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  • 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 and…

  • Respect is Raider reward

    Hun girls win fourth straight Mercer County Tournament tennis crown By: Justin Feil    The Hun School girls’ tennis team went into the Mercer County Tournament hoping to build a little more respect, both in the county and, just as importantly, back at school.    With their fourth straight county championship, the Raiders may have accomplished both…

  • Take my hand, I’m a foodie in paradise

    New Jersey produce is well represented, but so is California (gorgeous kales and artichokes with foot-long stems) and the Northwest (apples and pears) By: Faith Bahadurian TIMEOFF PHOTOS/MARK CZAJKOWSKI Whole Foods Market, recently opened at The Shops at Windsor Green in West Windsor: "By no means is all the food in the store organic, but…

  • Students help get the mail out

    Second-graders visit Skillman Post Office. By: Jill Matthews    MONTGOMERY — Second-graders from Orchard Hill Elementary School lent a hand to the Skillman Post Office on Wednesday, assisting as junior postmasters in the stamp cancellation process.    Seven second-grade classes shuttled in throughout the day to learn about the mailroom and assist the post office in stamp…

  • Help wanted: Translators for educationalese

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Oct. 1 By: Packet Editorial    We just got finished reading the New Jersey Department of Education’s Preliminary Adequate Yearly Progress Status Under No Child Left Behind Accountability Requirements: 2004, followed by the Preliminary 2004 AYP Report for NJASK4, GEPA and HSPA for Schools That Did Not Make AYP — and you could say…

  • Leadership key for PDS boys’ soccer

    Hoppenot in control of Panthers By: Bob Nuse    The Pierre Hoppenot who plays soccer for Princeton Day School is a different player than the one who plays for his travel team.    Same person, just a different way of approaching the game.    "On my select team, I play outside fullback and just run up and down…

  • Ninety years of pride

    Italian Americans celebrate and share the gift of a gracious lady. By: David Campbell    The Italian American community in Princeton has come a long way since Dorothea’s House opened its doors to them in 1914 — and so has Dorothea’s House.    On Sunday, the John Street-based cultural organization, originally founded as a settlement house to…

  • HHS, ND football offers up battle of unbeatens

    By: Neil Hay    Winning streaks are on the line tonight when Hightstown hosts Notre Dame in what just might be the key CVC football match-up of the 2004 season.    The visiting Irish, 3-0 after last week’s 40-6 rout over Trenton, is riding the crest of a 42-game skein. On the other side of the field,…

  • School district failed 11 of 12 goals

    East Windsor Regional School District fails to meet goals to increase student achievement in mathematics and language arts across the district’s six schools. By: Michael Ross    HIGHTSTOWN — The East Windsor Regional School District fell far short of its 2003/2004 academic achievement plan, according to a report released at Monday’s Board of Education meeting at…