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  • A little known haven for swimmers where members also run the show

    Everyone pitches in to make Province Line Swim Club work By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — "We like to think of our swim club as a well-kept secret," said Jane Leonard, the membership secretary of the Province Line Swim Club. "But we’ve had a long history, we’ve been in existence since 1962."    The swim club, which…

  • WW-P South tennis passes first test

    Pirates prevail despite changes By: Justin Feil    The Mercer County Tournament was the first test of the season for the West Windsor-Plainsboro South boys’ tennis team.    Consider it a resounding success.    The Pirates’ tournament did not start the way they had hoped when they lost their first singles’ Shintaro Mori in the first round, but…

  • Hispanic boycott takes its toll

    Short-staffed Princeton businesses pitch in and make do By: David Campbell    Monday was marked by rallies and widespread worker boycotts as undocumented aliens in the Princeton area took part in a national day of protest to demonstrate their value to the nation’s economy.    But business owners in Princeton, with the help of skeleton crews of…

  • Former Montgomery resident now runs college TV channel

    Boston University operation is largest in New England By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — At the age of 20, Jason Marcus, a student at Boston University and former Montgomery Township resident, has already created and currently runs the largest college television channel in New England.    "I made it my goal to create a student-run television station…

  • Arts Council of Princeton to celebrate Cinco de Mayo on Friday

       The Arts Council of Princeton and the Princeton Shopping Center will host a Cinco de Mayo celebration 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Princeton Shopping Center courtyard.    The free festival will include music, Mexican art and refreshments from Princeton Shopping Center restaurants including Taste of Mexico and Main Street Grill. In the event of…

  • Bunn Drive condominiums face many more questions

    Morgan Estates hearings continue before Princeton Township Board of Adjustment By: Kara Fitzpatrick    The Princeton Township Zoning Board of Adjustment continued, but did not conclude, hearings Wednesday on a controversial application to build 96 age-restricted condominiums on a 14.1-acre Bunn Drive tract.    The applicant, Morgan Estates LLC, is seeking the board’s approval for the use…

  • On Communiversity’s gala stage, town-gown spirits join and soar

    Thousands flock to sprawling festival in downtown Princeton By: Hilary Parker    A quick read of thousands of people who flooded the streets of Princeton at Saturday’s Communiversity 2006 as they wandered amongst booths and from stage to stage (to stage to stage — this year’s celebration boasted four) made two things quite clear.    Communiversity is…

  • Marian Elizabeth Zelin

       Marian Elizabeth Zelin, 95, of Hopewell died Sunday in Valley View Nursing Home, Frenchtown.    A graduate of Trenton High School, she attended the State Normal School and was in the first graduating class of Trenton State Teachers College in 1932 with a bachelor’s degree.    She was an active member of the Peggy Warne Chapter of…

  • Big shoes to fill

    Finding a replacement for Princeton chamber CEO Kristin S. Appelget By: Lauren Otis    In the four years she has led the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce, Kristin S. Appelget has taken the organization on a steady upward trajectory, by all accounts. Her recent announcement that she will leave the chamber to take a position as…