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  • Austria honors Princeton University Professor Walter Hinderer

    By: Hilary Parker    Austrian President Heinz Fischer recently awarded Princeton University German professor Walter Hinderer with the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and the Arts.    A specialist in German and European literature of the 18th through 20th centuries, he was recognized by President Fischer for his research on Austrian literature and poetry.    "There is…

  • Novel Web journal lets authors rise above the fray

    The third issue of Princeton Report on Knowledge takes on "spin" By: Hilary Parker    Myriad differences exist between traditional academic journals and the Princeton Report on Knowledge — the first being that P-ROK, as it is called, is not an academic journal.    "It is an Internet platform," explained John Borneman, Princeton University professor of anthropology…

  • Salandra takes second in Iron Man bench press competition

    By:    Local Hillsborough resident and nationally ranked powerlifter Mark Salandra placed second the 181-pound class Open Division in this year’s USAPL Iron Man Bench Press and Record Breakers Contest. The contest took place May 20 at the Fitness Factory Health Club in Rockaway, N.J.    Salandra, who has been competing for 24 years in the sport…

  • Princeton’s annual fire parade set Friday

    By: Kara Fitzpatrick    The Princeton Fire Department annual parade and inspection will take place 7 p.m. Friday and will begin at the corner of Chestnut and Nassau streets. The parade will proceed down Nassau Street to Monument Drive in front of Borough Hall.    The parade will feature music, fire trucks and marchers.    Bands to perform…

  • Longtime Rockingham curator to take new post

       Margaret Carlsen, senior historic preservationist and curator of Rockingham State Historic Site, will be taking a new position at Twin Lights State Historic Site in Highlands, Monmouth County, effective July 1. Ms. Carlsen will finish her 14-year tenure at Rockingham on Friday.    Ms. Carlsen came to Rockingham in 1992 at the time the state was…

  • You’re never too old to trot

    Montgomery retiree rekindles his passion for harness racing By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — "I own horses, and I would like to drive in a professional race one day," says Montgomery resident Tim Wolf. "There is an 18-month process you must go through to do that, though."    Part of that process is attending a driving school…

  • Black voting in New Orleans topic of NAACP expert today

    By: Hilary Parker    After the electoral process in New Orleans was disrupted by forced displacement of many black voters as a result of devastating hurricane damage, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund initiated a plan to promote participation by these voters in future elections.    Theodore Shaw, LDF director-counsel and president, will discuss that plan…

  • Princeton Packet Boys’ Lacrosse Player of the Year

    PHS’ Finnell made it look easy in goal By: Justin Feil    Sam Finnell made the extraordinary seem common for the Princeton High School boys’ lacrosse team in the cage this spring.    Of course, superb goalies with the Little Tigers have been extraordinarily commonplace in the last 10 years.    In that time, PHS has had just…

  • Together again for Diana

    Former Knights race to remember teammate By: Bob Nuse    Whether the distance of the Diana Run 5k were three miles or 30 miles, Jaclyn Orloff would be there.    Orloff was about to begin her sophomore year at West Windsor-Plainsboro High North when her teammate, Diana Rochford, was tragically killed in a car accident. In the…