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  • Lady Eagles lose first-round playoff game

    By: John E. Powers    South Hunterdon Regional High School field hockey coach Andi Burroughs knew it was critical for her team to take the play to top-seeded Oak Knoll early in a North Jersey, Section 2, Group I, first-round playoff game last Tuesday.    The eighth-seeded Eagles did just that; they came out and set the…

  • ‘Arabian Nights’

    Circle Players takes on this adaptation by Mary Zimmerman. By: Stuart Duncan    Community theaters select their shows in various ways. Some have a committee that picks an appropriate season and then looks around for directors who might agree to work on the selections. Some draw up a list of directors and then let them pick…

  • ‘Greetings!’

    Off-Broadstreet Theatre presents a revival of Tom Dudzick’s holiday play. By: Stuart Duncan    Sixteen years ago, when Tom Dudzick’s play Greetings! had its world premiere at George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, I commented that it was a play "only the cynics will hate." I added, "It is a delightfully old-fashioned blend of warm family…

  • Letters to the Editor, Nov. 7

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Nov. 7 Young friends remember ‘Ms. Dorothy’ To the editor:     Last month, Princeton lost Dorothy Jackson, a wonderful longtime resident of the John-Witherspoon neighborhood, where she had lived for many years. For some time now, she lived a quiet life, in a small house with few visitors and many memories.…

  • Princeton University endowment reaches $13 billion

    Investment returns for latest period were 19.5 percent By: Jake Uitti    Princeton University’s endowment has grown to $13 billion in the past year and investment returns for the 2005-2006 year were 19.5 percent compared to 17 percent last year, the university announced.    The university has a 10-year average of 15.6 percent for investment returns, said…

  • Pari Stave, Tom Panconi win

       Cranbury voters support incumbents. By:    Voters overwhelmingly selected Democrats Pari Stave and Thomas Panconi to the Township Committee, Tuesday.    Ms. Stave lead the vote getters with 900 votes while Mr. Panconi received 882. The two will be sworn in to three-year seats at the township’s reorganization meeting in January.    The pair were challenged by Republicans…

  • Patten wins Hightstown mayoral race

    Quattrone, Schneider re-elected to Borough Council. By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN — Republican Bob Patten has won a second four-year term as mayor with a slim 26-vote margin over Democratic Councilman Walter Sikorski, according to unofficial vote tallies Tuesday night.    He will continue to preside over an all-Democratic Borough Council, as incumbents Larry Quattrone and Dave…

  • Public forum set Wednesday on university’s campus plans

       Princeton University is reaching out to the community to attend a public forum as it marks the midway point of a two-year effort to plan for the development and expansion of the campus.    Princeton residents are invited to the Chancellor Green Rotunda for an open forum titled, "Plans in Progress," from 3 to 7 p.m.…

  • BREAKING NEWS: Anklowitz wins in West Windsor

       Will Anklowitz won election to the lone seat at stake Tuesday on the five-member West Windsor Township Council.    Mr. Anklowitz, making his first run for public office, defeated Barbara Pfeifer by a vote of 2,871 to 2,122.    Ms. Pfeifer, the incumbent, was appointed in the spring to fill the seat left vacant by the resignation…