Category: archives
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Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week
Mostoller helps PHS silence CBA By: Justin Feil Jesse Mostoller and the Princeton High School boys’ lacrosse team defense have a pretty ambitious goal. "Our goal was for the defense to only let in four goals a game," said the Little Tigers junior. "On an average, for the whole season, I think it’s possible." That…
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Police blotter
By: Bridgewater residents Kyle Fletcher, 18, and Jenna Rutkowski, 18, were charged with underage possession of alcohol at 9:38 p.m. March 27 while standing on South Main Street. Police said when they arrived at the scene, Mr. Fletcher threw a can of beer down after seeing police officers but was later found with having more…
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Fine Feathered Friends
To celebrate Earth Day, the Chapin School is hosting ‘B is for Bird.’ By: Susan Van Dongen Bird lovers don’t need to go to one of the nation’s large, famous sanctuaries to enjoy winged crea tures. Just look out the window to your back or front yard. Or watch the greenery around a shopping center…
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Defense delivers for PU water polo
Tigers hope ECACs just a first By: Justin Feil Following its spring trip to California, the Princeton University women’s water polo team made a change defensively. "California didn’t work out as well as expected," said sophomore goalkeeper Natalie Kim of the Tigers’ 3-4 record in California. "We worked out a lot of our problems. We…
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They look like Falcons, not flukes
Monroe shows it’s for real after breaking out in 2005 By: Ken Weingartner The Monroe High baseball team entered the season as one of the favorites to contend for the Greater Middlesex Conference White Division title, thanks in large part to a lineup loaded with potential. Still, some observers might have wanted to see whether…
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Treating alcohol abuse in senior citizens
As we age, our ability to metabolize alcohol decreases By: Erinn Elizabeth Beagin, M.D.,in collaboration with Gloria N. Beck Alcoholism is a relatively common yet often unidentified problem among the elderly. Statistics show that up to 22 percent of our elderly population acknowledges that they are daily drinkers, with up to 9 percent admitting to…
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Monroe rebounds after tough beginning
By: Lance Manion With a lineup consisting of three freshmen, three sophomores and only two seniors, Monroe softball coach Keith Hudak had no idea what to expect from his team this season. Despite the graduation of his starting pitcher and best hitter from a 15-11 club a year ago, Hudak believed his team had talent.…
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Plantings at root of Montgomery’s Arbor Day celebration
The 20th observance on April 21 to include 550 new trees for the township By: Jake Uitti MONTGOMERY The township will be holding its 20th celebration of Arbor Day April 21, which will include the planting of 550 trees. "This year’s celebration will gather over 50 volunteers who will make it happen," Shade Tree…
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EDITORIAL: Immigrants deserve better than jingoism
EDITORIAL: Scapegoating immigrants for America’s problems is no different than McCarthyism, in which Amercians blamed everything worrisome on communists. One needn’t be a bleeding-heart liberal to be thoroughly disgusted by the wave of anti-immigrant sentiment that seems to be sweeping certain parts of the nation these days. Far too many blame immigrants for everything from…
