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  • Woodrow Wilson foundation president to head Drew University

    Dr. Robert Weisbuch to succeed former Gov. Thomas H. Kean.    Drew University announced Monday that Dr. Robert Weisbuch, president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation in West Windsor, will be its next president beginning July 1.    Drew’s current president, Thomas H. Kean, former two-term governor of New Jersey and chair of the national 9-11…

  • Montgomery High robotics team in national tourney

    The Mad Capper heads for Atlanta. By: Kara Fitzpatrick    MONTGOMERY — Three weeks ago, the Mad Capper was packed up and shipped off to Atlanta. He will emerge this week to assist 18 members of the Montgomery High School Robotics Team at the FIRST Robotics national championships in the Georgia capital.    FIRST, which stands for…

  • Executive Snapshot

    Susan Young, president, Susan Young Media Relations By: Andrew Cangiano     Residence: East Brunswick.     Family: Husband, Andrew Rosengard; and two children, Stephanie, 11, Daniel, 9.     Education: Bachelor’s degree in mass communication from Quinnipiac University.     First job: Delivering The News Tribune — now The Home News Tribune — on a paper route in…

  • Princeton University Chapel Choir to sing at Carnegie Hall

       On Friday at 8 p.m., the Princeton University Chapel Choir with soloists and orchestra will perform in Carnegie Hall. Penna Rose, director of chapel music, will conduct.    The program features the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, who, in the words of Scott D. Paulin, "aspired for his own music to have real effects on listeners…

  • ‘HHS Weird’

    A SLICE OF WRY by Anna Breslaw    I don’t know about you, but nothing jumpstarts my day like a flying potato. Projectile vegetables are a non-issue at pretty much any other school, but Hightstown High School is a little weird.    OK. A hot zone of weird.    "Heads up!" a janitor yelled from his perch on…

  • Barbara Jane Heying

       Barbara Jane Heying, 69, died Monday at home.    Born in Three Bridges, Mrs. Heying had been a resident of Hopewell most of her life.    She was a bookkeeper for Princeton Bank and Trust for many years. She enjoyed square dancing, camping and playing cards.    Preceded in death by her parents, Otis and Emma Wyckoff, and…

  • Pauline Rita Reardon

       Pauline Rita Reardon, 74, of Ewing died April 12 at the Palms of Pasadena Hospital, South Pasadena, Fla.    Ms. Reardon was born in Lawrence, Mass.    She was a member of St. James Church, Pennington.    Daughter of the late Herve and Attela Morel, Ms. Reardon is survived by Paul J. Reardon, her husband of 53 years;…

  • ‘HHS Weird’

    A SLICE OF WRY by Anna Breslaw    I don’t know about you, but nothing jumpstarts my day like a flying potato. Projectile vegetables are a non-issue at pretty much any other school, but Hightstown High School is a little weird.    OK. A hot zone of weird.    "Heads up!" a janitor yelled from his perch on…

  • Afro-Cuban Giants

    The soulful Arturo O’Farrill will lead Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra in a concert at McCarter Theatre April 23. By: Susan Van Dongen The soulful Arturo O’Farrill will lead Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra in a concert at McCarter Theatre April 23.    One of first questions that comes to mind when…