Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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Bear spotted in South Brunswick in area of Route 27
By Davy James, The Packet Group SOUTH BRUNSWICK — An accidental tourist was spotted throughout the township on Tuesday and Wednesday, as police received numerous phone calls reporting a black bear cub in the area. ”At 2 p.m. (Tuesday) we had a reported sighting of a young black bear in the area of Route 27…
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Princeton Public Library officially launches endowment drive
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer The Princeton Public Library on Monday officially launched a fundraising campaign aimed at achieving a $10 million endowment in conjunction with its 2010 centennial. The library’s endowment is already at approximately $5 million, with the campaign striving to reach $10 million by the end of 2010. Leslie Burger, the library’s…
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Undaunted Princeton High graduates brave storm for diplomas
They marched onto the front lawn of the high school and then into the gym as a thunderstorm temporarily interrupted the PHS graduation. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski
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A blind youth shares his unique vision at Montgomery school
Rocco Fiorentino, 11, seated, makes frequent visits to schools to help children learn about blindness.
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A blind youth shares his unique vision at Montgomery school
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — Rocco Fiorentino is not your typical 11-year-old. Besides being articulate and possessing musical talent beyond his years, there is another feature that distinguishes Rocco. He is blind. But that hasn’t stopped him from educating others about blindness, and doing some other pretty extraordinary things, like taking part in…
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Congo’s owner defends dogs to their deaths
An organized campaign to save Congo from euthanization turned out supporters like these outside Princeton Township Hall in November. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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CoolVines sniffs a market for more wine in Princeton
Mark Censits outside the 344 Nassau St. site that will soon house his CoolVines wine shop. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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CoolVines sniffs a market for more wine in Princeton
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer Is there room for another wine merchant in Princeton? Mark Censits thinks so. In July, he intends to open CoolVines, a wine purveyor which will aim to educate and inspire sometime wine drinkers and bring them into the wine appreciation fold. ”We are actually trying to grow the wine market,…
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West Windsor students raise money to fight rare disease
By Lisa Merolla, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — Thursday morning behind Grover Middle School, sixth-grade students were waddling with balloons between their legs, eating donuts without their hands and enjoying a variety of other relay races. But the event was not a simple end-of-the-year field day. A group of sixth-grade teachers and students staged the…
