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  • WW-P district gearing up for schedule shifts

    Fewer periods but longer class times at the high schools. By: Gwen McNamara    It’s that time of year again — time to go back to school.    But with new middle and high school schedules starting up in the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, will students be able to find their way around once they get…

  • Potts panning out at pro triathlete

    PHS graduate on fast track to Olympics By: Justin Feil    The only thing that’s risen faster than the price of gas has over the past two weeks is the professional triathlon career of Andy Potts over the past year.    Potts, who still calls Princeton his hometown though he lives and trains in Colorado Springs, Colo.,…

  • Seminars, Meetings and Events

    WEDNESDAY, AUG. 27 • Business Network International, West Windsor Chapter networking breakfast, 7-8:30 a.m., Cranbury Golf Club Bog Restaurant, 49 Southfield Rd., West Windsor. Info: (609) 371-7188. • Business Network International, Lawrenceville Chapter networking breakfast, 7-8:30 a.m., Princeton Pike Office Park, Lenox Drive, Building 3 Cafeteria, Lawrenceville. Info: (609) 466-0807. THURSDAY, AUG. 28 • Trade Fair and Technology…

  • MILESTONES

    Issue of Aug. 26-28 TECHNOLOGY    Michelle Finneran Dennedy, a graduate of West Windsor-Plainsboro High School, was recently appointed to the newly created position of chief privacy officer for Sun Microsystems in California. Ms. Dennedy will be responsible for continuing to develop and implement Sun’s data privacy policies and practices and will be working with the…

  • Joseph J. Dutko

       Joseph J. Dutko, 79, of Pennington died Monday at the University Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Trenton, Mr. Dutko was a resident of Hopewell Township for 52 years.    Mr. Dutko designed and built his own home and established Dutko and Kopczynski Pennington Custom Cabinets in 1956. In 1979, Mr. Dutko co-founded Dutko Custom Cabinets…

  • Night owls

    Sensors Unlimited’s new night-vision camera has military, commercial applications. By: George Frey    A number of defense contracts are keeping Sensors Unlimited Inc. busy with short-wave and near infrared imaging camera projects.    Recently Sensors was awarded a $890,000 deal with the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency to develop the industry’s first all solid-state night vision room-…

  • Princeton economist awarded science prize

       Princeton University economist Orley Ashenfelter has won the 2003 IZA Prize in Labor Economics.    With support from the Deutsche Post Foundation, the Bonn-based Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) established the award in 2002 to underscore the central importance of labor economics in addressing international labor market challenges.    Carrying a cash prize of $43,000,…

  • Dunton head of her class

    PU assistant coach named golf teacher of the year again By: Justin Feil    There are a lot of golfers who could thank Krista Dunton for helping them improve their game. They don’t have to thank her, however, because Golf magazine and Golf Digest did a pretty good job of it.    The two magazines again honored…

  • OBITUARIES, Aug. 26, 2003

    Dr. Irvin Sokolic, Danielle R. Knipe, Edward J. King, Carolyn McGinnis, Max Borok, Genevieve O’Connell. Dr. Irvin Sokolic Retired physician     Dr. Irvin H. Sokolic of Princeton died Monday at the University Medical Center at Princeton. He was 79.    Born in Philadelphia, he was a resident of Philadelphia, Cherry Hill and Elizabeth before moving to…