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  • Week of February 27, 2004

    Pennington, Lawrenceville, West Windsor Pennington    Gloria Nison GMAC Real Estate in Pennington is pleased to announce that Andrea D’Angelo has recently joined their office as a sales associate.    Ms. D’Angelo graduated from Montclair State and from the Princeton School of Real Estate. She is a Certified Premier Service agent for GMAC so her customers can…

  • Princeton shade tree ordinance takes effect Monday

    Permit will be necessary to cut down a tree more than 16 inches in diameter. By: Jennifer Potash    A new Princeton Township ordinance setting limits on cutting trees by homeowners takes effect Monday.    For property owners seeking to remove 16-inch caliper or greater trees, a permit is necessary under the new ordinance, said Greg O’Neil,…

  • Doll festival to be held at PU’s Cotsen Children’s Library

       "Hinematsuri," or the Doll Festival, is celebrated in Japan on March 3 to pray for the health and well-being of daughters. Local families are invited to celebrate with storyteller Tara McGowan in the Cotsen Children’s Library at Princeton University on Saturday, March 6, from 10 a.m. to noon.    In early times in Japan, dolls were…

  • ‘Literary enthusiasm’ guides festival director

    Township moves to change estate zoning By:Staff Writer    Mix two of the largest charitable foundations in the nation, a plethora of world renowned poets, and you’ll get an idea of the scope of the upcoming biennial Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival.    The 2004 event, previously staged in Waterloo Village, has been relocated to the Doris…

  • Gregory reaches 1,000-point plateau

    Girls basketball By: Jim Green    Throughout her four years playing basketball for Lawrence High School, Theresa Gregory has had the same dream.    "Ever since I was a freshman I’d look at the basketball, and I’d think, ‘I’d really like to see my name up there,’" Gregory, now a senior, said of the basketball-shaped banner hanging…

  • MHS wrestlers drop heart-breaker

    Newark Central wins in final bout By: Rudy Brandl        Some losses are more difficult to swallow than others.    For the Manville High wrestling team, last week’s dual meet setback against Newark Central was the most painful of the 2003-04 campaign. The Mustangs had lost seven in a row entering the match — including a…

  • Letter: Fight against ‘gasoline alley’

    To the editor:     Tonight (Thursday) at 7:45 at the Municipal Building, the Zoning Board of Adjustment will hear APCO’s "Gasoline Alley" truckstop application for a Land Use Variance.    APCO is the only item on the board’s agenda and it will be heard through its conclusion and then voted by the board. Tonight’s the night…

  • Robert Carman

    By:    MANVILLE — Robert R. Carman died Friday, Feb. 13, at home. He was 70.    Born in Manville, he was a lifelong resident.    Mr. Carman worked for Johns-Manville for 15 years and for the Board of Social Services for an additional 15 years, where he retired in 1995.    He served in the U.S. Army during…

  • Girls finish seasn with loss

    MUSTANG ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl        The Manville High girls’ basketball team ended the 2003-04 season much earlier than expected.    After competing in the Central Jersey Group 1 playoffs in March the past few years, the Lady Mustangs won’t be playing in the tournament this year. That left Manville to play out the string with…