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  • State funding may help convert train station

    State agencies give initial commitment to pay for transit village study. By: Shanay Cadette    WEST WINDSOR — State funding could lay the foundation for building a transit village in Princeton Junction.    Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh told the Township Council on Thursday he has secured verbal commitments from NJ Transit and the state Office of Smart Growth…

  • OBITUARIES, April 6, 2004

    Karl von Vorys, Elaine W. Jackson, Maurice Phillips, Paulette Cooperman. Karl von Vorys Political science professor     LAWRENCE — Karl von Vorys died Thursday at home. He was 76.    Born in Germany, he was a former resident of South Dakota, California and Princeton.    He was a professor of political science for 40 years at the…

  • PU admits 11.9 percent of applicants

    Those seeking admission were from 5,382 high schools and 116 countries.    Princeton University has offered admission to 1,631 students, 11.9 percent of the 13,690 applicants for the class of 2008, Dean of Admission Janet L. Rapelye announced last week.    Acceptance letters were mailed Thursday to 1,050 students who applied through the regular decision process.    Another…

  • South boys’ lax gains confidence

    Ferrante, Pirates off to perfect start By: Justin Feil    Despite two successful preseason scrimmages, Adam Ferrante wasn’t exactly brimming with confidence when the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South boys’ lacrosse team opened at Princeton High on Thursday.    "I didn’t really think we had a chance deep down," said the Pirates goaltender. "I didn’t know how much…

  • Office design moves out of the box

    Flexibility, economy and friendliness replace the square mentality. By: Gwen McNamara    Cubicle got you down?    Well fear not, office designers are beginning to do away with the square mentality and are coming up with innovative ways to make places of business more flexible, economical and employee-friendly, according to area architects.    "It’s an ongoing and evolving…

  • Petition seeks ban on 24-hour businesses in WW

    Council members balk at draft ordinance. By: Shanay Cadette    WEST WINDSOR — The Township Council may consider banning 24-hour businesses in certain areas.    A preliminary draft prohibiting the operation of businesses between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. was presented to council at its Thursday meeting, but several members balked.    Council President Kristin Appelget said it…

  • EXECUTIVE SNAPSHOT

    John Buschman, GVA Williams Buschman TITLE: Sr. Executive Vice President EDUCATION: Upsala College, marketing degree FIRST JOB: clothing salesman RESIDENCE: New Hope, Pa. THUMBNAIL SKETCH: John Buschman formed Buschman Partners in 1984, and established an alliance with Philadelphia firm Jackson-Cross Co. in 1995 and later Insignia/ESG. This year Buschman formed a strategic alliance with Parsippany-based…

  • MHS has a Hall of Famer

    Longtime coach Ruhlman twice honored in a week By: Justin Feil    Doug Ruhlman has been a coach for seemingly every season of every year that he’s been at Montgomery High School. He doesn’t see any other way to do it.    "I don’t believe, in my profession, in doing anything but coaching," said Ruhlman, a physical…

  • Mark L. Allen

       Mark L. Allen, 49, of Winchester, Va., died March 30 at his residence.    Born in Hopewell, he was the son of the late Donald and Shirley Brown Allen, He owned and operated Mark Allen Lawn, Garden and Landscape in Winchester, Va.    Preceded in death by a brother, James Allen, he is survived by his wife,…