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  • Princeton University library system signs on with Google

    A million books to be digitized over six years By: Courtney Gross    To assure that its collection of materials no longer under copyright is accessible around the world, the Princeton University Library is teaming up with Google to digitize approximately 1 million books over a six-year period.    Calling the move "significant," Princeton University Librarian Karin…

  • PDS girls work for timely victory

    Panthers upend Ranney with quick start By: Jake Uitti    The Princeton Day School girls’ basketball team came out to a fast start and didn’t look back against Ranney on Thursday, defeating their opponents 34-19.    PDS forward Keely Langdon led the way for her squad, scoring nine points in the contest.    "It was definitely nice to…

  • BRIEFCASE

    Issue of Feb. 6, 2007 YNB reports lower results    Hamilton-based Yardville National Bancorp (Nasdaq: YANB) reported lower results for both the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2006. For the fourth quarter of 2006, an end-of-December balance sheet restructuring was the major contributor to YNB’s net loss of $8.7 million and diluted loss…

  • End easy out for suburbs’ housing duty

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Feb. 6    A recent state appeals court ruling has thrown New Jersey’s affordable-housing policy into a state of considerable disarray.    Then again, that’s pretty much where it’s been for the past three decades.    The three-judge appellate panel threw out the latest formula devised by the state’s Council on Affordable Housing to determine how…

  • Teacher’s novel rebounds with honor

    WW-P elementary curriculum specialist pens book nominated for Best Books for Young Adults award By: Rosalie Ann La Grutta    "Rebound," Bob Krech’s debut young adult novel, received top honors Jan. 23 from the American Library Association as one of 82 titles singled out as Best Books for Young Adults. In October, "Rebound" was one of…

  • Title of chief a crowning merit in a long career

    Mark Emann has 25 years on townhip force By: Courtney Gross    One of Mark Emann’s first exposures to law enforcement when he was growing up was a patrol car parked outside his boyhood home on Province Line Road.    Used by his father, the late Walter Emann, who was a Princeton Township police officer more than…

  • Cabaret to benefit Princeton Festival

       The Princeton Festival will celebrates its 2007 season on March 2 with "Una Noche de Cabaret en España"— an Evening of Spanish Cabaret. A highlight of the evening will be a performance by Karen Rodriguez of songs from Cuba, Puerto Rico and Mexico, supported by the Rodriguez Ensemble of bongos, timbales, flute, bass and piano.…

  • Montgomery eyes a liquor license boom

    Population growth means there’s an opportunity for seven extra establishments By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — The township’s rapid growth in population has qualified it for seven more liquor licenses, Township Clerk Donna Kukla said Thursday.    The population of Montgomery, according to the U.S. Census figures, is currently 22,741, whereas in 2000 the population was 17,481…

  • Cougars double dipping

    Girls hoops in states with win By: Justin Feil    Marcia Voigt’s freshman season of basketball ended with a loss to the top team in the state tournament.    In a 77-53 win over Gill St. Bernard’s on Saturday, the sophomore guard helped guarantee the Montgomery High School girls’ basketball team another couple of challenging games by…