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New arts center beginning to take shape
Paul Robeson Center expected to open in September; fundraising continues By: Courtney Gross Its steel framework peeks through its protective fencing and pedestrians slyly maneuver around the site’s many obstacles as the expansion and renovation of the Arts Council of Princeton’s new arts center continues to move forward at a stable pace. The council’s executive…
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Small business center takes a new direction
Existing business owners to get more attention at The College of New Jersey facility By: Lauren Otis The Small Business Development Center at The College of New Jersey in Ewing is taking a new direction for the new year in its business assessment and consulting services and programs, focussing more on one-to-one strategic assistance planning,…
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Momentum is with PHS hockey squad
Little Tiger girls stop unbeaten foe By: Justin Feil The Princeton High School girls’ ice hockey team had momentum after sweeping a pair of games from Holton Arms to open the weekend. Shady Side Academy had momentum after a 3-1 win over Princeton Day School on Saturday. Sunday, the two unbeatens met and it was…
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OBITUARIES, Jan. 9, 2007
Martin Kruskal, Eleanor H. Sullivan, David P. Crawford, Anna D. Helmick, Eleanor R. Ewing, George M. Chaikin Martin Kruskal Princeton University mathematician Martin Kruskal of Princeton, one of the world’s pre-eminent applied mathematicians and mathematical physicists, died Dec. 26 in Princeton. He was 81. He was a scientist at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory…
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Princeton University student aims to help developing world eat, drink
A push for a low-tech solar oven and water filter. By: Jake Uitti Keeping with the Princeton University tradition of "in the nation’s service and in the service of all nations," Princeton University junior Ishani Sud has been actively working with people in impoverished countries to create low-cost devices like water filters and solar…
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SAVE extending its geographic reach
Animal shelter takes a big bite out of overcrowding elsewhere By: Courtney Gross Copper, a brown and white foxhound, may not have a home yet, but he is certainly far from where he started quite literally. As Copper casually, if not clumsily, trotted thorough the entrance to SAVE-A Friend to Homeless Animals last week,…
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Avoid 401(k) mistakes and you’re sitting pretty
IT’S YOUR BUSINESS Aaron Skloff Q: My wife’s 401(k) was devastated when the New Jersey technology company she worked for hit hard times. Now, I am worried about the 401(k) offered by the New Jersey pharmaceutical company I work for. What are the common mistakes people make in their 401(k)’s and how can we avoid…
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Secrets and Lies
Richard Powell’s ‘The Philadelphian’ has been re-published for its 50th anniversary. By: Susan Van Dongen Talking about the turn of the 20th century, Henry Miller remarks in the 1981 film Reds, that "…there was just as much (sex) going on back then as there is now." You could say the same for 19th century Philadelphia,…
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Marjorie Smith Miller
Marjorie Smith Miller of Pennington died Jan. 4 in Hamilton Continuing Care Center after a brief illness. Born in Trenton, Mrs. Miller had been a resident of Pennington since 1956 and was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Trenton. She retired from Sears, Roebuck and Co. after many years of service as…
