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  • An even dozen

    West Windsor-Plainsboro superintendent retiring after 12 years in the district. By: Emily Craighead    West Windsor-Plainsboro schools will lose a top administrator this summer.    Jon Cosse, assistant superintendent for pupil personnel services, announced he will retire Aug. 31 after 12 years in the school district. The Board of Education accepted his resignation Tuesday.    "Dr. Cosse has…

  • Letters to the Editor, April 29

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, April 29 Event owes success to many sponsors To the editor:     We wish to thank everyone who contributed to the success of the Women’s College Club of Princeton’s Scholarship Bridge Benefit held at the Present Day Club on April 11.    The event was a great success, raising over $2,000 for…

  • Letters to the Herald

    For the April 29 issue. Officials should take note of message sent by budget vote To the editor:     I’m sure everyone is aware that the East Windsor Regional School District budget was defeated by a wide margin last week. This is the first time in almost nine years a budget has been rejected and…

  • For the April 29 issue

    Agnes A. Corey, Walter Curtis Johnson, Charles M. Jones Jr., Joseph J. Lala, Ralph E. Osborne, Bartella (Pat) Chance Patterson, Clyde ‘Junie’ Schwear Jr. Agnes A. Corey    LITTLE EGG HARBOR — Agnes A. Corey, 77, died April 22 at Southern Ocean County Hospital.    She was born in Jersey City, resided in Jamesburg, moving here 15…

  • For kids’ sake, uphold the vote

    REALITY CHECK, April 29 By: Dawn Cariello    On April 19, there was an election that can only be considered miraculous. I speak not of the elevation of Cardinal Ratzinger to pope, which also transpired on that day, but of the school budget election in Montgomery Township. One could argue that the Orchard Hill School was…

  • Commission plans to reopen Washington Crossing Bridge on Monday

    Span will be open during daylight hours beginning Monday at 6 a.m. But from 10 p.m.-6 a.m., the bridge will be closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic so workers can undertake two repair/replacement projects. By Ruth Luse    Those accustomed to using the Washington Crossing Bridge for trips to and from nearby Pennsylvania won’t have to…

  • OBITUARIES, April 29, 2005

    Edward R. Farley Jr., Walter C. Johnson, Adele W. Rubin, Adeline LaFontant, Martha A. Wuest. Edward R. Farley Jr. Headed Atlas Corp., hospital board     Edward Raymond Farley Jr. of Princeton died Monday at home. He was 86.    Born in Staten Island, N.Y., he was a Princeton resident since 1958.    Mr. Farley was president and…

  • Princetons’ shared-services budgets OK’d

    Spending in nine of the 15 departments will decline. By: David Campbell    The governing bodies of Princeton Borough and Princeton Township approved their joint budgets for shared services Tuesday night, the administrators for both municipalities confirmed Wednesday.    The total for all agencies jointly funded by the borough and township that the governing bodies approved Tuesday…

  • Area high school students to focus on foreign policy

    Woodrow Wilson School to play host. By: David Campbell    The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University will host about 200 area high school students today for a half-day of lectures and discussion on U.S. foreign policy and American politics.    Under a program now in its second year, the Woodrow Wilson…