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  • Apartment complex unveiled

    Hillier hosts tour of The Waxwood, to open this fall. By: Jennifer Potash    A renovated historic building in the John-Witherspoon neighborhood was unveiled Thursday, along with plans to keep the building’s community role alive.    The former Witherspoon School, which served as a segregated elementary school for the predominantly black neighborhood until 1948, will soon re-emerge…

  • Healthcare publishing firm adds market research arm

    Intellisphere acquires Healthcare Research Associates. By: Melinda Sherwood    Doctors, like patients, need to do their research, but when it comes to tracking down medical information on the Internet — a new drug therapy or a new technology that could save a patient’s life — they can be as overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information…

  • Deer vaccination plan approved by township

    Committee allocates $27,720 for deer immunizations. By: David Campbell    The Princeton Township Committee on Monday night approved $27,720 for deer immunizations in August to address an unexpectedly high fertility rate among deer in the pilot birth-control study under way in the southeastern corner of the municipality.    Anthony DeNicola, the wildlife biologist whose firm White Buffalo…

  • EXECUTIVE SNAPSHOT

    James J. Schiro Zurich Finanical Services TITLE: CEO RESIDENCE: Princeton Borough and Zurich, Switzerland FAMILY: wife Tomasina, daughter Justine, son James Jr. EDUCATION: graduated from St. John’s University with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, completed an executive program at Dartmouth College and received an honorary degree in commercial science at St. John’s. THUMBNAIL SKETCH:…

  • Quest for knowledge

    Teacher development program takes science out of the books. By: Jeff Milgram    For the past 32 years, George Luke has taught seventh-grade science at the John Witherspoon Middle School in Princeton.    For the past nine years, Brian McGurney has taught special education students at West Windsor-Plainsboro’s Thomas R. Grover Middle School. Starting in September he…

  • McElhenney steers way for elite rowers

    Coxswain helps Princeton Training Center boat go to worlds By: Justin Feil    Marcus McElhenney got a head start on his crew career at Temple University when he was given an exception to coxswain the varsity boat as a freshman.    That early introduction helped earn him an invitation to his first national team experience, and by…

  • WW-P 15s fall just shy of next level

    Hamilton ends run through BR losers’ bracket By: Bob Nuse    HOPEWELL — After losing its opening game of the District One Babe Ruth 15-year-old Tournament, West Windsor-Plainsboro was faced with the daunting task of battling back through the losers’ bracket in order to move on to the state tournament.    It seemed like a tall order…

  • Off to Athens

    A dream is coming true for a West Windsor massage therapist. By: Jillian Kalonick    As a member of the women’s crew team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Lois Harrison of West Windsor was on the verge of making history.    "1976 was first women’s Olympics team for rowing. In 1977 I said, ‘I’m going to go…

  • Living Off the Land

    A driving tour of farms in Bucks County, Pa., provides all the fixings for a gourmet feast. By: Amy Brummer    At the end of a cold winter, there are few sights as welcome as the first asparagus of spring. The arrival of the tall green stalks marks the beginning of the local produce season, heralding…