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  • WW-P South tennis grabs county title

    Pirate boys ride pressure wins to first crown in four seasons By: Justin Feil    It’s Friday and Benny Gordon-Goldstein probably still has hold of the Mercer County Boys’ Tennis Tournament plaque that the West Windsor-Plainsboro South team won Wednesday at Mercer County Park.    The senior first singles player ought to share since he was just…

  • Tree of life talk coming to St. Anthony

    LaSalle University professor to speak about a common element found in differing religions. By: David Pescatore    HIGHTSTOWN — Fire, floods, fish and family. These are just some of the common elements seen throughout the world’s religions. On Thursday, a LaSalle University religion professor will host a discussion at St. Anthony of Padua exploring another: the…

  • KIDS AND COMMUNITY: Good habits early on help stop future onset of diabetes

    KIDS AND COMMUNITY by Judy Shepps Battle: Parents need to teach their children about proper eating habits and exercise. By: Judy Shepps Battle    Entertainer Dick Clark, former host of "American Bandstand," recently announced he is suffering from diabetes. Word of his illness first appeared in the gossip column of a New York City newspaper and…

  • OBITUARIES, May 7, 2004

    Supramaniam Srinivasan. Supramaniam Srinivasan Visiting PU professor     PLAINSBORO — Dr. Supramaniam Srinivasan died Tuesday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was 71.    Born in Sri Lanka, he came to the United States in 1959, residing recently in Plainsboro.    He was a visiting professor of chemistry at Princeton University.    He is survived…

  • Rocky Hill council rancor makes minor matters complex

    Angry words over how to illuminate municipal building parking lot. By: Jill Matthews    ROCKY HILL — When members of the Rocky Hill Borough Council are not united to fight against Montgomery, some of them, it seems, are squabbling with each other.    The past two council meetings have been marred by an unfavorable tone left from…

  • DISPATCHES: Why sacrifice Plainsboro Preserve for an illusion?

    DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Encroaching on this pristine property is not worth the mirage of traffic relief. By: Hank Kalet    Jim Jeffers is worried about Route 92.    The Plainsboro resident, who is vice president of the Plainsboro-based Walker-Gordon Lab Co., has heard all the reasons why the road is supposedly needed. He’s heard the predictions…

  • Redevelopment plan stalls

    Planning Board delays review of project’s second phase. By: Jennifer Potash    The Princeton Regional Planning Board put off its review of the second phase of Princeton Borough’s downtown redevelopment project late Thursday night.    The board will take up the matter at a special meeting Wednesday.    Princeton Borough and developer Nassau HKT Urban Renewal Associates have…

  • Two charged with Monday bank robbery

       MONROE — Police charge two with robbery of Amboy National Bank. By: Joe Harvie    MONROE — Tredell Barnes, 31, and Johnny Rosado, 32, of Oak Leaf Apartments in North Brunswick were charged on Thursday with the Monday armed robbery of the Amboy National Bank on Forsgate Drive and an April 26 robbery of the Fleet…

  • Like mother, like husband

    In some families, Mother’s Day is a ho-hum affair By: Karen Deaver    This is the way it’s supposed to play out, the way every family celebrates Mother’s Day:    You are awakened by the scent of French Roast, or Breakfast Blend, whichever you have decided this month gives that robust, not-too-bitter, full-of-zest zip to your too-early…