Category: archives
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‘Lucky You’
Unlike other Las Vegas films, this one has a soft, redeeming edge. By: Bob Brown Who would have bet on the craze for poker? Casinos barred the popular card game (or games; there are many variants) until modern security cut down on cheating. Today’s poker mania, both as an online pastime and as a spectator…
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BREAKING NEWS: Threat delays high school classes
Students undergo searches after officials find threat written on wall at Hillsborough High School By: Hillsborough High School classes were back in session at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, delayed by security measures put in place after a terroristic threat was found on a school wall Tuesday. According to Superintendent of Schools Karen Lake, the threat was…
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Senior townhomes get approval
Planners approve first market-rate units for elderly in Princeton By: Courtney Gross For Princeton’s seniors it was a historic night. It might have taken seven years for Princeton Senior Townhomes to get there, but on Thursday the Regional Planning Board of Princeton approved its 49-unit age-restricted townhouse development in just a few hours. "It’s been…
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OBITUARIES, May 8, 2007
Dr. John DiBianco, Eleanor Kuser, Carolee J.M. Courtelyou, L. Eugene Roan Jr. Dr. John DiBianco Gastroenterologist Dr. John DiBianco of Princeton died suddenly at home Saturday. He was 79. At the time of his death, he was a senior attending physician at University Medical Center at Princeton, specializing in gastroenterology. He had been on…
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Letters to the Editor, May 8
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, May 8 Borough developer needs competition To the editor: In connection with Courtney Gross’s excellent article (Tuesday, May 1) about the status of the re-development project in downtown Princeton, several conclusions can be fairly reached: 1. The developer is years late in completing Phase 1 of the project. 2. The…
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Borough Council to consider 25-percent hike in parking fees
Increase was originally proposed to be 50 percent By: Courtney Gross Princeton Borough residents and visitors should expect an approximately 25 percent increase in parking rates throughout the central business district if the Borough Council approves an ordinance slated for introduction tonight. Down from the 50 percent increases initially proposed, the ordinance increases rates by…
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Montgomery project aims to restore streams
The best course, it turns out, is a crooked one By: Greg Forester MONTGOMERY Beginning Thursday, one of Montgomery’s waterways will play host to a restoration designed to demonstrate the newest methods in returning New Jersey’s streams back to their natural state. The restoration project being undertaken by the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association…
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Firm selected for NPDC demolition work cited by OSHA
A pattern of project mishaps By: Greg Forester MONTGOMERY The contractor selected by Montgomery to perform demolition at the North Princeton Developmental Center is contesting citations from the federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration for repeat safety violations at work sites. Brandenburg Industrial Services picked by the township to demolish 90 or so…
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Princeton’s young feel burden of race
Issues are raised at youth forum By: Courtney Gross For Princeton High School freshman Nieme Banks, the color of his skin makes him a target. From the police presence in his John Street neighborhood to the assumptions made by his white friends’ parents, Nieme, a black adolescent who frequently skateboards through Princeton’s narrow streets, said…
