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  • Some chocolate for your healthy valentine

    Have you noticed how just a piece or two of excellent chocolate is more satisfying than several pieces of mediocre chocolate By: Faith Bahadurian    My love affair with chocolate continued in the fall at New York’s eighth annual Chocolate Show, where a friend and I sampled our way through dozens of booths. I was especially…

  • Rocky Hill turns out in force to oppose Wawa application

    Montgomery Planning Board to hold third hearing as questions arise on application materials By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — Dozens of angry Rocky Hill residents attended a contentious Montgomery Planning Board meeting Monday night to express disapproval of Wawa’s plan to move an expanded convenience store closer to the borough border.    But their concerns were given…

  • ‘Valentines for Food’

    A caring community rallies to help the Crisis Ministry fight hunger By: Diane Landis Hackett    Princeton is again being challenged to have a heart this Valentine’s Day by providing at least 6,000 bags of groceries — double last year’s amount — to feed hungry families in Mercer County.    "How can people not give $3.99 for…

  • West Windsor coalition to meet on station redevelopment

    By: Emily Craighead    WEST WINDSOR — The Princeton Junction Neighborhoods’ Coalition will host a community discussion Thursday on developing principles and a process to guide the redevelopment of the area around the Princeton Junction train station.    During the discussion, set to begin 7 p.m. at the Senior Center, the Neighborhoods’ Coalition will seek input on…

  • Audit to test borough police force

    Department’s voluntary assessment, if successful, would make it the only agency in county to be accredited by state police chiefs association By: Marjorie Censer    The Princeton Borough Police Department will undergo a voluntary assessment in February — which, if successful, would make it the only agency in Mercer County to be accredited by the New…

  • June Hospital Fete takes on a beach theme

       Get out the sand buckets and sunscreen. The 53rd annual June Fete is taking on the shore.    The Auxiliary of University Medical Center at Princeton’s largest fundraising event, the June Fete is an all-day fair with fun, food, shopping and entertainment for people of all ages.    It will be held June 10.    Fete Co-Chairs Pam…

  • Alarm services to use new emergency number for Montgomery clients

    By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — A new telephone number has been established for alarm monitoring services when fire, smoke or carbon monoxide alarms are activated in township homes and businesses.    The new number is necessary because of the change in dispatching services.    Effective Wednesday, the dispatching of emergency fire will be transferred from the township’s…

  • A helping hand, a desire to do more

    Princeton University employee returns after 10 days assisting victims of Hurricane Katrina By: Marjorie Censer    After 10 days of helping victims of Hurricane Katrina in Biloxi, Miss., Sharon Cohen didn’t feel she had accomplished much.    She had cleared trash and debris from one neighborhood, filled out work requests for residents with damaged and destroyed homes,…

  • Standardized test scores get mixed results — and reviews

    State releases math and language-arts proficiency assessments By: David Campbell    Princeton Regional Schools Superintendent Judith Wilson believes standardized testing is a valuable tool in gauging student learning and the effectiveness of how they’re taught — but she says the tests should by no means be the only tool.    New Jersey could do better in gleaning…