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  • Powder sets off hazmat probe in PU dorm scare

    Substance turns out to be harmless form of bleach cleanser. By: Hilary Parker    A Mercer County hazardous materials team responded to a report Monday morning regarding a suspicious substance in the Cuyler Hall dormitory on the Princeton University campus — which was ultimately determined to be a form of bleach cleanser that posed no threat,…

  • OBITUARIES, July 11, 2006

    Helen W. Geary, Karin H. Grosz, Kathryn C. Enyedy, Keith J. Hillman, Eleanor B. Kornegay Helen W. Geary Retired teacher     Helen Wilson Geary of Princeton died July 4 at the University Medical Center at Princeton. She was 84.    She lived in Princeton for 64 years.    Mrs. Geary was educated in the New Orleans public…

  • Phelan up to the challenge

    Helps WW-P to opening Babe Ruth 15s win By: Bob Nuse    HIGHTSTOWN — The West Windsor-Plainsboro 15-year-old Babe Ruth all-star team has a roster full of versatile players.    WW-P also has players that can do a lot of other things, which helped it to a 6-4 win over Lawrence in the opening round of the…

  • Echoes of the Pines

    Journey 200 years back in time at Batsto Village in the Pine Barrens to a landscape of industry and wilderness. By: Ilene Dube    You could battle the traffic egressing greater New York City to drive to the wonderful wilderness in the Adirondacks. Or, with canoes, kayaks and bicycles loaded on the roof of your car,…

  • Gumbo Pot of Blues

    Bryan Lee and his band will be among the headliners at the 24th annual Bucks County Blues Society R&B Picnic. By: Anthony Stoeckert    Bryan Lee has the music all set. He knows the haunting groove he’s developed is going to become a song about Hurricane Katrina and the devastation it wreaked on New Orleans. Coming…

  • Letters

    Qualms with committee To the editor:    Something is very wrong and it’s the four and a half Democratic Township Committee members who are mismanaging the township.    It was with great amusement that I read your June 16 issue of The Press. One article was headlined "Locals leery on tax plan" and has officials saying that…

  • C-PLL distinguished itself in loss to HTRBA

    By: Bob Nuse    Carlos De La Rosa knew that no matter the situation, he could count on his team to keep on battling.    That was the case on Sunday night, as Cranbury-Plainsboro overcame a nearly two-hour weather delay and some pretty good hitting by HTRBA, before nearly pulling out a win in the District 12…

  • Softball run highlighted by 7-run comeback

    By: Sean Moylan    Nicole Petti and her fellow East Windsor residents Sam LeBlanc and Veronica Tomie didn’t know what to expect when they got together with nine relative strangers from another nearby town to form the Millstone-Roosevelt/East Windsor 12-Year-Old Little League All-Star softball team. But it didn’t take long for all the girls to realize…

  • OBITUARIES, July 7, 2006

    Richard Kates Paynter III, Susie Mae Carroll Richard Kates Paynter III Active on alumni council     Richard Kates Paynter III of Princeton died June 26 after a long illness. He was 77.    Born in New York City, he was a lifelong resident of the Princeton community and active in various local associations, including the Princeton…