• PHS PERSPECTIVE: Pride comes from the pressure to succeed

    By Jinwoo Chong and Tiffany Wang    In 2008, NJ Monthly magazine named Princeton High School as the sixth best school in the state, regarding standardized test scores, dropout percentages, and college admissions. Conversely, PHS’s neighbor school Trenton Central High School ranked 310th.    At first glance, there is little that accounts for the nearly 300 place…

  • MCCC to Honor Legendary Basketball Coach Howie Landa

    MCCC to Honor Legendary Basketball Coach Howie Landa

    Howie Landa is pictured in the early days of his career as MCCC basketball coach, where he coached for 21 seasons.

  • MONTGOMERY: Cougars girls win third straight fencing district

    MONTGOMERY: Cougars girls win third straight fencing district

    Pictured are members of the West Windsor-Plainsboro High North girls sabre team that finished first at the District 2 tournament on Sunday. Left to right are: Katie Khaw, Elysia Wang, Kristina Leung and Emily Wu.

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Local cyber yard sale launched

    By BIrgitta Wolfe, Managing Editor    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The neighborhood yard sale — like everything else — has gone digital.    No more setting up the tables, hauling out the old unused stuff from the basement, sitting out on the lawn hoping it doesn’t rain before at least some of it gets sold.    Kim Wolverton, of…

  • PRINCETON: Schools seek input on name change

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    Princeton Regional Schools is seeking input from citizens to determine the new name for the district after consolidation.    The district is asking residents to participate in a short survey that is posted on its website.    The education board has narrowed down the possible names to Princeton Public Schools or the…

  • Thanks for wonderful musical birthday gift

    Linda Sipprelle, Princeton To the editor: Princeton’s beloved couple, Judith and Bill Scheide, invited the community to Princeton University’s Richardson Auditorium to celebrate Bill’s 98th birthday, on January 27.    Fittingly, Friday was also Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 256th birthday and the Wiener KammerOrchester (Vienna Chamber Orchestra), under the expert and innovative direction of Mark Laycock, former…

  • MONTGOMERY: Cougar girls fall in close SCT opener

    O’Donnell attracting attention with play By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    In another world, Bridget O’Donnell sees herself as a point guard.    But at 6-foot-5, the Montgomery High School girls basketball team relies on her for an inside presence, though she’s capable of making the outside shot as well.    The problem for O’Donnell is finding…

  • MONTGOMERY: Cougars girls win third straight fencing district

    MONTGOMERY: Cougars girls win third straight fencing district

    WW-P North reaches Sweet 16 for first time By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Alicia Zhao and the Montgomery High School girls fencing team never take it for granted, but they could get used to winning the district championship.    Only the names and scores changed as the Cougars claimed top honors in District 2 for…

  • MCCC to Honor Legendary Basketball Coach Howie Landa

    MCCC to Honor Legendary Basketball Coach Howie Landa

    By Wendy Humphrey The legendary Howie Landa will never be forgotten at Mercer County Community College.  The former men’s basketball coach, who came to the college in 1962 and coached for 21 seasons, will be honored in the coming year.  A committee chaired by former MCCC Athletics Director/Professor Emeritus Al Leister is organizing “The Howie…

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