Category: archives

  • Generous donor

    Alice Gazaway’s blood donations reached a total of 20 gallons    Alice Gazaway has always been squeamish around needles.    So when the Manville woman was asked to participate in a blood drive 27 years ago to help an area girl who had leukemia, her first reaction was "no, not me."    Then someone asked her how she…

  • Mother Jones to be honored in March on Wednesday

    By: Jennifer Potash    A portion of Mother Jones’ March of the Mill Children, the 1903 march that helped bring about child-labor laws, will be re-enacted Wednesday along Nassau Street.    Mary Harris "Mother" Jones led a march of several hundred children employed in mills and factories from Philadelphia to Oyster Bay, N.Y., home of President Theodore…

  • Week of July 3

    John and Anna Peterla    UPPER FREEHOLD — John Peterla, 91, and his wife, Anna, 90, died June 21 and June 22, respectively, at Princeton Care Center.    Mr. Peterla was born in Manhattan and moved to Cream Ridge in 1946 where he and his wife resided for 57 years. He retired from General Electric Company in…

  • Legion team gets hot in mid-season streak

    Four different pitchers get wins during busy week By: Rudy Brandl        BRIDGEWATER — Sometimes, that first victory can really ignite a team.    Such was the case with the Manville-Somerville American Legion baseball team in last week’s busy stretch of action. After starting the year with three losses, a forfeit and six rainouts, Post 12…

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  • University creates new institute on global issues

    Latin American Studies scholar Miguel Centeno to direct the program. By: Jeff Milgram    Princeton University has named Latin American Studies scholar Miguel Centeno as the director of a new institute that will conduct interdisciplinary research on global issues, such as the Middle East and Iraq.    The Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies — PIIRS…

  • Digital Beats

    Wayne Lytle creates a world of computer-generated tunes in ‘Animusic.’ By: Jim Boyle    Ah, the prima donna life of the rock star. If they’re not trashing a penthouse hotel room, they’re demanding a bowl of green M&M’s. A 1981 graduate from Princeton High School, Wayne Lytle, has found a way to avoid kowtowing to the…

  • Princeton Packet Girls’ Track Athlete of the Year

    Awor meets lofty goals in first year at PHS By: Justin Feil    Simone Awor came to Princeton High from Lewisburg, Pa., with big expectations for this year, big expectations that weren’t necessarily fulfilled in her first season of track and field.    "The winter season was kind of disappointing to me," said Awor, who nonetheless was…

  • Law and order enters classroom

    Retiring borough police lieutenant to teach social studies at Princeton High School. By: Jennifer Potash    During his 25-year career with the Princeton Borough Police Department, Lt. John Reading was once the juvenile enforcement officer.    Upon his retirement, he’ll work with juveniles in a different capacity — as a freshman and sophomore social studies teacher at…