1330 Fax (609) 333-1410 Food: Very Good Service: Very Good Cuisine: Eclectic Ambiance: Casual with a celestial theme…