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  • Retired general to head interfatih peace service

       "SMART Security: Sensible, Multilateral American Response to Terrorism" is the title of the 27th Annual Conference and Interfaith Service for Peace sponsored by the Coalition for Peace Action and co-sponsored by 40 religious and civic groups in the region on Sunday at Princeton Public Library.    Retired Army Major Gen. Kermit Johnson, a former chief of…

  • County offers grant for Princeton skate park

    By: Courtney Gross    Princeton Township and Princeton Borough have received a grant from Mercer County to go toward funding a new skate park slated for Hilltop Park.    The funding, allocated through the county’s "Mercer at Play" grant program, allows municipalities to renovate or build new recreation facilities. The total grant of $261,382 is designated both…

  • Frustration builds from delay in Y hot tub replacement permit

    State assemblyman dives into the debate By: Courtney Gross    The purchase of — and a permit application for — a new hot tub by the Princeton Family YMCA has generated waves in the Princeton Health Department and is now boiling over into the office of state Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Princeton Borough).    For the better part…

  • Wawa challenges legality of proposed Montgomery ordinances

    Wellhead protection and service station measures attacked as illegal, arbitrary and capricious By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — Wawa is challenging Montgomery’s proposed wellhead protection and service station ordinances, claiming the former is illegal and the latter arbitrary and capricious.    The company is seeking to move its convenience store at the intersection of Route 206 and…

  • PHS defense delivers in soccer win

    Little Tigers advance to today’s sectional semis By: Bob Nuse    All it took was that first goal and the Princeton High boys’ soccer team was on its way.    Javier Ramirez broke a scoreless tie when he scored off a penalty kick midway through the second half, helping the third-seeded Little Tigers to a 2-0 win…

  • November 6, 2006

    Lillian B. Mitchell    Lillian B. Mitchell, 92, wife of the late William C. Mitchell and the late William F. Brown, died in Fairhope, Ala., on Oct. 30.    She was a 60-year resident of Pennington and a longtime member of the Central Baptist Church in Trenton.    Mrs. Mitchell was born in Philadelphia and completed her education…

  • Colorful Theories

    Al Lachman combines philosophical musings and 50 years of paintings in his new book ‘Expressions.’ By: Jessica Loughery    We all studied the theory of relativity at one point or another in our educational careers, but if you need a refresher, your man just might be Bucks County, Pa., artist Al Lachman. When asked about his…

  • Louise H. Castoro

       Louise H. Castoro, 96, formerly of Hopewell, died Friday in Charlotte, N.C.    Born in Sharon, S.C., she taught high school English in North Carolina prior to marrying Nicholas Castoro.    Following World War II, they lived in Newark before moving to Hopewell, where they lived for 60 years.    Mrs. Castoro worked with her husband in his…

  • District schools will be closed on Election Day

    Superintendent says safety is concern following receipt of threatening letter. By: Dick Brinster    The East Windsor Regional schools will be closed on Election Day as a security precaution in the wake of a letter received last week threatening deadly violence similar to that which occurred at a Pennsylvania school last month.    Five district schools serve…