Category: archives
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Mercer County region provides firms many legal options
LEGAL SPECIAL REPORT By: Mike Mathis The law is big business in Mercer County, literally and figuratively. The county is home to numerous large law firms that concentrate on a variety of specialties ranging from the environment and land use to government and health care. That’s fitting, local lawyers say, because Mercer County is the…
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Center Barber Shop offers ‘jazzy’ cuts for men
FAMILY BUSINESS Diane Landis Hackett It’s not often that you see a grown man wearing his daughter’s pink barrette to hold his longish hair out of his face. So, when my friend and neighbor Ron Connor appeared on the street sporting just that fashion statement, I felt obliged to comment. "Nice hair, Ronnie!" "You like…
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Conference on post-9/11 hip-hop to draw academics and artists
Princeton University panel discussion set Friday By: Jake Uitti The Princeton University student group "Hip-Hop: Art & Life," in cooperation with the national Center for American Progress, will present a panel discussion 2 p.m. Friday in McCosh 50 focusing on the role of hip-hop in post-9/11 America. The event, which is free and open to…
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‘Ask Before You Eat’
State government takes the lead in highlighting the risk of food allergies By: Jessica Emili For many people, a trip to the grocery store is simply a matter of routine and visiting a restaurant is a special treat. But either activity could have deadly consequences for 15-year-old Madeline Glickman and 8½-year-old Frankie Yandrisevits, who suffer…
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‘Freakonomics’ author takes on the everyday
In visit to university, best-selling economist says he studies how people fall prey to conventional wisdom By: Alex Gennis One way to become a famous economist is to apply economic reasoning to everyday questions people want answered but that most economists overlook, such as the economics of drug trafficking and prostitution. That’s the route taken…
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Paftinos in middle of MHS wins
Cougar boys’ soccer knocks off Bridgewater By: Bob Nuse When Mike Paftinos is around the ball, good things usually happen for the Montgomery High boys’ soccer team. Last Thursday, Paftinos was around the ball enough to assist on one goal as Montgomery upset previously undefeated Bridgewater, 3-1. Two days later, he scored a goal for…
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Yi-ppee for narrow PHS win again
Little Tigers prevail on three-setter By: Justin Feil The day after the conclusion of the Mercer County Tournament was well spent for Jennifer Yi. The junior was one of only two flights for the Princeton High School girls’ tennis team that did not make the MCT semifinals on Wednesday. Her MCT ended with a 6-2,…
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This campaign taints whoever survives the race
PACKET EDITORIAL, Oct. 3 By: Packet Editorial If nothing else, the campaign being waged by the two major-party candidates for the U.S. Senate from New Jersey has now all but guaranteed that whoever triumphs will be a disrespected, ineffective and generally unpopular officeholder. Because the only thing either of the candidates Republican Thomas Kean…
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Here for the long haul
DeLuxe Travel Bureau has logged 40 years serving Princeton-area travelers By: Lauren Otis On Oct. 6, 1966 a new travel agency, DeLuxe Travel Bureau Inc., set up shop on 188-190 Nassau St. in downtown Princeton. It was the era of "stewardesses" not flight attendants, hand-written airline tickets not "e-tickets," a time when tourism was not…
