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  • Tennis team is Hawaii-bound

    Vine, Hofmann among 4.5 players on trip By: Mark Rosenthal    Two Packet-area residents will be among the eight members of the USTA Women’s 4.5 tennis team that will travel to Hawaii for an upcoming national tournament.    Kimberly Vine of Princeton and Joyce Hoffman of West Windsor earned the right to represent the Middle States section…

  • PU goes OT to remain perfect

    Kicks make difference in latest Tiger football win By: Justin Feil    At home with the chance to start with the ball in the second overtime and put all the pressure on the Princeton University football team, Colgate University elected to go for the two-point conversion and the win Saturday.    Instead, it was the Tigers who…

  • South soccer heading to peak

    Stuart’s return aids Pirate boys’ defense By: Bob Nuse    Just about every season is filled with its share of peaks and valleys.    The West Windsor-Plainsboro High South boys’ soccer team hopes its valley came with a recent three-game scoreless stretch, and that they’re heading back towards a peak.    After opening the season 3-0-1, the Pirates…

  • Cable competition opens window of opportunity

    GUEST OPINION, Oct. 10 By: Charles Marciante    For the first time in decades, New Jersey’s consumers will soon have a choice of who provides their cable television service.    Thanks to a law recently signed by Gov. Jon Corzine, New Jersey’s cable giants will have to shape up and fly right. Gone are the days of…

  • Nina L. D. Keel

       Nina Leona Davis Keel, 88, of Pennington died Sept. 22 at Stony Brook Assisted Living, Pennington.    Born in Padacua, Texas, she was a longtime teacher for the Jefferson County Public Schools in Alabama. She was president of the local chapter for the American Association of University Women. She was active in the Texas Women’s University.…

  • PHS doubles fills void

    Dorman, Reisman part of PHS states win By: Justin Feil    Liana Dorman and Kasey Reisman knew they were not stepping into an enviable position.    With the graduation of Anna Pang and Julie Szymaniak last year, the first doubles spot was open on the Princeton High School girls’ tennis team. Pang and Szymaniak had gone 21-3…

  • Design psychologist to explain tastes in home decoration

    YWCA Princeton Newcomers Club to host presentation Friday By: Jake Uitti    The YWCA Princeton Newcomers Club will host a presentation by design psychologist Toby Israel at 11:45 a.m. Friday. The presentation is for those interested in having a home that reflects what is special and unique about their individual sense of place.    Based in Princeton,…

  • Art at the Atrium

    People who live in glass houses throw art parties. By: Ilene Dube    In the late afternoon of a late September day, the sun casts a golden glow over the Atrium on the Brook, the Belle Mead residence and offices of Anton and Francoise Nelessen.    It’s hard to say just what it is that strikes a…

  • Tudor Place resident killed on railroad tracks

    UPDATE By:Charlie Olsen    Tudor Place resident Shirley Shaffer, 35, was found dead on the railroad tracks between Auten Road and Valley Road, early Monday.    Investigators ruled the death a suicide.    Police said they received a call from Norfolk Southern Railroad at 3:58 a.m. notifying police that one of its westbound trains had struck what appeared…