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  • OBITUARY: Irving Pawa

       Irving Pawa, 80, of Monroe died Wednesday, Sept. 29, in Saint Peters University Hospital, New Brunswick.    Born in Newark, he lived in Piscataway and West Orange, and Miami and Boca Raton, Fla., before moving to Monroe in 1982.    He was a dean of students and vice president at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, where he worked…

  • War and Music

    Passage Theatre’s ‘Willie B. Came Into the Sun’ finds the chords of human pain. By: Susan Van Dongen From left, Adam Overett, Joy Franz and Johnny Tran will perform in Passage Theatre’s Wille B.Came Into the Sun. When playwright Jean Sterret traveled to Vietnam, she kept hearing spontaneous laughter as she walked the streets of…

  • Letters to the Herald

    For the Oct. 8 issue. District needs to think differently about schools’ poor performance To the editor:     I was dismayed to learn last week that the East Windsor Regional School District had failed 11 of its 12 academic goals. I cannot understand why residents of this community are not expressing more concern for this…

  • CHS royalty

    Central High Homecoming Scott Orr (left) and Natalie Mapp congratulate each other during the pep rally held Friday (Oct. 1) morning at Central High. They were crowned king and queen for this year’s Homecoming celebration at the school. Events, which included a parade, dance and athletic contests, were held Oct. 1 and 2.

  • Repair of roof at HHS to start in November

    State funding and money from the district’s emergency fund balance will be used to replace a section of the Hightstown High School roof. By: Michael Ross    HIGHTSTOWN — The emergency partial roof replacement at Hightstown High School is expected to begin next month, according to the East Windsor Regional School District’s construction authority.    The project…

  • Letters to the Editor, Oct. 8

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Oct. 8 Headline distorts hospital ‘prognosis’ To the editor:     Last week, Princeton HealthCare System participated in two public meetings that were organized by the Princeton HealthCare Task Force. We appreciated the community’s interest in hearing what we had to say about our strategic plan and the challenges and opportunities ahead…

  • OBITUARY: Elizabeth Matthews

       Elizabeth Chisolm Matthews died Saturday, Sept. 25, at Old Bridge Manor.    She was born in Ridgeland, S.C., and resided in Newark and Orange before moving to Jamesburg in 1976. She was a laborer in the garment industry in the Newark and North Arlington areas, and a member of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union Local…

  • LETTER:Two veterans backing Kerry

    To the editor:     We are two veterans who volunteered and served in World War II and were recalled as reservists in the Korean conflict.    We are not voting for President Bush because he has led us into war in Iraq. We have experienced and observed enough of war and its consequences to know right…

  • Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week

    Norrington helps WW-P North volleyball reach goal By: Justin Feil    Last Monday, Frank Motondo told his West Windsor-Plainsboro North girls’ volleyball team that the goal was to come out of the week with four wins.    The Knights eventually embraced the idea, though they could be excused for initially doing a double-take. In previous seasons, it’s…