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  • Orloff is missing ingredient for North

    Senior helps Knight girls’ lacrosse team to big wins By: Justin Feil    Something was missing when the West Windsor-Plainsboro North girls’ lacrosse team lost to Princeton High School in mid-April.    Or maybe it was someone — Kirsten Orloff.    "She was out," said Knights head coach Beth Mitchell. "She sprained her ankle the day before in…

  • Hillsborough athletes find new passion

    Several local kids excel at powerlifting meet By: John E. Powers    Angel Harnish didn’t realize what she was getting into when she joined the Hillsborough High School Raiders’ Powerlifting Club.    Now that she has experienced a few months of it and enjoyed some success, the Hillsborough High senior is looking at the sport as a…

  • Futuristic science ventures unveiled at Princeton University forum

    Faculty members present the early stages of their entrepreneurial ventures By: Alex Gennis    An Altzheimer’s drug from coffee, an explosives detector from yeast, clot resistant heart valves — these were just a few of the innovative projects described by 15 Princeton University faculty members in the science and engineering departments as they presented the early…

  • Search panel formed to find station area master planner

    By: Emily Craighead    WEST WINDSOR — Chairman Marvin Gardner and Vice Chairman Steve Jany have been appointed to represent the township Planning Board on the search committee charged with choosing a master planner for the Princeton Junction train station area redevelopment.    "I think the redevelopment zone is a very significant area that will have a…

  • Jordan’s is a shopper’s paradise for all occasions

    FAMILY BUSINESS By: Diane Landis Hackett    My son loves his old fashioned metal lunchbox with the superhero on it. It’s "cool looking" indestructible and won’t crush the Oreo cookies. So, when his Spiderman lunchbox finally lost its clasp after four years of tough wear and tear, I returned to Jordan’s Cards and Gifts, located in…

  • Princeton firm is still bullish on telephone sales prospects

    Despite Do Not Call registry, company says there is still plenty of work By: Lauren Otis    It’s been nearly three years since the national Do Not Call registry came on line, enabling people to register their telephone numbers so as to no longer receive telemarketing calls. So what happened to all those companies that made…

  • OBITUARIES, May 2, 2006

    Richard D. Richey, Kathryne W. Galbraith, Teresa L. Honnen Richard D. Richey Furniture restorer     WEST WINDSOR — Richard David Richey died Saturday at the Princeton Care Center, Princeton. He was 81.    Born in Lankershim, Calif., he resided in West Windsor since 1933 when his parents, the late Commander and Mrs. Joseph Richey, built their…

  • Pierson’s return helps Cougars

    Junior is top second singles player in SCT By: Justin Feil    Illinois might be a leading exporter of machinery manufactures, but Montgomery High School considers the state a great source of tennis players.    Three years ago, Ryan Dennie moved to Montgomery and for two seasons he was a solid second singles player for the Cougar…

  • Car-seat inspections slated Saturday in Montgomery

       MONTGOMERY — The Blawenburg Village Preschool and the Montgomery Township Police Department have teamed up to host a free car seat safety inspection program.    The event will be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the historic schoolhouse located on Route 518, near the intersection with The Great Road.    "Each year, thousands of young…