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  • Defense keys PU lax

    Cocoziello is young leader as Tigers open Ivy play By: Justin Feil    Dan Cocoziello is happy to see that the pre-season expectations for the Princeton University men’s lacrosse team defense have been fulfilled thus far.    "We knew we had a bunch of really good guys come back," said Cocoziello, a sophomore defenseman. "We had Zach…

  • Fresh Air Fund appeals for hosts

       Princeton-area backyards could become a summertime oasis for an inner-city child.    Close to 5,000 New York City children visit volunteer host families in the Northeast for two weeks or longer each summer through The Fresh Air Fund’s "Friendly Town" program. The kids can run their hands and toes through freshly cut grass, skip over a…

  • Talks on limiting destruction of trees on Route 206 continue

    Officials hope for a compromise with the state Department of Transportation By: Marjorie Censer    Princeton officials continue to apply pressure on the New Jersey Department of Transportation, urging reconsideration of its plans to remove as many as 27 trees along Route 206 at Arreton Road.    Princeton Township staff members and officials and Citizens for a…

  • Haywood climbs ladder

    New PHS softball coach has been part of growing success By: Justin Feil    Craig Haywood has been building up to becoming a varsity softball coach.    He happens to be taking over a Princeton High softball team that also has been climbing through the years.    "The past couple years have been great," said Haywood, who takes…

  • Tax talk

    Fixed costs boost town spending By: Jessica Beym    Township residents will pay 10.3 percent more in municipal taxes under the 2006 municipal budget adopted by the Township Committee on Monday.    The Township Committee voted 4-0 to approve a $12.5 million spending plan for 2006 that is $978,592 larger than last year’s and will raise $763,359…

  • Overbrook Drive residents offered options on sidewalks

    Township Committee to allow asphalt or concrete and a cost-sharing plan By: Marjorie Censer    The type of sidewalk to be installed on the south side of Overbrook Drive was left up to neighbors by the Princeton Township Committee at its Monday meeting, where two ordinances were introduced.    One ordinance provides for a concrete sidewalk while…

  • WW-P school board approves $141.1 million budget

    Spending plan increase placed at 3.9 percent By: Emily Craighead    The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional Board of Education voted 8-0 Tuesday to approve a $141.1 million budget for 2006-2007. Board member Liyou Yang was absent.    Spending is slated to increase by $5.3 million over the current year, with $126.4 million to be raised through the local…

  • Past, present, future

    Public library celebrates centennial as it prepares for changing times. By: Jessica Beym    One hundred years ago, the idea of a free public library in Cranbury was just wishful thinking for a few township residents.    The residents, who in 1906 conveyed their desire in articles of The Cranbury Press, thought that a room filled with…

  • Peddie softball starts season as Prep A favorite

    By: Neil Hay    Their eyes set on repeating as state Prep A and Mid-Atlantic Prep League champions, the Peddie softball team has enough returning players from a year ago to make another run at both titles.    Gaze at the roster of veteran players who led the Falcons to two championships and a 13-5 record: senior…