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  • Celebrating with a Creole beat

    Ferrence Simien and the Mallet Playboys brought their jazzy Zydeco sound to the Cranbury School. By: Matthew Kirdahy    Terrance Simien and the Mallet Playboys brought a jazzy sound to the Cranbury School that most of the students have never experienced.    And when it was over they wanted to know where they could get more of…

  • Teachers object to curriculum practices

    East Windsor School educators voice concerns over curriculum and lack of profesional development at school board meeting. By: David Pescatore    HIGHTSTOWN — "The East Windsor Education Association has lost faith in the effectiveness of the leadership of the Office of Curriculum and Instruction."    Those words, from EWEA President Jan Amenhauser, launched a parade of teachers…

  • Making life better with chiropractics

    Mastoris Spinal Care Center in Hightstown offers traditional chiropractic care along with the innovative Spina System used to treat herniated discs. By: David Pescatore    HIGHTSTOWN — Mastoris Spinal Care Center has been treating area residents’ back strains and knee sprains from its Franklin Street location for 29 years. Now, Dr. Michael Mastoris is offering a…

  • OBITUARIES, Feb. 27, 2004

    Josephine K. Harbison, Chung Mei S. Huang, Judith E. Hutchins, Alyce Russo, The Very Rev. Robert Bizzaro, Eugene A. Carroll. Josephine K. Harbison Former Princeton resident     NEWTOWN, Pa. — Josephine Koppleman Harbison died Feb. 16 at Pennswood Village. She was 88.    Born in Louisville, Ky., she was a resident of Chicago and Geneva, Switzerland…

  • Jennie Campagna

       Jennie (LaRocca) Campagna, 81, of Jamesburg, died Sunday, Feb. 22, at her home.    Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Ms. Campagna lived on Staten Island, N.Y., for many years before moving to Jamesburg in 1995.    Her husband, Carmelo, died last month. She is survived by her three sons and daughters-in-law, John and Catherine of Simsbury, Conn., Michael…

  • School could get an aid increase

    Cranbury could see a three percent increase in state school aid. By: Matthew Kirdahy    Cranbury School could get an increase in state aid this year.    Gov. James McGreevey proposed $200 million in state aid to schools this year, which could mean a 3 percent increase for Cranbury.    If the state budget is approved, Cranbury would…

  • PU hosts New Yorkers in final home weekend

    Lone senior Persia questionable for Jadwin finale By: Justin Feil    With a chance to cut its Ivy League magic number to one, the Princeton University men’s basketball team hosts Columbia 7:30 p.m. tonight and Cornell 7:30 p.m. Saturday in its final home weekend.    It will be the final games at Jadwin Gym for co-captain Ed…

  • Borough eyes shelter for emergencies

    Fire department wants changes made to station to make it an emergency shelter. By: Al Wicklund    JAMESBURG — What once would have been items on a wish list for the Jamesburg Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 are being upgraded to items on an application to a federal agency.    Jamesburg Fire Chief Tom Cooper said Monday…

  • With Nader, 2004 campaign reaches nadir

    EDITORIAL    From James Madison to Woodrow Wilson, from John Foster Dulles to George P. Shultz, from Aaron Burr to Bill Bradley to Paul Sarbanes to Bill Frist, Princeton University has produced more than its share of graduates who have lived up to their alma mater’s motto: "Princeton in the nation’s service and in the service…