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  • Raiders roll into CJ 4 finals

    Punishing ground game, defense rocks Middletown North By: Rudy Brandl        When Hillsborough High met Middletown North in the Central Jersey Group 4 championship game at Giants Stadium in 1996, it was the Lions who did most of the pounding. Middletown North dominated the game up front and posted a 33-8 victory to capture the…

  • Princeton men fall to 0-2 with Monmouth loss

    Tigers’ inexperience shows as Hawks pull away in second half By: Justin Feil    WEST LONG BRANCH – Konrad Wysocki did as he was told.    "Coach said, ‘When you get out there, just try to grab as many rebounds as you can,’" said the Princeton University freshman. "That’s what I tried to do. And try to…

  • Director writing new chapter at Princeton library

    Hoping to make the local library "the community’s living room." By: Jennifer Potash    The Princeton Public Library should be more than just a place to check out a book or look up information in encyclopedias. Rather, it should looked upon as "the community’s living room," according to Library Director Leslie Burger.    "A library is not…

  • Becker ready for hoops challenge

    New WW-P North boys’ coach preaches work ethic, determination By: Bob Nuse    Like all the coaches at West Windsor-Plainsboro North High, Eric Becker knows the first season of varsity competition will be challenging.    At the same time, Becker knows he and his players on the boys’ basketball team will be up for the challenge.    "Everyone…

  • Coyle excels despite new position for Hun

    Raider senior to take soccer skills to Connecticut next fall By: Bob Nuse    Joe Coyle had a great senior year for the Hun School boys’ soccer team.    One can only imagine how much better that year could have been if he hadn’t been playing out of position for most of it.    "In our last game…

  • Lawrence High winter 2000-2001 sports schedule

    NOTE: Home contests are in CAPS; schedules are subject to change. Boys Basketball Girls Basketball Swimming Track and Field Ice Hockey Wrestling Boys Basketball Date Opponent Time Dec. 15 EWING 7 p.m. Dec. 19 WW-P SOUTH 7 p.m. Dec. 22 at Princeton 7 p.m. Dec. 27 at Red Buc Classic vs. East Brunswick (Red Bank…

  • PDS winter 2000-2001 sports schedule

    NOTE: Home contests are in CAPS; schedules are subject to change. Boys Basketball Girls Basketball Fencing Boys Ice Hockey Girls Ice Hockey Squash Girls Volleyball Boys Basketball Date Opponent Time Dec. 5 at Rutgers Prep 5:45 p.m. Dec. 8 at Peddie Tournament 5 p.m. Dec. 13 BLAIR ACADEMY 6 p.m. Jan. 4 at Timothy Christian…

  • Hotel: Open-space fee ready to go

    New billing system will be installed this week By: David M. Campbell    WEST WINDSOR – After considerable delay, AmeriSuites hotel on Route 1 plans to update its billing system within the week in order to implement a voluntary room fee for open-space preservation, according to Michael Schuit, president of Friends of West Windsor Open Space.…

  • Scout request is conundrum for borough

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Nov. 28 By: Packet Editorial    When two members of the Princeton Borough Council took action last week to prevent a local Boy Scout troop from using a couple of borough-owned parking spaces to sell Christmas trees this year, our initial reaction was probably the same as most of our readers’: Why take it…