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  • PU women win share of Ivy League soccer title

    Tigers face Wisconsin in NCAA opener Wednesday By: Justin Feil    Ivy champs!    It’s been 18 years since the Princeton University women’s soccer team could stake that claim.    Saturday, the Tigers defeated Pennsylvania in their regular season finale, 1-0, to claim a share of the Ivy League title with Dartmouth. It gets better though.    Princeton, at…

  • Arts Council project faces review

    Princeton University and genomics institute also on planning agenda By: Jennifer Potash    Applications for new or expanded buildings submitted by The Arts Council of Princeton and Princeton University comprise the agenda of the Princeton Site Plan Review Advisory Board on Wednesday.    Scheduled last on the board’s agenda is The Arts Council’s application for site plan…

  • Adversity can’t slow WW-PS football

    Despite loss, senior MacQueen proud of team’s effort By: Bob Nuse    HAMILTON – Ed MacQueen’s first two seasons as a starter for the West Windsor-Plainsboro High football team resulted in playoff berths for the Pirates.    This season, his third and final, will fall well short of landing a spot in the playoffs. But that doesn’t…

  • LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS

    Tallies from Lawrence, Mercer County and 12th District NOTE: i = incumbent Lawrence Township Ballot question:    Should the township of Lawrence establish a Length of Service Awards Program (LOSAP) for fire and emergency medical volunteers? If approved, the program would place $500 per year in a tax-deferred income account that would earn interest toward retirement…

  • LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS

    Tallies from Hightstown, Mercer County and Fourth District NOTE: i = incumbent Hightstown Borough Borough Council Choose two; three-year terms   Candidate Party Votes   Kenneth Hitchner (i) R 701 X Larry Quattrone (i) D 1026 X David Schneider D 791   Richard Tuliszewski R 715 0% percent of districts reporting. Mercer County Board of…

  • Bypass study order lets us cut to the chase

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Nov. 7 By: Packet Editorial    Believe it or not, Gov. Christie Whitman saved everyone a lot of time and trouble last week when she ordered the state Department of Transportation to prepare a full environmental impact statement on the proposed Millstone Bypass.    To be sure, preparing a comprehensive EIS will be a time-consuming…

  • New rental units for seniors slated for review

    Nearly 200 market-value rental apartments are proposed for a site on Mount Lucas Road in Princeton Township. By: David Weinstein    With the support of local seniors behind it, a conceptual plan for almost 200 market-value senior housing rental units is to be reviewed by a committee of the Princeton Regional Planning Board.    Though the matter…

  • Montgomery fights bill on quarry oversight

    Township fears loss of control over 3M operation. By: Helen Pettigrew    MONTGOMERY – A bill that would transfer municipal oversight of mining operations to the state has evidently been removed from the legislative fast track – but local officials remain concerned about its potential impact in the township, where mining is prohibited.    Montgomery and Hillsborough…

  • PHS boys’ soccer at best when it counts

    Little Tigers advance to CJ III semifinal By: Bob Nuse    HAMILTON – Wayne Sutcliffe couldn’t have asked for a better time for his Princeton High boys’ soccer team to be playing its best.    With their 3-1 win at Nottingham in the Central Jersey Group III quarterfinals Friday, the Little Tigers have won nine straight games…