Category: archives
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Rail line support lacks roots
By: Hank Kalet What if they held a rally and only the professionals showed up? That’s essentially what happened on May 11, when elected and appointed officials from Monmouth and Ocean counties ascended the steps of the Monmouth County Library in Manalapan to make their case for a rail line west through Jamesburg, Monroe and…
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A ‘Montgomery mystery suit’ gets stranger
PACKET EDITORIAL, May 18 Like many whose occupations require the observation of courtroom theatrics, we enjoy the snap and crackle of a whip-smart legal mind at work. So it is a treat to watch an inscrutable strategy unfold in the "mystery suit" filed on behalf of several recruited merchants, challenging Montgomery Township’s approval of the…
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Get Your Che On!
The continued power of Che Guevara as a symbol of hope and opposition across cultures is examined at Mason Gross Galleries. By: Megan Sullivan Ernesto "Che" Guevara stood stalwartly on the podium, shoulders broadened, and looked into the distance with pensive eyes. His dark, wispy hair flowed out from underneath his starred beret. Click, click.…
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University security test near 90 percent effective
New campus system sends out thousands of phone, e-mail and text messages Princeton University conducted a campus-wide test of its new emergency notification system May 11 and officials said 87 percent of the campus community or almost 10,200 individuals who were in the new system received a test message by live phone delivery…
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OBITUARIES, May 18, 2007
Floyd E. Boyd, Henry M. Gallagher, Helen Forster, Glennis Drury James, Russell H. Powell Floyd E. Boyd Retired from plasma lab TRENTON Floyd Everett Boyd of Trenton died Sunday in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Born in Accomac, Va., he was a lifelong resident of Trenton and Princeton. Mr. Boyd retired from Princeton University’s Plasma…
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Editor’s Notebook: The lowdown on your letters
By: Vic Monaco Letters to the editor have been a revelation to me especially the accompanying criticism of the way we handle them. I had been lucky in being able to do a lot of different things in the newspaper business before I became the managing editor of the Herald in the summer of…
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Baxter, Hun make pitch for state title
Raiders baseball looks to cap year By: Justin Feil Andrew Baxter’s first varsity baseball season at The Hun School ended with him on the mound in the Prep A state final loss. "We had no pitching left," recalled Baxter, who was a sophomore then. "We had thrown everybody." Baxter’s role has grown since then even…
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Cranbury couple to host hopefuls; Republicans to attend event
By: Lacey Korevec Township residents David and Patty Thomsson want to make a difference in the way political elections are run in New Jersey. They’ve decided to hold a fundraising event at their Washington Drive home this weekend to support 14th District Republican candidates for Senate and Assembly, with the hope of doing just that.…
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Screening of Cuban films sets off firestorm
Library responds to accusations that Human Rights Film Festival distorts conditions in Cuba By: Kristin Boyd The Princeton Public Library has inadvertently set off a firestorm of criticism involving Cuba, health care and human rights. According to some critics, two of the 15 films shown during the library’s annual Human Rights Film Festival last weekend…
