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  • District’s ESL program is ‘port of entry’ for foreign pupils

    Helping students make transition from elementary to middle school or from middle school to high school. By: Jeff Milgram    It’s always stressful when a student makes the transition from elementary to middle school, or from middle school to high school.    But it’s a real challenge to make that transition when the student has little knowledge…

  • When the lights went out

    Some Cranburians were caught in blackout. By: Matt Kirdahy    More than 50 million people in eight states including Canada lost power around 4 p.m. on Aug. 14.    While the blackout didn’t hit Cranbury, some residents still found themselves in the dark, including Thomas Panconi of Bergen Drive. He was stuck near Detroit.    "I was sitting…

  • Friday, Aug. 22, 2003

    Sharon L. Hansen-Hunt    Sharon L. Hansen-Hunt, 47, of Hopewell Township died Aug. 19 at home.    Born in Trenton, she was a long time resident of Hopewell Township. A 1974 graduate of Hopewell Valley Central High School, she received a bachelor’s degree from the College of New Jersey and a master’s degree from Rider University. She…

  • Letters to the Editor, Aug. 22

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Aug. 22 By: Insulting rejection is reckless behavior To the editor:     The Princeton Borough Council’s rejection of the offer by the Concerned Citizens of Princeton to submit to a mediation and arbitration process the legal dispute over the borough’s $13.7 million construction project — the five-and-a-half- story parking garage and…

  • A big shift in downtown foot front

    Annex to open on Sundays, Carousel relocates and a new shop debuts. By: Jennifer Potash    One downtown restaurant will abandon a 50-year tradition and stay open on Sundays.    Another Nassau Street restaurant swaps its home of almost 50 years for a larger location.    And the sweet aroma of freshly baked gourmet pastries will waft out…

  • Sewer work complete on Princeton-Kingston Road

    By: David Campbell    Installation work on a new sanitary sewer line on Princeton-Kingston Road between Snowden Lane and Riverside Drive was finished Wednesday and the road is fully open again to motorists, Princeton Township Engineer Robert Kiser said Thursday.    The work finished about nine days ahead of schedule, Mr. Kiser said.    Meanwhile and weather permitting,…

  • Biologist records energy expended by migrating birds

    A surprise: The search for food is more taxing than flight.    Weary travelers know the relief of finding a place to stay after a long day on the road. Migrating birds are no different.    A study led by a Princeton researcher has shown that birds expend more energy seeking food and shelter between the legs…

  • OBITUARIES, Aug. 22, 2003

    Nicola E. Cox, Henry Hemmendinger, Charles B. Anderson, Joseph R. Corio, Mary Jane Paynter, Miriam S. Riskin. Nicola E. Cox June graduate of Montgomery High     MONTGOMERY — Nicola E. Cox died Tuesday at Memorial Hospital of Salem County. She was 18.    Born in Oxford, England, she moved to the United States 13 years ago.…