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Johnson park gets back-up funding plan
The Princeton Township Committee has decided to apply for a state loan to help pay for the purchase of the Robert Wood Johnson tract off Rosedale Road. By: David Weinstein The Princeton Township Committee on Monday night decided it will apply for a low-interest $1.5 million state Department of Environmental Protection loan to help offset…
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Lawmakers owe school districts planning relief
PACKET EDITORIAL, March 27 By: Packet Editorial It comes as no surprise that the state Department of Education didn’t get around to reviewing the facilities plan prepared by the Princeton Regional Board of Education in time for a planned April 17 referendum. We’ll be very surprised if state approval is forthcoming in time for the…
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Princeton Packet Girls’ Basketball Player of the Year
PDS’ Marshall-Parr proves tough to stop By: Justin Feil When opponents prepared to play the Princeton Day School girls’ basketball team this season, their first priority was figuring a way to stop Christina Marshall-Parr. Nobody ever did. St. Andrew’s came the closest. The Delaware school allowed just 18 points, the only time Marshall-Parr was under…
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North golf has reason for excitement
By: Bob Nuse The general idea behind the split of West Windsor-Plainsboro High into two separate high schools was to provide more opportunities for students. This year, there are two leads in the school play, two class presidents, two teams in every sport. When it comes to sports, the more established WW-P South has had…
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PU women rally for late lax win
Smith’s two goals in final minutes give No. 4 Tigers victory By: Justin Feil Even when the Princeton University women’s lacrosse team looked up at the Class of 1952 scoreboard Saturday and saw that it trailed Penn State, 9-8, with just a minute and half to play, there was no panic. "Once we got control…
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Quick-fix suppers with healthy ingredients
IN THE KITCHEN by Ann Harwood: Here are a few recipes that are easy to make but won’t tack on the calories. As I was dutifully trotting on my treadmill the other morning, I heard a lead-in for a health guru talking about eating healthily when you have to eat out. As most of us…
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Candidates speak to environmentalists
Jim McGreevey and Acting Gov. Donald DiFrancesco spoke at the New Jersey Environmental Federation Conference last weekend at Princeton University. By: Jennifer Potash The two top candidates for the governor’s office pledged to a host of environmentalists this weekend that they would strengthen New Jersey’s water quality standards and beef up the state’s anti-sprawl plan.…
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Teens give professional touch to TV news
The television studio at Thomas R. Grover Middle School is an incubator for budding broadcast journalists. By David M. Campbell "Guys, look at the TelePrompTer," said eighth-grader Jake Shaughnessy from behind the camera. He raised his arm to cue the two anchormen. "We’re running it. We’re running it " The anchormen, Derek Callahan and Adam…
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Protests grow after more reports of Plainsboro rent hikes
Apartment dwellers say increases are exorbitant. By: David M. Campbell PLAINSBORO Sophie Dulko has lived alone in her one-bedroom apartment at Hunters Glen since her husband passed away two years ago. She retired from her job at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab in 1979 to care for him at home because he required around-the-clock…
