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  • Locals come to aid of Katrina’s victims

    Monroe and Jamesburg schools make more donations to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. By: Leon Tovey    Students, parents, teachers and administrators in Monroe and Jamesburg schools continued their efforts this week to assist the victims of Hurricane Katrina.    And more help is on the way, officials in the districts said.    On Sunday, the Monroe Township…

  • PU appoints new head of Pace Center

       Beth Kiyoko Jamieson has been selected as the new director of the Pace Center for Community Service at Princeton University.    Ms. Jamieson, a lecturer in politics at Princeton since 1999, led the center for a year as interim director before being chosen for her new appointment, which was effective July 1.    Princeton Vice President for…

  • Three-car crash kills Stuart student, injures 3 others

    Wet conditions cited as factor in fatal accident on dangerous section of Alexander Road. By: Emily Craighead    WEST WINDSOR — A Stuart Country Day School sophomore was killed — and three other students injured — in a three-car accident Wednesday evening on Alexander Road.    The victim’s father, William J. Annitto, remembered his 14-year-old daughter, Rebecca,…

  • Senior Center entrance slated for a makeover

    Borough’s Senior Center gets a nose job. By: Leon Tovey    JAMESBURG — The borough’s Senior Center is getting a face-lift — or at least, a nose job.    The Borough Council introduced an ordinance Wednesday authorizing $10,500 in repairs to the center, which is housed in the old Baptist Church on Stevens Avenue. The money will…

  • Marvelous Music

    NJSO kicks off the season with Saint-Saens, Haydn and Rachmaninoff. By: Susan Van Dongen    Praise from critics is fine, but pianist Marc-André Hamelin is more pleased when a concert-goer shares firsthand the thrill of hearing his playing.    "You can tell when someone has really been moved, you can feel it," he says.    Notable for his…

  • Friends School expansion plan advances to Planning Board

    Advisory panel expresses some reservations about envirinmental impact. By: Rachel Silverman    A proposal to expand the Princeton Friends School on Quaker Road will now move to the Regional Planning Board of Princeton after its review Wednesday night by the Site Plan Review Advisory Board.    According to project architect James Bradberry, the school plans to build…

  • Friday, Sept. 16, 2005

    Almena Davis Lake    Almena Davis Lake, 97, of Titusville died Sept. 15 at Care One in Ewing.    Born in Trenton, she had resided in Titusville for over 70 years.    She was an honorary member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Union Fire Company and formerly belonged to the Pennington Grange.    Wife of the late Charles…

  • Letters to the Editor, Sept. 16

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Sept. 16 Recreation Board made right decision To the editor:     The diversity of our community is something that we all applaud and enjoy. As mayors, we are always trying to represent the views of all of our residents and to make decisions that include the different preferences of all of…

  • Third-graders, political activists

    West Windsor Township Council hears from its young constituents. By: Emily Craighead    They might not be old enough to vote, but Kristin Miller’s third-graders know how to make their voices heard in local government.    While parents were asking West Windsor-Plainsboro Board of Education and the West Windsor Township Council members for a safety beacon outside…