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  • Shorthanded Mustangs drop track and field opener

    Jakubowski stars in field events By: Rudy Brandl        It’s never easy to start a season with one of the strongest opponents on the schedule, especially when a key athlete is missing. The Manville High track and field team endured this situation in last Thursday’s dual meet at New Providence.    Manville traveled to the perennial…

  • Beyond the Hot Zone

    Dr. Frances Brodsky has used her background as a research scientist to create a series of science-related mystery novels. She will read from her latest, "Triplet Code," next week at Princeton’s Micawber Books. By: Susan Van Dongen    In the future, arch criminals won’t steal diamonds or nuclear weapons. They’ll be in the business of dealing…

  • Dinner to help pay for skate park

       The Jamesburg Elks is sponsoring a spaghetti dinner from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, April 20, to help raise money for a new skate park to be built in the borough. By:Nick D’Amore    JAMESBURG — Instead of cooking dinner next Friday night, head down to the Jamesburg Elks Lodge and have some homemade spaghetti…

  • Falcons card 199 in win

    GOLF: Peddie coach John Bolla felt his team played its best game in years when it defeated Princeton Day School Monday. By: Neil Hay    If Monday’s 199 against Princeton Day School is any indication, the Peddie School golf team should enjoy a successful season this year.    "That was the best we’ve played in a few…

  • Open-space tax offers field of dreams to borough

    Officials begin to consider options for spending the revenues from the new tax. By: David Weinstein    In a few months, revenues from Princeton Borough’s dedicated open-space tax will begin to flow into a municipal account — that much is known.    To what specific purpose those funds will be put, though, is a question borough officials…

  • School tab, board slate up Tuesday

       Voters will have their chance Tuesday to choose from four candidates for school board, and to vote on the school budget. By:Brian Shappell    Voters will have their chance Tuesday to choose from four candidates for school board, and to vote on the school budget.    Voters will decide on an $8.8 million school budget that would…

  • University claims neutrality on Millstone Bypass

    Princeton official says there are many miconceptions regarding the university’s position. By: David M. Campbell    Princeton University neither opposes nor advocates the controversial Millstone Bypass, but says the roadway supports long-term plans by the university to expand its campus onto 340 acres along Washington Road in West Windsor, a top university official said Wednesday night.…

  • Falcons off to 3-0 start

    GIRLS LACROSSE: The Falcons’ start has them thinking of bettering their 13-5 mark of a year ago. By: Neil Hay    They may be young. But this edition of the Peddie girls’ lacrosse team could exceed last year’s 13-5 record.    So says coach Ali Warner, who has seen her team jump out to a 3-0 record.…

  • These folks put the denim in blue jeans

    ON THE GO by Jo Beck: A side trip during a recent vacation provided a look at a unique partnership between industry and a town.    On a recent trip to the South, our family took a side trip to tour Mt. Vernon Mills, one of the world’s largest cotton mills, in Trion, Ga.    We knew…