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  • Red Raiders rebound from rare setback

    PENNINGTON GIRLS BASKETBALL By: Mike Molaro    It didn’t take The Pennington School girls basketball squad long to back into the swing of things after being idle for more than a week because of exams.    Playing their first game in eight days, the Red Raiders (15-4) ran their winning streak to nine with a 57-37 triumph…

  • Princeton author, one of Canada’s best, infuses book with real life

    Lauren B. Davis’ "The Radiant City" nominated for Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize By: Jake Uitti    "I left home at 16 and worked. I come from the Hemmingway school of writing," said Princeton resident Lauren B. Davis, author of "The Radiant City," a novel nominated for the prestigious Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize.    Established in…

  • Timely storm reminds us of wintry marvels

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Feb. 14 By: Packet Editorial    Call it Lincoln’s Revenge. Or the pre-St. Valentine’s Day Massacre of 2006. Or the You’re In Turin Reality Show.    Whatever it was, the storm that dumped more than a foot of snow across Central Jersey over the weekend certainly shook up a region that had become all too…

  • Emergency-response training session set in West Windsor

    By: Emily Craighead    WEST WINDSOR — Registration is open for the township Police Department’s Community Emergency Response Team training spring session.    Classes will be held on Tuesdays from March 7 through May 6. Classes are from 7 to 9:30 p.m.    The program is designed to train citizens to be better prepared to respond to emergency…

  • Bernanke to deliver speech at university

    Federal Reserve chairman to make first public address outside the capital since his confirmation. By: David Campbell    Newly appointed Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will deliver a public address at Princeton University at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 24 in Alexander Hall’s Richardson Auditorium, the university said.    Mr. Bernanke’s speech is co-sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School…

  • Entrepreneur and PU grad points to the basics as key to high-tech success

    University hosts lecture series By: Hilary Parker    "Building a Pre-IPO Company in the Face of Recession, War and Google" — the talk Steve Papa offered on Thursday at the Princeton University Friend Center — could have well been titled "How to Turn a Princeton Beer Can Into the Fastest-Growing Information Access Software Company."    Mr. Papa,…

  • Frommer eyes title for MHS

    Cougar boys swimming to top By: Justin Feil    Matt Frommer considers himself a middle-of-the-road swimmer for the Montgomery High boys’ team, but he has a big stake in the Cougars’ state chances.    "We have club swimmers, then kids that haven’t been swimming as long as I have," said the MHS senior captain. "From the club…

  • Letters to the Editor, Feb. 14

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Feb. 14 Chief defends borough police To the editor:     This letter is in response to the recent number of disparaging letters that were directed at the Princeton Borough police in reference to police consolidation.    Several recent letters from Princeton Township residents have labeled the members of the Princeton Borough Police…

  • Cardinals in the groove as postseason play arrives

    Boys basketball team raises record to 12-6. By: John E. Powers    The postseason is just about here. And maybe the Lawrence High School boys basketball team has found its groove — just at the right time.    The Cardinals, who will open the Mercer County Tournament as the No. 3 seed and will play host to…