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  • Board plans tax cut

    Board announces taxpayers will be paying less for schools in 2005-2006. By: Josh Appelbaum    An expected increase in tax revenue from commercial development could mean that Cranbury taxpayers will be paying less for schools in 2005-2006, despite climbing enrollment and a planned renovation to the school’s heating and air-conditioning system.    The Board of Education on…

  • Young artists on display

    Montgomery Center for the Arts mounts "Express Yourself." By: Kara Fitzpatrick    MONTGOMERY — The Montgomery Center for the Arts is celebrating Youth Art Month with a special display called "Express Yourself — The Culture of Our Generation" and a number of special events.    The exhibition, a collaboration between the arts center and the National Arts…

  • Friday, Feb. 18, 2005

    Jane P. Drennan Thayer    Jane P. Drennan Thayer died in Sarasota, Fla., on Feb. 15 after a prolonged illness.    Born in Pennsylvania, she graduated from Spaulding High School, Barre, Vt., in 1951 and Dean College in Franklin, Mass., in 1953.    Ms. Thayer spent most of her life in Pennington, was active in many Republican organizations…

  • Library considers Web marketing

    By providing links on its Web site to Internet booksellers, library would receive a share of the purchase price. By: Jennifer Potash    Contributing a new book to the Princeton Public Library’s collection could become as easy as clicking a computer’s mouse.    The library’s board of trustees is mulling a proposal to create a wish list…

  • OBITUARIES: Neil Iannucci

    Neil Iannucci    Neil Iannucci, 58, died Monday, Feb. 7, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick.    Born in Queens, N.Y., he lived in Jersey City before moving to Monroe in 1989. Prior to retiring in 1998, he was an engineer for AT&T in Piscataway for 32 years. Mr. Iannucci was a communicant of Immaculate…

  • PHS choir slated to share talents in Europe

    Last year it was Budapest and Vienna; this year Dresden and Prague are on the concert itinerary. By: Gwen McNamara    Last year, it was Budapest and Vienna; this year, it’s Dresden and Prague.    On Sunday, 70 members of the Princeton High School Choir will be jetting off to Germany to share their musical talents with…

  • Trotman’s service on Borough Council recognized

    By: Jennifer Potash    Princeton Borough Council President Mildred Trotman was recently inducted into the New Jersey State League of Municipalities Elected Officials Hall of Fame.    Mrs. Trotman, a 20-year member of the Borough Council, was installed in a ceremony in Trenton on Jan. 26.    The honor is granted to municipal governing body members who have…

  • ‘The hand of the artist’

    Princeton University Art Museum’s conservator aims to bring ‘light back to life.’ By: Pat Summers    "Stylist to the stars"? Piffle. Saints and angels depend on Norman Muller for their golden halos and complexion clear-ups.    Mr. Muller’s expert services, the result of training and long practice, come with one catch: The effects he creates are usually…

  • A comfy read and a good cause

    Mill Lake students snuggle up in their pijamas and read for to raise money for tsunami relief. By: Elaine Worden    MONROE — Snuggled in their pajamas and lounging on pillows with books in their hands, Mill Lake School students participated in Relax & Read for Relief, a fund-raiser to benefit tsunami victims.    Together, Mill Lake’s…