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  • C-P softball advances despite setback

    By: Rich Fisher    BORDENTOWN — Any girl who wants to be a good softball player needs to understand the importance of pitching and defense.    The way the District 12 Tournament is set up, that important nuance becomes apparent at an early age, as the Cranbury-Plainsboro 12-year-olds discovered on Tuesday night.    Despite losing their second straight…

  • Capital Health set to push hospital plan

    State board may take up certificate of need application at August meeting. By: Lea Kahn    LAWRENCE — Capital Health Systems’ application for a certificate of need — a major step on the road to building a 320-bed hospital on Princess Road in Lawrence — may be heard by the State Health Planning Board as soon…

  • 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…

  • Musical Musings

    Artists use music as inspiration to create works on view at the Printmaking Council of New Jersey. By: Jessica Emili    From the thriving, thrashing dancers photographed in Susan G. Hammond’s "Heiroglyphics" to the cool jazz musicians in Stan Kaplan’s pieces, the artists’ work on display at the Printmaking Council of New Jersey share a common…

  • Storms cause power outage

    Rain and winds also result in fires and home damage By: Jessica Beym    Gusty winds and a heavy rain caused a tree branch to fall on a power line along South Main Street near Old Trenton Road, leaving many residents without power for about 40 minutes Wednesday.    Jennifer Kramer, a spokeswoman for PSE&G, said the…