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  • High level of residential density at hospital site gets backing

    But panel downplays proposal for street to split campus By: David Campbell    The high level of residential density proposed for the reuse of the University Medical Center at Princeton campus should remain and be put to a vote by the Regional Planning Board of Princeton, a subcommittee of the board determined Wednesday.    But the board’s…

  • Princeton Future seeks donations

    Planning organization needs financing for Witherspoon Street corridor study By: Marjorie Censer    After unsuccessfully applying for several grants recently, the nonprofit citizens’ organization Princeton Future is reaching out to the public for donations.    The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Princeton Area Community Foundation turned down the organization’s applications for funding for the Witherspoon Street…

  • SPECIAL REPORT: KIDS, CARBS & CARDIOThis pediatrician pushes healthy meals …

    … and she practices what she preaches By: Hilary Parker    Each day, Dr. Luann Labian, a Princeton-based pediatrician, sends her three daughters off to Princeton’s public schools with lunches in tow.    A typical meal includes a sandwich on whole grain bread, a piece of fruit, raw vegetables and a bottle of water — a far…

  • Town eyes farm cash

    Town asks state to buy development rights to E. Barclay farm. By: Jessica Beym    The township will receive almost $4 million after it sells the development rights of more than 200 acres of preserved farmland to the state.    The committee introduced two ordinances Monday that would complete the sale in time to incorporate the money…

  • Talk reveals vast school segregation in North

    A lecture at Princeton University exposes segregation in today’s educational systems of the North. By: David Campbell    New Jersey is among the five states in the nation with the most segregated public schools, 50 years after the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, University of Pennsylvania historian Thomas Sugrue said in a lecture last…

  • Victoria Bombach

       MANVILLE — Victoria "Vicky" H. (Kalinowski) Bombach died Dec. 19 at Integrated Health Services of New Jersey at Somerset Valley in Bridgewater. She was 86.    Born in Nanticoke, Pa., she was a lifelong resident of Manville.    Mrs. Bombach worked as a clerk with Somerset Publishing Company in Somerville for many years.    She was a communicant…

  • Bulldog boys top Ridge for Mormile’s 100th career win

    Hopewell Valley boys basketball By: Mike Molaro    After the Hopewell Valley Central High School boys basketball squad defeated Ridge 53-47 last Saturday afternoon at The Dawg Pound for Tony Mormile’s 100th career victory, the Bulldog head coach was more concerned about his guys getting a win than having his name entered into the record books.…

  • A home for the holidays

    A Lawrence family lights up their residence for the holidays. The Wolf family of Barnett Road bedecked their residence with more than 30,000 lights that dance to the beat of Christmas music. The family of six works throughout the fall to string the lights. Passers-by may listen to the music on a car radio tuned…

  • S. Rosalie Bratek

       OCALA, Fla. — S. Rosalie Bratek died Nov. 2. She was 92.    She was a former resident of Manville, moving to Ocala in 1965.    Her husband, Joseph Bratek, died in the 1970s.    Surviving are a son, Robert; and two grandchildren.    Burial was Nov. 11 in Good Shepard Memorial Gardens in Ocala.    Local arrangements were by…