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  • Pannell aids Stuart run to fifth straight

    Tartans track team uses balance for Prep B title By: Justin Feil    Even Taj Pannell’s parents have a hard time believing how she contributes to the Stuart Country Day track and field team.    Pannell is a slightly built 5-foot-6½ gazelle who runs the 100 meters on occasion, long jumps but does the best in the…

  • OBITUARIES, May 23, 2006

    Dr. Robert N. Dunn, Marilyn E. Bojarski, Thomas C. Perks Sr., Murray Stolpen, Marcia A. Owens, Fredrick F. Frintner Dr. Robert N. Dunn Orthopaedic surgeon     Dr. Robert N. Dunn of Princeton died Sunday at University Hospital at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, N.Y. He was 63.    An orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Dunn was appointed attending orthopaedic…

  • Letters to the Editor, May 23

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, May 23 Mayor defends record on 206 bypass To the editor:     In a recent article and letter to the editor, two former elected officials from Montgomery have misrepresented the position, strategy and actions of the Montgomery Township Committee with regard to the proposed Route 206 Bypass.    At the Township Committee’s…

  • Barcless trying to restore rep

    Ex-PDS hockey coach says memo has hurt him By: Justin Feil    Chris Barcless won a lot in his nine seasons as head boys’ ice hockey coach at Princeton Day School.    He established a reputation for taking undermanned PDS teams to the top of the state. Eight times he won the state Prep B championship.    But…

  • A happy ending for ‘Jane’s House’

    Planning Board grants necessary approvals that will allow much-admired South Harrison Street home to be saved By: Hilary Parker    Making the fairytale ending to the recent "Save Jane’s House" effort even happier ever after for all involved, the Regional Planning Board of Princeton on Thursday unanimously granted minor subdivision approval with variances to the Barsky…

  • State Senate approves sale of NPDC property to Montgomery

    Assembly backing expected following 34-2 vote By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — By a vote of 34-2, the New Jersey Senate approved a bill Thursday authorizing the sale of the state’s 256.5-acre former North Princeton Developmental Center, the sewage treatment plant and various easements to the township.    Sens. Leonard Connors (R-Forked River) and Henry McNamara (R-Wyckoff)…

  • Revaluations should level tax burdens

    PACKET EDITORIAL, May 23 By: Packet Editorial    If there’s one word that is guaranteed to strike fear into the hearts of New Jersey property taxpayers, it’s revaluation.    As if paying the nation’s highest property taxes is not burdensome enough, homeowners are subjected once every decade or so to the trauma of having their property reassessed.…

  • Bouncing your way to fitness

    A simple piece of gear becomes an exercise craze By: Cynthia Nelson    It’s big, it’s bright and made of rubber, and it reminds many people of elementary school. It is the core-training ball, a simple piece of exercise gear which quickly became the latest craze in the fitness community. Everyone, from kids to senior citizens,…

  • Princeton neighbors upset by lot’s subdivision approval

    Residents fear a ‘McMansion’ in the works By: Hilary Parker    The Regional Planning Board of Princeton on Thursday approved Dr. Charles and Alexandra Akselrad’s request to subdivide their 5.1-acre lot on Route 206 near the Lawrence Township border, much to the chagrin of seven neighbors who turned out to express their fears that approval might…