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  • Cougar girls’ hoops pulls away for win

    Killian, MHS rebounding from slow start By: Justin Feil    The Montgomery High School girls’ basketball team had seen some definite downs in the week leading up to playing West Windsor-Plainsboro North on Saturday.    The Cougars lost at the hands of previously winless Bridgewater-Raritan last Tuesday, then were in the game the entire way against Hillsborough…

  • Montgomery officials sympathetic to plea from Mary Jacobs Library

    Rocky Hill facility seeks more funds in wake of expansion By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — The Township Committee heard a plea for more funding from Mary Jacobs Library representatives, including Brenda Fallon, president of the library’s board of trustees, on Thursday.    Ms. Fallon, addressing the committee, said as a result of the library’s recent expansion…

  • How to inspire a lifetime love affair with home-style cooking

    "Our core audience is 6 to 11 years old, although we work with 3 to 14 year olds and even adults" See related story: Two kid-friendly recipes from the Young Chefs Academy By: Pat Tanner    Among the estimated 400 people who came through the doors of the Young Chefs Academy (YCA) in Hillsborough during its…

  • Built Princeton: A conversation with Allan Kehrt

    KSS Architects co-founder received state Architect of the Year Award for 2006 By: Lauren Otis    Capping an auspicious career, Allan W. Kehrt, co-founder and partner-in-charge of design for KSS Architects, located on Witherspoon Street in Princeton, was presented with the Architect of the Year Award for 2006 by the New Jersey chapter of the American…

  • Crumiller re-elected president of Princeton’s Democratic organization

    In contrast to last year, there was no contest By: Courtney Gross    Unlike last year when a contested presidential contest left many members of the Princeton Community Democratic Organization on the edge of their seats, Sunday’s annual meeting and executive board election was smooth sailing.    With most executive positions uncontested, the organization, which includes all…

  • Strong retail, weak office market seen in 2007

    REAL ESTATE REPORT By: Mike Mathis    Prospects for the region’s commercial real estate market this year are teetering between strong and tepid, but no one seems to be too concerned about a collapse. The Princeton area’s commercial real estate experts agree that retail space will continue its strong performance but that office space will experience…

  • Supporting Princeton’s independent businesses

    FAMILY BUSINESS Diane Landis Hackett    The other day I was getting something out of the back of my car, probably a bag from Marshalls or some other Route 1 superstore, when my neighbors walked up to chat.    Both of them are professors at Princeton University and, like many Princetonians, were upset by the recent news…

  • OBITUARIES, Jan. 23, 2007

    Mary C. Kinnan, Cassie Fitz Mary C. Kinnan Former Princeton resident     SHAWNEE MISSION, Kan. — Mary Catherine Kinnan died Thursday at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. She was 72.    She was a former Princeton resident.    She was predeceased by her husband, Morris E. "Mo" Kinnan Jr. and infant daughter Catherine F. Kinnan. She is survived…

  • Grant, WW-P South sprint to win over rival

    Pirate boys enjoy surprising success in pool By: Justin Feil    The loss of Joey Grant was a big blow to the West Windsor-Plainsboro South boys’ swim team last season.    No Pirate wants to think about the consequences of swimming without the sophomore sprinter this season.    "Last year, he started to develop and broke his collarbone…