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  • DISPATCHES:Campaigns create fractured electorate

    DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Playing the demographic game may endanger democracy. By: Hank Kalet    Boston Globe writer Jeff Jacoby raised an interesting question this week.    In a "Web exclusive" column, he asked: Who will American Jews vote for on Nov. 2?    He reminded his readers that American Jews have tended to vote Democratic (only 19…

  • Free flu shots offered to Princeton’s senior citizens

       The Princeton Regional Health Department will offer free flu shots and pneumonia vaccines for senior citizens residing in Princeton Borough or Princeton Township on Oct. 14 and 28.    The shots will be given from 1 to 4:30 p.m. at the Suzanne Patterson Senior Center, located on Monument Drive, behind Princeton Borough Hall off Stockton Street.…

  • If these walls could talk: Upcoming house tour a chance to sneak a peek inside unique abodes

    LIFESTYLE By: Dana Lynn Flatekval    HIGHTSTOWN — Candy-colored walls and original fixtures are just a couple characteristics that make the East Ward Street home of Nichole and Pavel L’vov full of delightful surprises.    Rooms open into other rooms, which open into other rooms and on it goes, it seems, forever. One room is painted warm…

  • Highlands need extra vigilance

    EDITORIAL    This summer, New Jersey saw the historic and overwhelming passage of the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act. The passage of this law is the result of a century-long effort to protect the Highlands region. It is a comprehensive mandate and framework for protecting the region and assuring that development and growth is based…

  • Hospital’s ‘prognosis’ at current location is grim

    Officials say survival may require a larger site. By: David Campbell    While their bags may not yet be packed, Princeton HealthCare System officials presented facts to the public Wednesday night that strongly suggest the University Medical Center at Princeton may have outgrown its current Witherspoon Street location and must relocate.    PHCS Board of Trustees Chairman…

  • At the end of the story, the boy gets the girl

    Couple to wed, 25 years after meeting at Busy Bee Nursery in East Windsor. By: Dana Lynn Flatekval    EAST WINDSOR — When 4-year-old Shawn Neuman told his mother one day after school that he had a girlfriend named Jamie Fisher and he was going to marry her — he meant it.    Twenty-five years later, on…

  • OBITUARIES, Oct. 1, 2004

    Angelina Perna, Clyde S. Thomas, Joyce A. W. Lasseter, Jean M. Israel. Angelina Perna Longtime Princeton resident     Angelina Nini Perna of Princeton died Wednesday at University Medical Center at Princeton. She was 91.    Born in Pettoranello, Italy, she was a Princeton resident most of her life.    Mrs. Perna was a member of Roma Eterna…

  • WW-P panel to review middle school program

    Growing discord among parents, teachers and students spurs effort. By: Shanay Cadette    A study highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of the middle school program begins this month.    A committee of parents, students, administrators, teachers and a board member will be charged by the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional Board of Education to take a look at the…

  • Benson, Tigers aim to tame Lions

    Princeton football seeking 3-0 start in New York By: Justin Feil    So frustrating was last year’s 33-27 loss to Columbia, that Branden Benson seems to have completely blocked what an otherwise stellar game it was for him and the Princeton University football game.    Princeton jumped out to a 20-0 lead thanks to the first Benson…