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(Photo courtesy of Alan Goodheart)

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A LEAFY PRESENCE FALLS TO ILLNESS: Just like the offspring that was planted in 2000 when the Mercer Oak on the Princeton Battlefield fell after being struck by lightning, a descendant of the 300-year-old elm tree that once stood in Princeton Cemetery will soon take its place. The old tree, which succumbed to Dutch Elm disease and advanced age, had long been known to be somewhat immune to the disease that wiped out 90 percent of the country's elms.

Always a Stalwart In-Town Presence, Beloved Elm Finally Falls to Disease

Matthew Hersh

Princeton certainly lost one if its own last week.

Graduate Student Is Arrested On Female Harassment Charges

Candace Braun

Michael Lohman, 28, a Princeton University graduate student, was arrested on Saturday by Borough Police in connection with a string of crimes involving Asian women on campus.

'McMansion' Restrictions Examined As Committee Looks to Borough Lots

Matthew Hersh

With an eye toward creating restrictions on home sizes in Princeton Borough and an overall "preservation" of neighborhood character, planning officials last week acted on a Borough proposal that provides standards for residential buildings.

CompuKids Aims to Help Students Achieve Their Goals

Candace Braun

Observing that students without computers at home suffer academically in today's information age is what motivated some Princeton High School students to take action.

Author-Professor Toni Morrison Reflects Back On "Simpler Days"

Candace Braun

Despite the rainy weather on Sunday, more than 200 residents turned out for Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison's lecture, "Overdue: A Writer's Debt; A Reader's Interest," which discussed the importance of traditional libraries, and how their meaning has changed as technology has advanced.

Township Committee, Police Eye New Law to Keep Streets Clean

Matthew Hersh

A new law that went into effect Monday in Princeton Township aimed at keeping roads clean of leaf piles and other debris will be "aggressively enforced," officials said.

PROFILES IN EDUCATION

Candace Braun


Frances Craig

Frances Craig of Community Park Elementary School

 

 

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