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  • Thomas, Bliss, Wiseman medal at MOC

    North hurdler in top six twice By: Justin Feil    SOUTH PLAINFIELD — Holland Thomas matched her Meet of Champions finals time of a year ago, but the West Windsor-Plainsboro North senior wanted a better place in the 100 hurdles.    Libby Bliss matched her sixth-place finish of a year ago, and the Princeton High School senior…

  • ‘Lidia’s Italy’

    Pasta’s "matron saint" to make local TV appearance By: Michael Redmond    There aren’t many Italian grandmothers who can be described as rock stars, but Lidia Maticchio Bastianich — whom Time magazine dubbed "the matron saint of pasta" — fills the bill.    Renowned for her restaurants, cookbooks and PBS appearances, Ms. Bastianich — "Lidia" to her…

  • OBITUARIES, June 8, 2007

    F.A. Dahlen, Chamou Lin, William O. Roness, Samuel W. Kowalski F. A. Dahlen Princeton geosciences professor     F. A. "Tony" Dahlen of Princeton died Sunday at the University Medical Center at Princeton. He was 64.    Born in American Falls, Idaho and raised in Winslow, Ariz., he was a Princeton resident since 1970 when he took…

  • University’s prep program boosts area students

    For financially disadvantaged, a launching pad into higher education By: Olivia Tattory    The Princeton University Preparatory Program held a graduation ceremony for its senior class Wednesday in the Friend Center Lecture Hall.    The 19 students, from Trenton Central High School, Ewing High School and Princeton High School are part of the fourth graduation ceremony conducted…

  • Sing out against genocide

    Darfur another example in long line of genocide By: Hank Kalet    Never again apparently does not mean never again.    Following each recent instance of genocide on the world stage — whether it be in Bosnia Herzegovina, Rwanda or now in Sudan, we hear the same promise made to the Jews and the rest of the…

  • Hightstown duo excels in Group III girls’ track

    By: Sean Moylan    Hightstown track and field star Tara Miluszewski didn’t just win the javelin event at the All-Group III State Championship meet at South Plainfield this past weekend, it wasn’t even remotely close.    Miluszewski earned the gold medal with a 132-foot throw. The next closest competitor was Blair Hassell, who placed second with a…

  • Flowering garden setting awaits Art in the Park

    This season’s second Art in the Park Cranbury Gardens session this Sunday By: Lacey Korevec    Red and pale pink roses, purple sage, yellow loosestrife, white astilbe, purple catmint, pink geraniums and climbing white roses are just a few of the flowers nestled in Cranbury resident Alicia Vincelette’s gardens.    On Sunday, local artists are invited to…

  • Diamond

    Diamond, a 2-year-old Collie/Lab mix, is in need of a loving home and available for adoption from SAVE, Princeton’s animal shelter, 900 Herrontown Road, Princeton. For information about adopting "Diamond" or another cat or dog, call (609) 921-6122. SAVE: http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/NJ143.html

  • Gray reaches Meet of Champs in pole vault

    By: Sean Moylan    While juniors Romel Penales and Zacharia Ahmed were the undisputed stars of the Hightstown High boys’ varsity track and field team most of this and the winter season, in the backround there was always this talented sophomore by the name of Patrick Gray, who seemed to get a little better in the…