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  • WW-P takes top spot in speech contest

    Chapter bests 11 others in its first year at NJ Orators’ competition. By: Shaney Cadette    As the state winners were announced at the New Jersey Orators contest this month, coach Diane Ciccone hoped her daughter’s team would at least get third-place honors.    She never imagined the West Windsor-Plainsboro chapter would best 11 other chapters and…

  • Holiday Events

    Concerts, performances and other festivities celebrating the holidays. African Globe Theatre, Newark Symphony Hall, 1020 Broad St., Newark, Black Nativity, Dec. 26-28, Thu.-Fri. 8 p.m., Sat. 1, 8 p.m., Sun. 3 p.m., $20-$25; www.africanglobe.com; (973) 624-1584. American Repertory Ballet: The Nutcracker, Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, West Lafayette and Barrack streets, Trenton, Dec. 27,…

  • Irene Lederer

       Irene Lederer, 80, of Monroe died, Wednesday, Dec. 17, at her home.    She was born in Czechoslovakia, and was formerly of Perth Amboy before moving to Monroe 18 years ago. She was a Holocaust survivor. She was a retired teacher of English as a second language for 10 years, employed by the Perth Amboy Board…

  • Safety recommendations adopted on silicone breast implants

    Silicone implants have been the cause of great debate among those in the health care industry for many years. By: Lorraine Seabrook    Silicone breast implants were first introduced to the American public in 1963. Since that time, today’s implants offer greater protection from rupture or painful capsular contracture (shrinkage and hardening of the implant area).…

  • Flurry of applicants seek WW administrator job

    More than 50 people seek post; selection expected in February. By: Shanay Cadette    WEST WINDSOR — More than 50 people want to be the township’s new business administrator.    Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh said he has received more than 50 resumes for the position that will become vacant Jan. 31. No one in that group is a…

  • Thomas Arthur Wyckoff Sr.

       Thomas Arthur Wyckoff Sr., 56, of Groveland, Calif., died Dec. 21 in an automobile accident in Groveland, Calif.    Born in Princeton, Mr. Wyckoff spent all but the last six months of his life as a Hopewell resident. After retiring recently, he moved to California.    While in New Jersey, he was a leader in the Pennington…

  • Home for the holidays

    Young people step forward to assist Mercer’s homeless. By: Dennis O’Neill    When you type the word "homelessness" into some old model computers and word processors, the outdated spell-check tool will urge you to replace it with the word "hopelessness." Unfortunately, it is a word association many people share. It’s easy to upgrade the spell-check lexicon,…

  • Students bring Christmas to the White House halls

    Cranbury seventh and eighth-grader sing at the White House. By: Matthew Kirdahy    During the Christmas season, lots of kids get to carol around town. But how many of them get to sing for the first lady at the White House?    Cranbury School seventh-grader Gabriella Durand and eighth-grader Elizabeth Guarasci sang with the Westminster Cantus Choir…

  • Dodge grants to fund environmental projects

    D&R Greenway, Princeton University, Regional Planning Partnership and Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association to benefit. By: Jeff Milgram    Three organizations headquartered in Princeton have received $165,000 in environmental grants from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.    In addition, the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association in Hopewell Township will receive $270,000.    The four grants are part of the $5.55…