Category: archives
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An addict pulled back from the brink
Princeton High School graduate’s memoir relates a battle with meth By: Jake Uitti It begins with a chase scene: An 18-year-old youth running near the Princeton Shopping Center with police officers in hot pursuit. Police overtake him and find that he is carrying a bag of marijuana and paper slips of acid. A Princeton High…
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Spa makes you want dental work … almost
The Tooth Fairy seems more like a luxury retreat By: Molly Petrilla PLAINSBORO With its scented warm towels and spacious massage chairs, the Tooth Fairy Dental Spa feels more like a luxurious retreat than a place to have your teeth cleaned and cavities filled. And that’s exactly what owners Marjan Habibian and Nadeem Haseeb…
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MILESTONES
Issue of Feb. 20,2007 /runhed,,,>FINANCIAL SERVICES Keith C. Dolin has been named head of U.S. Trust in New Jersey. Previously serving as managing director of the New York office group. In his new role, Mr. Dolin will oversee the management, growth and overall client services from U.S. Trust’s regional headquarters in Princeton. He will lead…
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MTHS girls bowling team gets to states for first time
By: James McKeever When the Monroe girls bowling team walks into Brunswick Zone Carolier Lanes on today (Friday) to compete in the NJSIAA state finals, it will be making school history. In the 12-year history of the school’s bowling program, no girls team has ever qualified for the finals until this year’s group. "We’re…
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Small World builds local ties by supporting area artisans
FAMILY BUSINESSDiane Landis Hackett Do we really need to buy that rich, aromatic and steaming cup of Small World coffee at four in the afternoon? Or, are we actually searching for a dose of community, a wee bit of sociability to round out our day? I’m sitting on the wooden bench inside the new, airier…
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MHS’ Dubiel not jumping for joy yet
Cougars face South for CJ A swim title By: Justin Feil Kara Dubiel won’t be jumping up and down if the Montgomery High School girls’ swim team can top West Windsor-Plainsboro South today for the Central Jersey ‘A’ Division championship. Not that she wouldn’t be thrilled to send out her sister, Allie, and the rest…
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Fryer, three other Pirate wrestlers advance
Quartet competes at regions tonight By: Ken Weingartner SOUTH BRUNSWICK Dan Fryer is wrestling better than ever and, oddly, a bad shoulder might be a reason why. Fryer, a West Windsor-Plainsboro South senior, finished second at 152 pounds in Saturday’s District 20 wrestling tournament at South Brunswick High to advance to this week’s Region…
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Hope and skepticism
Princeton forum hears calls to end prejudice By: Courtney Gross Many of the 80 attendees to a Sunday forum on rising tensions between municipal agencies and minorities in Princeton came away from the session calling for the same things: A follow-through from officials and an end to the prejudices dividing neighborhoods and people. "I have…
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Only one color, green, for businesspeople
Merrill Lynch executive talks about the bottom line By: Lauren Otis EWING "The color is green, the color is green, the color is green." So said Westina Matthews Shatteen, managing director of community business development at Merrill Lynch, to a luncheon gathering of the Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce. Skin color, gender, religious or…
