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Community bank replaces plan for a jazz club on Route 206
Mike’s Tavern site to become headquarters with branch on Chambers Street, according to investors By: Lauren Otis The sound of money being counted rather than the strains of jazz may be what the future holds for the site of the former Mike’s Tavern at Route 206 and Birch Avenue if the current plans of Stephen…
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Institute for Advanced Study courtyard approved by board
The sticking point was a 26-inch diameter beech tree, which will be cut down By: Hilary Parker Trees have been the subject of much debate in Princeton of late, and Thursday night’s Regional Planning Board of Princeton meeting was no different. After hearing an application from the Institute for Advanced Study for an addition to…
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University students turn out for Darfur atrocity protest
New York event draws 73 peace activists from campus By: Alice Lloyd George NEW YORK Seventy-three Princeton students joined other peace activists Sunday afternoon for a global demonstration highlighting the immediate need for action in Darfur, where an estimated 400,000 people have already been killed and another 2.5 million forced to flee their homes.…
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Judaism’s High Holy Days to be observed
Chabad of the Windsors Chabad of the Windsors will be holding Rosh Hashana services in the Village School, located at 601 New Village Road, West Windsor, Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 9:30 a.m. and Sunday at 9:30 a.m. Yom Kippur Services will be held Oct. 1 and 2 at The Conference Center at Mercer…
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Watson airs it out for first MHS win
Cougars, WW-P North, Hun enjoy first football wins of season By: Bob Nuse Zoran Milich didn’t have to wait long to see if his offense would break out. One week after being shut out in a 17-0 season-opening loss to Watchung Hills, the Montgomery High offense came to life in a 30-27 win at Warren…
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Voters deserve the assurance of a paper trail
PACKET EDITORIAL, Sept. 19 By: Packet Editorial Every year, U.S. Rep. Rush Holt introduces a bill in Congress the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of whatever year it happens to be and watches it die a slow, excruciating death. The 12th District congressman has the misfortune of being a relatively junior Democrat…
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PDS’ first win straight outta Compton
Junior nets two for Little Tigers field hockey By: Justin Feil Plenty of things were different from the Princeton High School field hockey team’s first two games when it hosted Hamilton on Thursday. The Little Tigers were more aggressive, they didn’t allow any goals and they came up with a few of their own for…
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Medarex option practices come under scrutiny
Princeton-based biotech company investigated by SEC and U.S. Attorney’s Office By: Lauren Otis Medarex Inc., a Princeton-based biotechnology company whose visibility has been helped by the fact that its chief executive officer, Donald Drakeman, chairs the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology, has come under a regulatory cloud of late, with its stock option…
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Mastering the art of asking powerful questions
SPEAKING OF COMMUNICATIONS Susan Young On any given day, children tend to ask dozens and dozens of questions. They have a genuine thirst for knowledge. All people, including kids, get their information by way of answers. Sometimes the questions are simple and responses can be fun. Other times your answers may get complicated and circular,…
