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  • Sports and business mix at PU

    Chaney pulls symposium together By: Mark Rosenthal    Six months ago, Princeton University senior Chris Chaney came up with an idea to combine his love of sports with his eagerness to learn about the business side of them.    The plan was to organize a gathering of former athletes and leaders in the athletic industry to discuss…

  • The caregivers

    SPECIAL REPORT The fight against HIV/AIDS — 25 years later By: Kristin Boyd The physician: Dr. Ron Nahass, age 49, Princeton HealthCare System    Dr. Ron Nahass landed on the frontline of an emerging epidemic when he began practicing in 1982. It was one year after the first case of HIV was diagnosed in the United…

  • Monday, Dec. 18, 2006

    Hattie Arch    Hattie "Jere" Arch, 93, of Harbourton died Dec.15 at Home of the Good Shepherd in Hackettstown.    Born and raised in Harbourton, she attended the one-room school there through eighth grade and was class valedictorian. She married Frank Arch Jr. and resided most of her life overlooking the Harbourton hills on property next to…

  • In Relief

    Worked in plaster, clay, bronze and marble, Manuel Neri’s sculpture reflects an interest in classical form and contemporary approach. By: Megan Sullivan    After signing up for a ceramics class as a community college student, Manuel Neri never looked back. Today, the 76-year-old California sculptor has works in collections at the Corcoran Gallery, Whitney Museum of…

  • Tourist details space station adventure

    By: Dick Brinster    HIGHTSTOWN — Space traveler Gregory Olsen wants young schoolchildren to remember that perseverance often is the key to success, and the only reason he was able to leave the Earth.    "Never give up on your dream," he told 80 third-grade students during a presentation this month of the ride he took to…

  • Upscale opening set for Princeton Forrestal Village

    Plainsboro shopping center to celebrate opening of Salt Creek Grille and Luxe Home Co. By: Molly Petrilla    PLAINSBORO — Princeton Forrestal Village is changing — and it has a slew of grand openings scheduled to prove it.    On Monday, a new restaurant, Salt Creek Grille, and a furniture store, Luxe Home Co., will open their…

  • Panthers show rapid improvement

    PDS boys’ basketball wins two straight By: Bob Nuse    Matt Levinson hoped to see his Princeton Day School boys’ basketball team make strides over the course of the season.    He never expected to see those strides come this fast.    After dropping their opener to Pennington, the youthful Panthers have bounced back with a pair of…

  • MHS becomes fifth school to add fencing

    Hun, PDS split early rival matchup By: Bob Nuse    New coaches, new programs and a long-standing rivalry. The high school fencing season in the Packet-area will have a little bit of all of those things.    The new program this year will be at Montgomery, where the Cougars will sport an official varsity team for the…

  • State agency recommends cut in university’s affordable-housing obligation

    Two-thirds reduction proposed by Council on Affordable Housing By: Courntey Gross    Possibly providing some relief for Princeton University as it continues to plan a major expansion of its academic facilities, the state’s Council on Affordable Housing has proposed rules that would reduce portions of higher education institutions’ growth-share obligations by approximately two-thirds.    The result of…