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  • PHS library trading up to renovated former auditorium

    From the old gym to new digs that retain theater balcony By: Nick Norlen    From an old gym to its new place in the former auditorium, Princeton High School’s library keeps trading up.    Librarian Arlene Sinding said she hopes the new space feels like home to students and staff.    "We haven’t lived in it yet,"…

  • District criticizes state, feds over NCLB, bullying mandate

    School board hears revised-policy proposal. By: Matt Chiappardi    HIGHTSTOWN — Officials from the East Windsor Regional School District took an opportunity this week to cement their strong distaste for some policies handed down by state and federal lawmakers.    Specifically, some members of the board and Superintendent Ron Bolandi directed their frustration at Monday’s board meeting…

  • Police make robbery arrest

       MONROE — An 18-year-old township man has admitted to committing armed robbery, police said. By: William Greenwood    MONROE — An 18-year-old township man has admitted to committing armed robbery, police said.    Tyler Butchko, of Ives Court, told police Aug. 22 that he robbed a 19-year-old male township resident during the first week of July, police…

  • Excitement surrounds PU water polo

    Tiger men to rely on new faces By: Justin Feil    The Princeton University men’s water polo team ended the 2006 season ranked 14th in the country by the Collegiate Water Polo Association.    The Tigers open the 2007 season ranked just one spot lower at 15, quite a statement for a team that lost 10 seniors…

  • OBITUARIES, Aug. 31, 2007

    Arnold Smolens, Esther L. Oliver, Allen C. Bigelow Jr., Anne H. Penick, Richard Saunders, Dawne J. Murphy Arnold Smolens Retired banker      Arnold Smolens of Princeton died Monday. He was 86.    A longtime Princeton resident, he resided at the Nassau Club for over 40 years.    Mr. Smolens was a senior credit analyst and credit review…

  • Money for firefighters
  • Italian American festival slated Sept. 29

       The Fabulous Greaseband, which has entertained hundreds of thousands of music lovers over the years, will be the featured attraction at the eighth annual Mercer County Italian American Festival, with the band appearing on Saturday, Sept. 29, at 8 p.m. in Mercer County Park, West Windsor-Hamilton.    The Greaseband is a seven-member "Best of the ’50s,…

  • Princeton’s new fire response ordinance proves a success

    Police-first policy cuts wasted efforts from false alarms By: Nick Norlen    The ordinance requiring Princeton Borough Police to officially respond first to fire alarms — and thus cut down on firefighters’ response to false calls — has been successful so far, police and fire officials said.    Passed unanimously in March by Princeton Borough Council, the…

  • Two Princetons can’t get along? It’s news to us

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Aug. 31    In the late 19th century, an editor at the old New York Sun offered this colorful explanation of what makes news:    "When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often. But if a man bites a dog, that is news."    Several generations of journalists have…