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  • Great Strides walk draws more than 500

    Princeton Battlefield gathering marks 10th anniversary for effort to fight cystic fibrosis By: Matt Watson    More than 500 people gathered Sunday under clear skies at the Princeton Battlefield to mark the 10th anniversary Great Strides Walk to Cure Cystic Fibrosis, an annual event that attracted just 50 people the first year it was held.    "The…

  • Art auction, wine tasting to support Montgomery art center

    Proceeds to benefit education programs By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — The Montgomery Center for the Arts opened a silent auction for art donated to the center on Sunday, and will conclude the auction May 19, the day the center is holding another event, its "Art of Wine" tasting.    Art of Wine will be held at…

  • McMansion protest stirs township to plan zoning review

    Committee agrees controls are needed By: Kara Fitzpatrick    Princeton Township officials on Monday expressed their interest in reviewing current zoning codes for potential amendments in order to prevent what Mayor Phyllis Marchand dubbed "inappropriate development" in unsuitable neighborhoods.    The discussion was fueled by a number of residents who attended the meeting and expressed their displeasure…

  • Rocky Hill clerk Ray Whitlock set to retire

    Borough native has been involved in virtually every aspect of municipal affairs By: Jake Uitti    ROCKY HILL — Ray "Toby" Whitlock, perhaps the borough’s most recognizable person, announced he will retire as municipal clerk at the end of June to the gasps of the Borough Council and the residents in attendance at the May 1…

  • Versatile Lopez helps Pirates win county relays

    WW-P South boys are favorites for MCC By: Justin Feil    Ruddy Lopez can do a little of everything and do it well.    The West Windsor-Plainsboro South senior can juggle a schedule with the best of them. At practice with the Pirate boys’ track and field team, he’s back and forth in a combination of events…

  • WW-P North golfers seeking consistency

    MCT is Thursday at Mercer Oaks By: Bob Nuse    Doug Harman doesn’t have any grand illusions of his West Windsor-Plainsboro North golf team winning Thursday’s Mercer County Tournament.    The veteran coach knows he has a nice team, but it’s not a team that will be able to beat the top contenders. In a field that…

  • Plainsboro’s founding marked in high style

    Twenty-seventh Founders Day was like all the prior 26 — held under sunny skies By: Emily Craighead    PLAINSBORO — For the 27th year in a row, Founders Day took place beneath sunny skies on Sunday.    "They made me responsible for the weather 27 years ago," Mayor Peter Cantu joked. "They’re liable to impeach me if…

  • Preservation Hall Jazz Band swings in for Katrina relief

    Benefit concert set tonight at McCarter By: David Campbell    McCarter Theatre Center and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band of New Orleans — with the cooperation of several area businesses — are teaming up for a live jazz performance tonight on McCarter’s main stage to raise money for New Orleans musicians affected by Hurricane Katrina.    All…

  • Two on university faculty named academy fellows

       Two Princeton University faculty members, geophysicist Guust Nolet and physicist Nai-Phuan Ong, have been named fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the university has announced.    Professor Nolet and Professor Ong are among 195 leaders in scholarship, the sciences, business, the arts, philanthropy and public affairs elected to the academy in recognition of…