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  • West Windsor unveils new playground at Community Park

       WEST WINDSOR — A new playground has opened at Community Park on Route 571.    The new playground replaces equipment installed in 1993 that no longer met playground-safety standards. Funds allocated from the West Windsor open-space tax and a matching grant from the "Healthy Kids Grant Initiative" of GameTime Playgrounds Inc. paid for the project.    The…

  • Gorbachev talks policy at Trenton fund-raiser

    Former Soviet president issues warning on U.S. foreign relations. By: Gwen McNamara    TRENTON — Twenty years ago, relations between Russia and the United States were anything but friendly. Cold War tensions, espionage and nuclear arms were at their peak.    But that didn’t stop a delegation of Trenton-area business and political leaders from traveling to Moscow…

  • New trustees appointed to hospital board

    New directors also named.    Princeton HealthCare System announced Monday the appointment of new trustees to its board and new directors to the board of Princeton HealthCare System Foundation.    The new trustees include:    • Charles "Steve" Dawson, chief information officer and chief technology officer for the state of New Jersey. Mr. Dawson has transformed the way the…

  • Foreign-exchange culture shock proves to be a lesson in itself

    Grover Middle School hosts 20 students from France. By: Emily Craighead    WEST WINDSOR — The phonetic difference between foreign words like the French "poisson" (with a soft "s," meaning fish) and "poison" (with a "z" sound) isn’t always apparent until you offer the latter to a dinner guest who is a French native.    Grover Middle…

  • Board ready to do its job — planning

    PACKET EDITORIAL, April 19 By: Packet Editorial    If there is one thing planning boards are not very adept at doing — especially in New Jersey — it’s planning.    If planning boards really did live up to their name, don’t you think there would be a lot more gardens in the Garden State? Wouldn’t there still…

  • JetBlue CEO: Education doesn’t equal success

    Industry pioneer extols ‘corporate culture of caring’ By: Ryan James Kim    PRINCETON — The founder and CEO of JetBlue Airways, David Neeleman, described how he built a profitable airline — despite early educational obstacles — at a March 29 luncheon with Princeton University students.    Wearing a light blue shirt with an unbuttoned collar and gray…

  • Adams, PDS have look of contender

    Panthers top South in Bianchi test By: Justin Feil    The Princeton Day School boys’ lacrosse team has been an underdog for much of Stephen Adams’ career, but in his final season that role has changed.    The Panthers always challenge, year in and year out despite their skill level. There were whispers from this preseason that…

  • International Festival at university embraces diversity

    Event ends Friday with music, dance and interactive displays. By: David Campbell    International Festival 2005, a celebration of cultural diversity being hosted by Princeton University that began last week with screenings of international films, will culminate in a daylong event Friday at the Frist Campus Center that promises plenty of music, dance and interactive displays.…

  • Philanthropy can be its own reward

    Guest Column By: Carolyn Sanderson    I fondly recall the publishing entrepreneur who sold her company and retired at age 43. We had served on the board of a local community group for years, so I was delighted when the woman announced that she would start her own foundation and devote most of her time to…