Category: archives
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King’s Highway gets state’s seal of approval
Ten-mile stretch of road placed on state historic register By: David Weinstein The King’s Highway has paved its way to the New Jersey State Register of Historic Places. The 10-mile stretch of road that includes portions of Route 27 and Route 206 and that winds through several municipalities was recently accepted for the state designation.…
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Proposal for Montgomery shopping center blasted
Planning Board members criticized a plan to add another grocery store near the intersection of Routes 518 and 206. By: Helen Pettigrew MONTGOMERY – The Planning Board on Monday night denounced a preliminary concept plan for a Genuardi’s Family Market, two other retail buildings and a bank on the southwest corner of Routes 518 and…
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Princeton men set to challenge Duke
Tigers are younger with injuries By: Justin Feil When the Princeton University men’s basketball team tips off the season 9 p.m. tonight on national television against Duke, the Tigers will be a big underdog. For a host of reasons, it’s no surprise. Princeton will be playing without senior captain Nate Walton and without returning junior…
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FORUM: Campaign spending
Do candidates spend too much money to run for public office? Do candidates spend too much money to run for public office?
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Deer hunt by professionals called ‘shortsighted’
A dispute over the scientific basis of Princeton’s sharpshooting plan. By: David Weinstein In her recent booklet about community-based deer management – "White-tailed Deer: Blaming the Victim" – Susan Russell presents arguments against the lethal culling of suburban deer herds. In one section, she specifically targets Princeton Township as a municipality following what she describes…
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House hopefuls face off in court
Full recount expected as next step By: Jennifer Potash Related stories: • Twelfth District still up in air (Nov. 8, 2000) Attorneys for 12th Congressional District candidates Rep. Rush Holt and challenger Dick Zimmer dueled in Superior Court in two counties Monday over the acceptance of provisional ballots as the outcome of their race hung…
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Their work is picture perfect
Program helps disabled become working artists By: Helen Pettigrew MONTGOMERY – Black paint streaks boldly across white canvas and a dark triangle begins to take form under a red rectangular shape. This is the start of a new painting for artist Jessica Opatut, 21, of Princeton, whose work was displayed at the 1860 House last…
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DISPATCHES: We need campaign controls — or larger mailboxes
By: Hank Kalet The best thing about Election Day is it marks the end of the election season. That may seem like an odd comment, coming as it does from a self-professed political junkie like myself. But the end of the political season means we’re done with political advertising, done with the bulk mailings that…
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FORUM: Electoral College
Should the Electoral College be abolished? Should the Electoral College be abolished?
