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  • OBITUARIES, March 25, 2005

    Janina Stahl, Yoshiko H. Burger. Janina Stahl Former Princeton resident     NEWTOWN, Pa. —Janina "Jana" Stahl died March 21. She was 82.    Born in Vienna, Austria, she grew up in Lwow, Poland, now Lviv, Ukraine, and was a Princeton resident from 1958 into the 1980s.    She worked at Educational Testing service and was an active…

  • Best birthday gift? Try books for library

        What does a well-appointed library want for its first birthday? More books, of course.     In an effort to make it easy for those interested in helping to build its collection, the Princeton Public Library has launched "Buy a Book for the Library."     By clicking a link on the library’s Web site, www.princetonlibrary.org,…

  • Stuffed animals given to victims of tsunami

    Perry L. Drew Elementary School students raised about $2,800 to send stuffed bunnies through a charity in Thailand to children affected by the tsunami. By: Marisa Maldonado    EAST WINDSOR — When the tsunami in Asia killed more than 150,000 people last year, Rachel Goldstein wanted give the many children whose lives were destroyed by the…

  • New format couldn’t slow down Monroe boys

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    There was a new format for winter track in the Greater Middlesex Conference this year, but it didn’t have much of an effect on the boys’ squad at Monroe Township High School. The Falcons worked hard as usual, laid a good foundation for the coming spring season, set a few school…

  • For the March 25 issue

    John R. Arbitell, Ruby M. McEachern, Paul "Kye" Nymick Sr. John R. Arbitell    HAMILTON — John R. Arbitell, 86, died March 17 in the Meadowlakes Care Center in Hightstown.    Born in Trenton, he was a lifelong area resident. Mr. Arbitell was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, and had retired after 42 years…

  • Lawyers, Guns and Money

    The ‘Law & Order’ franchise has become a valuable resource for actors looking for television experience. By: Jim Boyle Robbinsville, N.J., resident Joseph Halsey has been able to find time to teach others about the acting business at the Hellyer Performing Arts Center in Bensalem.    Although the uniform, badge and gun were fake, and it…

  • WW-P school district will send $136 million budget to voters

    A 4.6 percent increase over the 2004-2005 budget. By: David Campbell    The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional Board of Education approved adoption Thursday night of a $136.24 million budget for the 2005-2006 school year.    The budget represents a 4.6 percent increase over the $130 million budget for the current academic year.    Under the 2005-2006 budget, which the…

  • Congressman speaks plainly about Schiavo

    PACKET EDITORIAL, March 25 By: Packet Editorial    We have no doubt that U.S. Rep. Rush Holt accurately represented the wishes of his constituents here in New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District when he voted to keep the House of Representatives out of Terri Schiavo’s hospice bed.    Regrettably, a majority of his colleagues in both houses of…

  • PU to host streetball tourney

    Sophomore sets sights on bigger, better event By: Justin Feil    When Chris Chaney came to Princeton University as a freshman, he brought something quite popular from Germany, where he grew up as a military kid.    "I’ve been organizing streetball tournaments since 10th grade," said Chaney, a sophomore at Princeton. "I started off there. I just…